With cars newer than i forget what year, somewhere around 03 you dont need a cage till you get in to 11.50 or 10.99 i forget exactly but ill worry about that if i ever happen to get there, just a helmet has been required for me for faster than 13.99. Ive been 12s with my old set up(barely) haven't been to the track with the e47 mix. I run at palm beach international raceway(parents live down there) and orlando speed world(i live in orlando). went 12s with 20#s and 16 degrees of timing right now im @ 25 and 23 respectively should be good for 12.0-12.5. I've seen a bunch of ppl daily driving their cobalts with 420-450wheel hp (even though those numbers are arbitrary depending on conditions type of dyno and how its calibrated). Their trap numbers are near 120 which means theyre actually making that type of power. I've seen a couple above 500whp on stock bottom ends, ive seen it on the internet no way to verify if its true. Most of this info comes from the cobalt guys cause lets face it most of the kappa owners are more concerned with windscreens and graphics. Usually the things i see go on these motors are from mistuning it not alot of ppl know what theyre doing with these, as to why my 2 friends that tune it play it on the safe side. Fuel isnt and issue for making 400-450whp its there. you dont need a 5th injector or a cam lobe unless you want to run strait e85 which would be alot better, less chance of detonation. As far as switching to auto theres no need im pretty sure i had the best 60' ive seen out of a kappa(can someone verify it? ive seen 1 other 1.79x but they never showed a slip) and i actually know how to drive. ive been around drag racing since i could walk and grew up driving my dads 10s car when i had my learners permit. This is actually the 1st non v8 i have ever owned. im more used to the ls and sbc/bbc communities where a majority of the ppl are hands on building and the research has already been done and proven. I wasnt concerned with the crowd telling me if i can or can not run 11s, i was trying to find out if it has ever been done before. I will run 11s if i blow something up like the motor ill forge it and go for 10s, i already have a turbo that can put down 500+whp. My terminator went 10.90s and made 509@ the wheel and that weighed almost 4k with driver, but it was able to cut 1.6 60's. im probably gonna set it on the dyno around 400-420 whp to go for it and back it down to 350wheel for daily use. If i need a little more 60' than high 1.7s ill get some wheels redrilled and put a 28x10.5x16 slick on the car to get it. but, like i said this post was to find out who has the record for a kappa with an ecotec or even stock turbo record? i want to have somethings to shoot for to make it more interesting.
