We need more fuel Captain

As you may have seen from previous posts on our blog.  Tony is the proud owner of one rather nasty convertible Camaro.  His Whipple supercharged Camaro is currently throwing down a modest 700rwhp, but the ZL1 fuel pump and Boost-A-Pump are not up to the challenge.  After some data logging the decision was made to put a return style fuel system in the car and a Aermotive A1000 fuel pump.  Now we have fuel to spare and we are not taxing the entire fuel system.

The Builld:

Aeromotive Stealth A1000

Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator

Aeromotive Fuel Pump Controller

Return Style Fuel System

Tony Opens a Can of Whipple

Tony's 2011 drop top Camaro is nothing to take lightly.  Pushing 600rwhp on pump gas, this Camaro has been ripping up the drag strip to the tune of consistent 11.2 @ 123.  But that .2 is had to stomach when a 10sec pass is so close you can taste it.  Tony's Maggie was giving all it had but the IAT's were not co-operating with his goals.  Yes we could have added a meth kit or small hit of N2O to get the IATs down but Tony wants the car to run the same either on the street or the track.  So we went with a 2.9L Whipple Supercharger in place of the Maggie.  The bigger supercharger allows us to run the same boost without having to spin it as hard.  Thus producing lower intake temps and more horsepower with room to grow later on.

Build:

Whipple 2.9L Supercharger
Switchable 91octane and E85 Tunes
10sec ETs

Whipping up Some Power

Ryan a resident of AZ contacted me about tuning his 2010 Camaro.  Since he had just added the following mods a tune was definitely in order.

Whipple 2.9L
American Racing Headers
3" Cat Back Exhaust
ZL1 Fuel Pump
FAST 85 lb/hr Injectors.

Quite a lethal combination of parts.  It reminded me of a local nasty Camaro on this blog owned by Aaron.  Car off the trailer and on the dyno Ryan's Camaro put down a stout 542rwhp and 526 rwtq on 91 octane.  While I was tuning the discussion of E85 came up, and me being a fan of the "green" fuel said lets do it while we have the Camaro strapped down on the dyno.  What a great comparison back to back runs on 91 and E85.

 The results speak for themselves:

91 Octane  542 RWHP  526  RWTQ
E85             604 RWHP  561  RWTQ

91 vs E85

Have ZL1, Will Mod!!

Since the guys at Ford tried to one up GM with their 2013 GT500 (emphasis on the tried).  Mickey wanted to have a little "something" for any would be new GT500 owner that gotten a little too big for his britches.  The ZL1 does not need much to take it to wondrous levels of power!  As you will see from this rather tame build the results are not something to take lightly.  I think this is a package that will be enjoyed by Mickey and likely at the expense of the car in the next lane!!!

Baseline

Base tune with mods