Cost for 700hp?
 

Was thinking about doing some mod upgrades when my ZL1 comes in. About how much would it cost to get around 700hp out of a ZL1?

Rwhp will run you close to $20,000.00 with all supporting mods .. Roughly and depends who you go too..

20k to make 700rwhp?

Ouch. :yikes:

???? how did you get there?


there is more than one way to get 700hp. heads and cam is the easy way. you can do it cam only though.

I think you are looking at about 10ktops possibly less if you dont' buy new heads. if you do you own labor it is even less less.

just price up the parts.

headers ~1200
lower pulley and balancer ~560
TB ~150
cam kit ~1200
HX ~800
injectors ~800
tune ~400
CAI ~400
heads ~2k-3k depending on place.

so this is 8k in parts but this would allow for over 700whp. strike the heads and do a higher boost dual pulley without the heads and knock a ton of this. much of this labor overlaps. that varies shop to shop I do my own.

http://21stcenturymusclecars.com/200...1-1-1-1-1.aspx

Plus taxes and other mods like bigger fuel pump $1250 installed so yeah it'll add up if you go somewhere to get it done..

Sporty is right, and more if you do it the right way with forged pistons...IF YOU WANT TO BE SAFE...If you don't forge it will blow eventually...

Greg

Agreed. $10,000 would be a fair budget and thats with a very reputable shop @ $100/labor plus a tune.

You can get there, without doing it yourself, for $10K and some change if you go the pulley route like "Hognutz" suggested.

You can do it $10-15K, only thing to remember as long as you have supporting safety measures on engine and fuel you should be good. If the basic support measures arent there then you are on borrowed time.

Here is what ADM Performance offers. This is what I had done to mine !!

http://admperformance.org/

First question is will yours be a auto or manual tranny? If it's an auto a bit more will be required. The next question is do you just want to be able to say you have 700 rwhp or do you want to be able beat on it and keep it reliable? I have an auto and to do it the reliable way and get over 700 rwhp I let Livernois did their thing and now I am making 734 rwhp (Heads, Heat Exchanger, Valve Springs, Fuel System, Injectors, Cam and More) all of that will be more than $10000.00 to get there in a auto tranny. I can't speak for the manual tranny but I know that livernois has gotten 780 rwhp from a manual tranny and can be a daily driver if desired.

I did all of my own work (Lingenfelter did the heads) and it cost me about 9-10K and got 754 rwhp

$11,245

http://www.lingenfelter.com/engine-p...package-700-hp

But that's just to get the rwhp. As Sportyb24 pointed out, the $20k he mentioned included any other mods necessary to handle the HP.

Let's ask a few questions, just to clarify. Are you talking at the crankshaft (so 120hp over stock) or at the tires? Also, is the car an auto, or manual? The answer to these 2 questions can have a huge impact on the overall cost.