Ursus

Hi all,
New to the forum and a new GTO owner (I've had it just under a week).
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with some of the simpler mods, like the K & N filtercharger air cleaner conversion, or adding a Granatelli MAF
sensor. I realize both will give slight bumps in preformance, but are they worth the time/trouble???
Any thoughts ?

 

TORRIDONE

No expert here but in IMO less restrictive induction or more air is a plus but it depends how good or bad the stock intake is ! Maf replacement I don't think this does much unless you have a seriously modified motor! You can do a search on the corvette forum for maf replacement posts good or bad? same motor as 97 to 04 C-5 in your GTO

Robert

powder

yes an aftermarket intake will help... not much but it will make it sound a little meaner. and it will give you a couple hp gain. larger MAF is for forced induction or N2O applications. if you want decent gains for an easy mod, go for aftermarket MANDREL bent exhaust and headers. another thing w/ the MAF is most of the time you need to have flow matched injectors that are calibrated for that particular sized MAF. something to think about.

and does anyone know if they are making a s/c for the GTO anytime soon?

BRIAN P. EWING

If S/c Means Supercharger Then Magnuson Has 1 Available.

tbush

I am having a baseline dyno tomorrow. We are then installing the predator program in the PCM. Then another dyno. On Monday, the dealer is installling JBA headers, Granitelli MAF, 80mm throttle body, and cold air induction. The following Monday, back to the dyno. I will post the results.

GlennH

Got my Predator today and played with it this evening. This car is so fast anyway I'm not sure if I can say it's any faster, but, I sure like the shifts. I now get third gear scratch without being at full throttle. I installed the pre-programmed 'performance' tune and then did a little modifying on the shift time, shift pressure, and upshift MPH & RPM. I'm a little disappointed that, even after modifying the shift times to not shift until I reach 41 MPH or 6,300 RPM, it still shifts to second quickly when I'm not putting much of a load on the engine. They should have put a manual shift on the GTO where you slide the shifter over to manual and hit it up or down to shift the gears yourself. The Predator comes with a 30 day money back guarantee but I can't imagine taking it back...I think it was worth the money.

George8211

Nice to see these performance threads


The small bolts will do small things in the hp world. IMHO it's best to save up for a real mod, like a head cam kit... Then you bolt on 100 hp in one wack, instead of 4 hp at a time.

Start talking to turner and pick their brain for ideas... then share.

powder

from what i understand the '05 or maybe later will have that tiptronic shift option w/ the ATX.

powder

what, no injectors? i can forsee problems w/ that. my friend put a larger MAF on his car and it would stall after a few seconds of running cuz his injectors weren't calibrated for that particular sized MAF. i could be wrong but i think its the same w/ all cars... i would like to know if im wrong though so any input would be cool.

tbush

Ran the baseline dyno today. Results were 283hp/315tq. After five tuning runs,
we achieved 296hp/324tq. We noticed the factory timing was very conservative at 12 degrees. We change to a higher setting of 23 degrees. Air fuel ratio(AFR) was very rich, especially in the higher band (4000 and up). We leaned the mixture but left headroom for the Granatelli MAF, as it leans the high end also. Next week we are having the headers, throttle body, MAF, and cold air induction installed. WE will try another dyno after(Oct. 12 or later)

Terry