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    Just looking at the prices on Hennessey Performance | High Performance Upgrades, Parts & Accessories | Camaro SS, ZL1, F-150 Raptor, Corvette, CTS-V, Challenger SRT8, Jeep SRT8, GT-R for a buddy of mine that has a 6.1L Challenger, its like 10x the price for parts compared to our cars. $600 for a top swap for ours and $6K+ for a supercharger for the Challenger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tod1d View Post
    Just looking at the prices on Hennessey Performance | High Performance Upgrades, Parts & Accessories | Camaro SS, ZL1, F-150 Raptor, Corvette, CTS-V, Challenger SRT8, Jeep SRT8, GT-R for a buddy of mine that has a 6.1L Challenger, its like 10x the price for parts compared to our cars. $600 for a top swap for ours and $6K+ for a supercharger for the Challenger.
    It's all relative and about quantity.

    Our top swap was mass produced and can be found at most junkyards..
    Their top swap is made in a much lesser quantity, often requires R&D and fabricated parts specifically for it with little support from the manufacturer.

    Our top swap adds 40-50whp simply bolted on and tuned.
    Their top swap adds 120-200whp simply bolted on and tuned.
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    And its adding 120-200 whp to a car that already has around 350 whp.


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    So an LS3 makes ~370 WHP stock.

    Cam and bolt ons makes 470-500 WHP.

    Now lets boost it: Texas Speed LS3-B Blower Cam Dyno - YouTube

    Thats more than worth it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt5112 View Post
    So an LS3 makes ~370 WHP stock.

    Cam and bolt ons makes 470-500 WHP.

    Now lets boost it: Texas Speed LS3-B Blower Cam Dyno - YouTube

    Thats more than worth it.
    LOL...I thought that video was saying they gained 57whp from a whipple charger. I was like huh?

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    And the car costs around 10x more than our 10+ year old cars, so doesn't it make sense their blower would be 10x more also?
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    You'd have to compare it to a turbo setup for our car, not a swap using junkyard oem parts.
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    I like the replies. But i think i said it best.
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    Quote Originally Posted by codyAK View Post
    You'd have to compare it to a turbo setup for our car, not a swap using junkyard oem parts.
    I agree. A junkyard swap using factory parts is not even comparable to a custom designed SC application for a much better vehicle.
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    Well, in the late 90's and early 00's, we were paying $700 for a set of headers, $300 for a canned tune from DHP, and $3000+ for centrifugal supercharger kits............factor inflation into the mix, and, well, it's all relative.
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