I like my 1LE and for tight running and back road hammering, it's the trick ticket in my book. I'm just a sucker for NA over charged. The ZL1 would be my next choice though especially once the road opens up a bit.
Keeping things CARB CA legal is the hard part while squeezing NA horsepower out of it. Sticking with OEM cats sucks. My 1LE pulled 410 rwhp tuned at New Era using JBA shorties, JBA HF cats, VMAX TB, RotoFab CAI with the NPP exhaust. Yep, warranty is out the window, more mods are coming over the winter, still keeping it NA and I'm looking to be 500+ rwhp for spring time....... Because I can
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