SEMA 2008 Friday Coverage

[Tom@LSXTV]

One of my personal favorite booths this year was STS Turbo. Yes, Wild Bill himself was on hand, but the real reason I showed up was to see the unveiling of a turbo Corvette named the ZR7. I know what you are thinking, another turbo Corvette kit -- so what -- but before you move on to the next post consider this:

What was different about this STS Corvette was that not only was this a twin turbo Corvette that makes 750 HP with stock internals, but it was the only Corvette with the rear lifted 30 inches in the air. STS was showing off not only the slick build quality of this Vette, but their unique rear mounted Turbochargers in their kit that they claims make more power than comparable power adders.



Boost in the back?! That’s right, and according to STS, it also comes with lower intake and under hood temperatures to give you more power.

The only sad thing here is that there will be only 50 of the ZR7 Corvettes built for next year so you better get in line quick!

For more info be sure to head over to www.ststurbo.com.

[Tom@LSXTV]

In the tuner wars, the race is on to make the most radical new tuning devices anyone has ever seen. Building a tuner is tough, it has to balance ease of use, technology, and of course, capability. Diablosport's newest entry into the War is the Trinity.

The big thing about the Trinity is that is includes a SD card function so you can load tune files using cheap Flash-style memory. In addition, the Trinity has a really slick color LCD with complete user-adjustability, diagnostics, and logging capability built right in.

Trinity diagnostics can also read and erase trouble codes and incorporates real time data logging with the capability to export them to your PC, or SD card for reviewing. The Trinity dash monitor comes equipped with a high resolution monitor that can display graphs, gauges, or PID data (that's OBD-II sensors for you noobies) and will support multiple additional analog or digital devices such as aftermarket sensors in your vehicle.

Diablosport.com is the place to go for more info.