Black 99 Bird

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I have a 99' Trans Am w/97,000 miles on the clock. It has a few boltons, pulley, catback, induction, t-stat, S3 throttle body, PRO 5.0 shifter, LS6 clutch w/updated hydrolics, 3.73 gears with T/A rear cover, Harlan Shift Light and BMR: STB, LCA's, and PHR. Car runs great, no problems.

I used this car for my daily driver for years and added parts when I could afford it. It is no longer my daily driver and is only driven on nice weather days. I would really like to go ahead and turn the corner with this car and put some headers, intake, and cam in, but the mileage has me worried.

Should I keep this car and build up the old, or start from scratch again with another low mileage car. For once in my life I actually have some cash to throw at this car but I don't know if the car is up to it. All advice is appreciated!

Revelation Z28

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97k is nothing for any smallblock.

unless youre just gonna do boltons, if youre gonna go H/C/I then youre gonna have to rebuild the bottom end.

i say keep the car

nukeemall454

heard of lots of people with high milage cars and no problems i guess it all depends onhow well it was takin care of

orangeapeel

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Your good. I put my 4th cam in at 90k. Car still has several miles ahead of it. I would look at the valvetrain upgrades and possibly heads as well. Oil pump, timing set, lifters...ect. It will run like new even after all this. Rotating assembly should hold that power at 130k no problem. Maybe rod bolts could be in order as well.

87GN&98VET

Rod bolts is all I would worry about. The bearings are aluminum which do not wear enough to worry about.

SVThis

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had a buddy who started shooting his with 95K did his cam swap(MS3) with 99K ...then stage 2.5 LS6 heads with 120+K..last time i talked to him i asked how it was doin and he said everything was still good Except the stock clutch :LOL:

Black 99 Bird

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Thanks guys, looks like it is time to start looking for a cam.

NC98Z

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I have wound up hating myself for every Camaro I have ever sold. If you think you can just jump in another ride and be happy your wrong.And you will always wonder If this bitch runs this good stock what would she have run like If I would have ? Not to be negative but I hate to see someone kick their selfs in the *** later..... is any rehab facilitys open yet for gearheads?

bitterchaos

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I'm doing a cam swap (G5X3) on my 95,000 mile car soon. I'll be putting in dual valvesprings, pushrods, ls2 timing chain, and a ported oil pump. Is there anything else I need to replace on a high mileage engine? I am not doing heads so I do not want to change the lifters. Is it necessary to change the lifters?

jlrz28

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Nearly 120k on the clock and did cam at 96k and heads at 110k

marv

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H/C swap at 106k here...still runs good...

Consumes a little more oil than I like, but I'm about to get that worked out...

BrandonDrecksage

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why buy another car? if your sticking with the same type/same engine? you would spend more money on doing that then just building your current car.

SUTTERERMAN85

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i have 142k almost now and put heads on a couple months ago. been cammed almost a year

GR33N GoblinM6

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at what point (mileage wise) would you worry about the rings? do they typically give out at a certain mileage area?

98Z28MASS

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Maybe titanium retainers and some new rod blots, or at least thats what I would do. Nothing else you really need to replace except maybe the knock sensors and knock harness. I dunno about other years but my 98 camaro with 50K miles had knock sensors that were shot and so i changed them out so it wouldnt mess with the tune.