LS1.Forever

i have a 1998 Z/28 camaro

i've owned 2 lt1's an i like them, but
i love ls1's, unfortunately i dont know alot about them, so that statement brings me to my question, its fast but not near as fast as i want it, i cant do an egi. swap or get a new crate egi because rent right now is kickin my ***, the only 2 things it has is im almost positive, is a shift kit, and 2 i think its programmed/chipped, because it shifts between 6 and 7 grand, but when it shifts it shifts like hell, it hits hard enough sometimes when i have it WOT it will bark the tires, after saying all that, i want it faster, not lightning fast but, i want it to get up and go, since i was 16 ive raced on dirt courses with sprint cars, and road races/rally for the last year in a half, so i can drive and handle a car that has alot of power, i realize though at 182,xxx miles theres not much you can do, but what can i do that wont hurt the motor, atleast short term damage??

in a year or so, im getting a 05 GTO with a couple thousand miles on it that my big brothers gonna give me whenever i get outta M.C.B.C. so at that point the car can be thrashed an itll be the leasrt of my worries, what mods\can i throw on that car an it still run strong/stronger a hold up for atleast a year, or close to it.

i wanna cam it, deffinitly get a cold air intake, would new rear end hurt it??

pleasem any advice would be great!!!

Super Speed

iTrader: (8)

Thats quite a bit of miles, I recommend Long tube headers, an off road Y pipe, a catback, an intake, and a tune, that should put you at around 340-350 RWHP

Have you considered nitrous?

Jersey Mike

iTrader: (9)

I don't know if I would do spray on a car turning 200k (but then again, what do I know about N20).
Do full exhaust and get a ported ls6 intake. You should feel some difference, at least enough to hold you over for a year..

LS1-NAVY

iTrader: (1)

full bolt-ons, cam, and rear is gonna be alot of money plus u will have to get a tune for the cam. i say just do full bolt-on's and a little shot or something

LS1.Forever

ya i thought about a little NOS like a 50 or 75 shot with a microswitch, so the only time the NOS would be engaged is at WOT, but i did a little research, and a car goin on 200k miles, i thought it would be damn hard an the egi. but everyone said it wouldnt be bad, at the same time though it would be far from good. i really dont know. im thinkin about a ported ls6 manifold and the z06 air aintake, headers (shorty or long what sounds more dirty and mean??) cause i can get HP other ways id love for the car to sound as aggrassive as it can. true duals with hi-flow cats into loudmouth1?? would a CAM be hard on an engine with 200k miles??


sorry for the novels im writtin you, im just really tryin to get as much help as i can in one message as i can without overloadin you.

but i really appreciate every bit of it.

LS1.Forever

money is another story, i work at an oil rig in waco, one month on one off, i can save for stuff id like to get, and need to get. but would a CAM be hard on an egi with 182k miles with a full all round tune up?? maybe get the car flushed?? oil pan, trans. fluid, etc?? make sure eveythings clean, runnin right, an tip top.

LS1.Forever

i'd like for it to run LOW 8's or low/mid 8's would be fine, i'd be runnin it on an 1/8 mile track. . . . . . . . . .thanks for everyones help, i appreciate it alot.

jetlag

iTrader: (32)

Headers - $400 new
Y-pipe - $150 new
Torque converter - $725 new
Lid - $100 new
LS6 intake - $300 used
Gears - ???? check around for used rearends with gears already installed... easy to swap and around $200-300.

Good for LOW 12s, high 11s in 1/4. Mid-high 7s in the 1/8.



(Edit: Sorry, I just saw this post was 5 days old)