10K Budget 1996 Z-28 Camaro
03-25-2008, 09:20 PM
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10K Budget 1996 Z-28 Camaro Well went and took a $10K loan like a moron would do to spend on my 1996 Z-28 Camaro and I figured I would do a little thread about it and show my ups and downs through it all. This will not be a daily driven street car either, but will be a weekend warrior.
My Car already has the following:
K&N Cold Air
Some kind of high flow muffler
4.10 Gears in a 10 bolt (don't plan on having this thing much longer)
Hypertech Programmer III
Today I went an ordered the following:
Pacesetter Longtubes w/ Ceramic Coating 1 3/4 Primary's
Professional Products 58mm Throttle Body
160 Degree Thermostat
Also bought from a friend:
NOS 125 Wet Kit
Another Stock Block
I have a TH350 with 9" tail shaft so if I feel that I have reached a sufficient goal for me and it isn't enough to bust the 10 bolt then I can use my stock driveshaft. Now if I feel I need more power I will be going with a 9" rear setup. By the way in case your wondering I killed the 4L60E.
Pics of stuff will be posted as it arrives and what not.
My Car already has the following:
K&N Cold Air
Some kind of high flow muffler
4.10 Gears in a 10 bolt (don't plan on having this thing much longer)
Hypertech Programmer III
Today I went an ordered the following:
Pacesetter Longtubes w/ Ceramic Coating 1 3/4 Primary's
Professional Products 58mm Throttle Body
160 Degree Thermostat
Also bought from a friend:
NOS 125 Wet Kit
Another Stock Block
I have a TH350 with 9" tail shaft so if I feel that I have reached a sufficient goal for me and it isn't enough to bust the 10 bolt then I can use my stock driveshaft. Now if I feel I need more power I will be going with a 9" rear setup. By the way in case your wondering I killed the 4L60E.
Pics of stuff will be posted as it arrives and what not.
03-25-2008, 10:26 PM
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10k is a good bit of money, i wouldnt put that 58mm TB on a stock manifold, i would send it off to be ported and have the heads ported as well, then do a cam! Jus my .02! What are your intentions with the block, boring? diff. rotating ***.? Also if your making decent power, dont forget about ur suspension! I would like more details lol!
03-25-2008, 11:53 PM
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Depending on how much he bought the block and nitrous for he prob still has about 8 to 9thousand to spend. Still alot of money, but its all on what is intentions and goals for the car is!
03-26-2008, 12:13 AM
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03-26-2008, 11:28 AM
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he will enjoy his car. i was in a similar position, either sell my car or dump money into it. i thought to myself, do i really want to start all the way over on a new car? even then you dont know what your gonna get into. i would much rather have a beast *** LT1 than a bolt on LS1. jmo
03-26-2008, 12:30 PM
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I only had a few bolons when I had the stock motor and went 12.5
if I got everything and wasnt full weight I could have gone 11`s too
LS1`s are nothing special.You get much better value buying an LT1 and having the motor done and go 10`s then buying a stock ls1 and putting a few boltons and busting the stock rear end countless amounts of times and limping to 12.0 for the same price.
03-26-2008, 12:41 PM
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there are bolton LT1`s in the 11`s
I only had a few bolons when I had the stock motor and went 12.5
if I got everything and wasnt full weight I could have gone 11`s too
LS1`s are nothing special.You get much better value buying an LT1 and having the motor done and go 10`s then buying a stock ls1 and putting a few boltons and busting the stock rear end countless amounts of times and limping to 12.0 for the same price.
I only had a few bolons when I had the stock motor and went 12.5
if I got everything and wasnt full weight I could have gone 11`s too
LS1`s are nothing special.You get much better value buying an LT1 and having the motor done and go 10`s then buying a stock ls1 and putting a few boltons and busting the stock rear end countless amounts of times and limping to 12.0 for the same price.
03-26-2008, 12:46 PM
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all I had was a 3000 vigilante stall,373 gears,cai and little mac mid length headers
full weight,bone stock suspention,no tuning
went consistant 12.5@105(1.66-1.70 60fts)
its not that hard
full weight,bone stock suspention,no tuning
went consistant 12.5@105(1.66-1.70 60fts)
its not that hard
03-26-2008, 01:24 PM
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power doesnt mean as much as you think for track times.For example my little LT1 with only 7 passes on the new combo went 10.73@127 on 1800 density altitude and a crappy 60ft(1.50)
I only make 451 rwhp and 366 rwtq on a dynojet
I know that this year I will run a 10.29@129 with better air and the 150 lbs I took out over the winter and with a better 60ft maybe a 1.43 or so
I also have a baby head on my car and if I got decent heads I could maybe get close to 9`s on motor.
You can sit there with your 13 second car and talk but thats all it is is talk
sorry for the
I am finished with this 