mooleyz28

Hey everyone... I have a 99 z28. It is complete but stock. Ill be doing all the work on it myself except machining if needed and tunning. So now to the project. I want a streetable car that is very reliable. Very strong and not going to break on me. I would like to achieve atleast 11's N/A if possible. and maybe high 10's with a nice shot of n2o or some sort of FI. Cost is pretty limited for my goals id like to meet. So please give me a couple ideas to ponder about and maybe a few suggestions I can look into. Thanks in advance and let me know what I can do.

Thanks,
John Melamed

mooleyz28

I also wanted to let you know... it is an M6 with about 70k on the whole car. If anymore details are needed then ask and ill get back to you asap. Thanks again!

Ravenous T\A

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408 with a upgraded fuel system and a 250 shot, Spec 3 Clutch, 9inch Rear with 4.10's and full suspension work. That should take care of the $10K

InsomZ

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get a futural 408 iron block and a 250 shot like Ravenous said.. that would lay some some serious power

hourang

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by time your done with all that its probably gonna be more than 10k, but that would be a sweet setup

Ravenous T\A

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Buy the 9" and the Nitrous set-up used to save yourself some money, along with the suspension stuff, people are always selling that stuff Used for good prices cheap.

Gloveperson

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^^^what he said.

That 408 set-up would be hot. <--my vote

You have to do the basics:

Full Suspenions 1000 used if you are doing it yourself?
Rear-end 2000
Tires- Depends on what you want
Clutch- 350

Then choose your motor and the rest.

-Todd

mooleyz28

any other suggestions or advice?

natronathon

this is just my .02

Afr heads, cam, LT's, ORY, Corsa cat back or gmmg, sfc's, lca's, sticky's, racing clutch, 12bolt rear, ls6 intake, ported tb, TUNING, and a short throw shifter! All that should easily drop you to the 11's.

12's if you skip on the Afr's

jrp

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agreed on the big cubes

hourang

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Im gonna say that since your stock its gonna be closer to $15k after everything is said and done. the stroker motor with heads/cam, intake, headers, exhaust, fuel, boltons, is gonna be around $8-9k. then plan on close to $3k+ for the drivetrain, and $1k-2k for suspension, especially if you get lightweight kmember and roll cage and stuff. since your stock a lot of the first mods ppl do like subframes and shifter and stuff like that will have to be done.

you could go with a nice heads/cam package that could be swapped later in a stroker, that with all the boltons and tuning would be 420+rwhp, then throw a 150 shot on there and be close to 600rwhp for around $4-5k. then the suspension and drivetrain will finish off the $10k. im sure that can get you in the 11s with the right suspension. then later on drop the stoker motor in, since you will have all the components already to support the stroker it will only be like an extra 4k, could also throw a bigger cam in and would be 500+rwhp n/a and then hit the juice You got to remember its the little things that you dont think about that add up to a lot

jdustu

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it doesn't take ten grand to get into the 11s.....i'm almost there and i haen't spent nine grand yet including the price of the car! start with the suspension, especially sub frame connecters to keep the chassis stiff....let the car breath(cold/ram air intake, headers, cutout or cat back or both)...drag radials....4.10 gears....to you have the money now are is it a long term project? you could always start with this stuff and then do the trans and rear as they break, and then go to the bigger cubes as you want to run more nitrous or into the tens n/a.....honestly, there are many ways to go about it, and you need to decide if you want to go nuts at first or build it as you go....look in the drag racing section and there are a lot of people running 11s without going to a power adder or bigger cubes.....

mooleyz28

i was thinking something along the lines of a forged 348 and then strapping on a nice heads/cam package and then strengthen up the suspension and the rear and tranny... But what is a forged 348 with a nice heads/cam package and a rear end a clutch and suspension going to run me? any ideas? Any other suggestions... keep me posted.

I do have 8 g's in hand and should have 10 by the time winter rolls around... so ya... keep me updated! Thanks.

natronathon

god, i wish i had 8k in hand

That would be all the mods i could ever want

Except for the forged 427 stroker id like to have

jdustu

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Call around to some of the sponsors for prices.....some of these other guys have more knowledge on the general price(maybe 8-10k?) for a short block assembly......2300 for a new moser 12 bolt with upgrades, headers/exhaust 1-1500, suspension you could go a whole bunch of routes that you could spend as much as you wanted on.........just do some searches........

jdustu

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until you had them, then you'd want more!

Clipper

I agree on the 408. The motor alone can put you in the 11s, and big cubes is the most reliable way to do it. A big shot of N20 on top could drop you into the 10s. So basically almost everyone is in agreement here.

The forged 348, in long block trim, won't save you all that much over the stroker, and will be less streetable than the stroker. However, you could go with a forged shortblock, and keep the cost down, but by the time you add the heads/cam and blow it, you're money is spent.

Think cubes on spray man...displacement is cool.