I want to add more horsepower to my 02 Camaro V6. I already have a K&N cold air intake and an SLP Loudmouth exhaust. I want to add more but at the moment I am inbetween jobs and trying to save money. What can I do?

 

Forget it and buy an ls1.

 

Headers. Is is an auto? If so gears and a stall would help. But thats kind of $$. So depends on how long you are keeping the car and what you want to get out of it in the long run.

 

IBTL


not LSx discussion lol

 

LS1 swap? haha no, turbo, s/c or nitrous.

 

Come hit up Fullthrottlev6.com for something other than "forget it and get an LS1" crap. That little motor has a lot more potential than you think.

 

You could get a nitrous kit. Then if you ever end up getting a LS1 I'm sure it can be made to swap over to another f body.

 

GTP Motor, ditch the blower, throw a t-60 and make 400whp all day. Also gears and you'll need a new clutch/stall. My v6 Camaro was the funnest car i ever had, it was M5.

 

Ok where can I find all this stuff? Any websites?

 

And yeah I have a auto. I wish I could swap to a manual but thats retarded and might as well drop a v8 into it but thats too much and its a v6 so why change that. I wanna make this as powerful as possible because Im gonna keep this car for a while. I was thinking twin turbo but i dont know if thats smart or not.

 

LOL @ most of these responses....


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^all you'll need and more

 

I thought of that when i had my '00 V6 Camaro and then i found out the blower won't fit under the cowling and the filter would enter from the back and would almost certainly require some seriosu fabrication to make work. You'd be better off taking out the 3800, lowering the compression and building it for boost. Stock you aren't gonna be abe to run that high of boost. The 3800 is Knock prone as well so watch out for that. It can be done, it's just a harder platform to start off with unless it's boosted from the factory. You could do a turbo kit and be done with it.

 

Turbo kit for the win!

 

have the people in this thread make me laugh!

Listen, I had a turbo 98 Camaro....bone stock motor with only 20k On it. I had a turbonetics T72 pushing 15-17psi daily...put about 20K of hard, boosted miles on it...and didnt have a problem other then my transmission taking a ****. The 3.8 Motors are strong as hell and dont let these comments steer you away..your best bet for making nice power, is a turbo setup.

Where are you located? I have built 4 different style turbo kits for the 3.8's...if your local, I dont mind setting something up.

 

LOL

 

 

gears, headers, stall just as chandlee2kz said...

 

But at the end of the day you're barely pulling on stock LS1's and still getting beat by H/C cars. Seems like a waste.

 

im pretty sure I yanked more then a few full bolt on LS1's with my turbo V6....

 

This guy said he is in between jobs. It doesn't sound like he is going to have the money for an ls1 swap or a turbo and everything that goes along with boost.

OP, you might want to give everyone some kind of idea on how much you are willing to spend on the car. IMO it will take a lot of time and money to make that v6 fast. For most people it is more cost effective to save up and buy an LS1 car. If you don't have much money to put into it you will probably end up unhappy with the results and out money that could have went towards something else.