question about mods on z28
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question about mods on z28 Hey guys, so the weather here has been real bad lately. My girlfriend drives the lexus, all i have is the corvette's and my 02 z28 so obviously i drive the Camaro. Problem is i've been wanting more power, and have been outran twice by the same friggin '11 GT. My car has exhaust and a tune, its a A4 with 70k miles. My question is what should I do to get this car to come alive? I've seen the Mass airflow sensors, throttle bodies, yada yada, can someone tell me what's the best mods I can do to this car until I can get my vette's out when it's nice. Thank ya.
Yank or Circle D stall , 3600- 4000 ,shift kit and tranny cooler, to get you close to a stock one but if he gets a tune and cold air kit you need to get Patrick G to spec you a cam through EPS or buy their off the shelf 222/226 grind. You will prob need to upgrade injectors and fuel pump with cam. That setup with drag a radial should put you in the mid to high 11's easily. If you haven't already get a good torque arm and lower control arms. Few other things you could get are ram air setup , FTRA, SSRA, etc and underdrive pulley.
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I drive this camaro almost every day, and i'm not sure a stall would be so fun as a DD. I don't know much about cams at all to be honest. I've heard good things about the vidicator II cam, and heard you can get huge numbers from a cam only setup? Also i was curious about the bolt ons like the mass airflow sensor and all that garbage i see on jegs, are these worth anything?
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Bolt ons don't do ****. Heads, cam, drivetrain mods, nitrous, turbo, etc is where its at
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I know I sound like a complete retard, i'm not. I just don't know much about the internet and all the abbreviations and stuff. Money's not really an issue, however like everyone else i want the most for my cash. The car gets drove everyday, and i like getting 28mpg. Would a throttle body, and a lid do much as far as horsepower to the wheels? As i stated earlier I thought about the vidicator II cam, but i know nothing about cam in the camaros
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I have a tune already. I'm afraid doing a stall and dr's i would blow my tranny, and rear end. I blew my 10 bolt a month or so ago and put another 10 bolt in with 3.42 gears. My whole deal is I don't want to do one mod that will cause me to spend 2500 on other things to support that mod...such as a stall then my tranny goes, and rear end goes because of the stall...see what i mean?
Bolt ons will def help the car a full bolt on car depending on tranny and gears would be good anywhere from low-mid 12's or high 12's all of course with a decent hook and driver. However bolt on only cars if they are autos need a stall to dip into the 11's and a manual needs some gears and a damn good driver. in addition those cars usually have some weight reduction to run those times. However there are plenty of stalled autos with bolt ons and suspension running high 11's on stock weight
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I know I sound like a complete retard, i'm not. I just don't know much about the internet and all the abbreviations and stuff. Money's not really an issue, however like everyone else i want the most for my cash. The car gets drove everyday, and i like getting 28mpg. Would a throttle body, and a lid do much as far as horsepower to the wheels? As i stated earlier I thought about the vidicator II cam, but i know nothing about cam in the camaros
you can DD a stall and be fine.
anytime you add power things can be compromised. it sucks but thats how it is. if you want to beat that GT youre going to have to spend some money.
anytime you add power things can be compromised. it sucks but thats how it is. if you want to beat that GT youre going to have to spend some money.
I have a budy who just installed a cam from comp cam in his 02 ss with stock heads and stock rear end and stock tranny and it woke his car up and his is very daily drivable. 242/244 .610/.612 112 LSA. Which is a pretty nice size cam and like i said his is a daily driver
Long tube headers, a yank ss 3600 stall would be just fine for you,gears possibly 3.73's,descreen your maf,port and polish your throttle body and retune. Nitrous is also an easy possibility to,all depends on what your comfortable with and what your willing to spend
I know I sound like a complete retard, i'm not. I just don't know much about the internet and all the abbreviations and stuff. Money's not really an issue, however like everyone else i want the most for my cash. The car gets drove everyday, and i like getting 28mpg. Would a throttle body, and a lid do much as far as horsepower to the wheels? As i stated earlier I thought about the vidicator II cam, but i know nothing about cam in the camaros
If money is not an issue then I would at least put a 12 bolt rearend w/ 3.73 gears under it with good adjustable lower control arms and torque arm. Beef up the tranny, RPM, Rossler, Circle D are few reputable companies , tranny cooler and 3600 converter. Do a mild custom grind EPS cam , drag radials and you should be solidly in the 11's. Vindicator is a good cam but would require a much bigger converter and more gear to keep good drivability with an auto. Looking at the specs on the vindicator it would prob need a 4400 converter to get its full potential and prob 4.10 gears. If you want 28 mpg then you need to forget modding it any further because I doubt very seriously you are getting that with a 3.42 gear auto now. My bone stock 01 with 3.23 gears and cruising 65 mph only gets 26.
Here is a thread about a pretty simple but impressive setup that runs very low 11's weighing about 3450 lbs and 3.23 gears. Difference between LS6 heads and stock 241 would prob be 2-3 tenths
https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...k-results.html
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If money is not an issue then I would at least put a 12 bolt rearend w/ 3.73 gears under it with good adjustable lower control arms and torque arm. Beef up the tranny, RPM, Rossler, Circle D are few reputable companies , tranny cooler and 3600 converter. Do a mild custom grind EPS cam , drag radials and you should be solidly in the 11's. Vindicator is a good cam but would require a much bigger converter and more gear to keep good drivability with an auto. Looking at the specs on the vindicator it would prob need a 4400 converter to get its full potential and prob 4.10 gears. If you want 28 mpg then you need to forget modding it any further because I doubt very seriously you are getting that with a 3.42 gear auto now. My bone stock 01 with 3.23 gears and cruising 65 mph only gets 26.
Here is a thread about a pretty simple but impressive setup that runs very low 11's weighing about 3450 lbs and 3.23 gears. Difference between LS6 heads and stock 241 would prob be 2-3 tenths
https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...k-results.html
Here is a thread about a pretty simple but impressive setup that runs very low 11's weighing about 3450 lbs and 3.23 gears. Difference between LS6 heads and stock 241 would prob be 2-3 tenths
https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...k-results.html
Here's the issue. I looked into a 12 bolt or 9", and I do not want to spend near 3000 on a friggin rear end. I would much rather put heads and a cam in my 05 C6 corvette. Also rebuilding the trans (which only has 70k miles on it) would cost around 2 grand also. Thats 5k dollars and no more power. I would love to have a 12 bolt but i just don't want to throw 2500 at it. I want a high 11 sec car that is still extremely driveable is what I want. I have 3.42 gears which work great for me, really woke it up from the crappy 273's.