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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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Obviously I'm new and I'm a girl. My boyfriend has been on this site for a while and thought I'd join myself since I figure he can't help me with EVERYTHING that has to do with my car. I drive a Pewter v6 Camaro (I know it's kinda lame.) and I really want to do SOMETHING to it until I can get an ls1 but don't know what. I still have a lot to learn about my car and any help with that would be greatly appreciated!
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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Put a system in it and clean the car up, anything performance wise is in theory a waste if you already plan on upgrading to an LS1. Have something nice to ride around in for the time being that clean and sounds good, that would be my recommendation.

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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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That's true but I'm gonna have this one for a while and probably won't get rid of it. I don't want to do anything major to it though....
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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Hey I still have my v6, its still fun to putt around in it.
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:30 PM
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Welcome!
My old V6 was a good little car, for a slowmobile lol
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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wow... thanks guys... I know it's slow but I drive it like it's not lol!
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Oh mine had a slipping tranny and was a 3.4
I drove it til it exploded. Now I miss it...though it's out in the driveway behind my Z28.
And neither one works properly
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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really? I blew the radiator and something else in my '95 (it was a total POS), somehow got it running and traded it in for the '01. I miss it, mostly because it was red, but i like my new one... and my dad's car is a whole different story lol. I'm supposed to be driving it but it's an M6 and it pisses me off lol, and it's in really, REALLY bad shape right now. (it smells REALLY bad in there! )
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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the late 3.8s are very good motors. if you have the performance package, they can be just as, if not faster then the old 305s from the 80s and early 90s. theres plenty you can do to it, enough to slap the grin off a ricers face. CAI, gears, shifters, intake, plug/wires, pulleys. almost anything you can do to an LS1, you can do to your V6. if you find the parts, that is. theres another forum for the V6s, im not sure of the name. someone else will post it soon enough. fullthrotleV6.com maybe?
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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yeah fullthrottlev6.com and camarov6.com
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by *Pewter*v6*Babe*
really? I blew the radiator and something else in my '95 (it was a total POS), somehow got it running and traded it in for the '01. I miss it, mostly because it was red, but i like my new one... and my dad's car is a whole different story lol. I'm supposed to be driving it but it's an M6 and it pisses me off lol, and it's in really, REALLY bad shape right now. (it smells REALLY bad in there! )
My 95 has caught fire twice, with no damage either time, and needs a jump but it'll still run barely.
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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the late 3.8s are very good motors. if you have the performance package, they can be just as, if not faster then the old 305s from the 80s and early 90s. theres plenty you can do to it, enough to slap the grin off a ricers face. CAI, gears, shifters, intake, plug/wires, pulleys. almost anything you can do to an LS1, you can do to your V6. if you find the parts, that is. theres another forum for the V6s, im not sure of the name. someone else will post it soon enough. fullthrotleV6.com maybe?
yeah fullthrottlev6.com and camarov6.com
awesome, thanks guys! I'll have to check those forums out then...
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wow......good guess on the website
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N2O and a maybe a converter. You'll surprise the hell out of some cars. Talk to some sponsors about N20. Just don't call it "NOS."

"Oh, it's just a V6..." *blows their doors off* "Sorry, forgot to mention I'm spraying."

I don't know. Jut thinking out loud.
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"Oh, it's just a V6..." *blows their doors off* "Sorry, forgot to mention I'm spraying."

I don't know. Jut thinking out loud.

Haha nice thinkin and welcome
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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Turbo is another option, but unlike the LS1, there's like no one making kits for this thing, so go that route and you' re basically on your own. Strange considering how much the 3.8 likes boost and how easy it is for the uninitiated to make LS1 grenades going the FI route (not to say there haven't been quite a few 3.8 grenades, cause there have been)

The best bang for the buck as far as power goes is a Head/cam swap, which should run about 2k - more if a shop does the swap. there are good gains to be had there, but go too far and race car fragility and an idle exhaust note straight from an harley v-twin will be your reward. Oh and hi.

It's always cool to meet a girl who's into F-bodies.

Now, if only I could do that IRL...
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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Yay, another gal. Welcome

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Put an LS1 in it...
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by yamablaster024
Put an LS1 in it...
Ditto Although an LT1 is rockin too. I know, all you LS1 guys can be hating me for me considering it but I have an LS1. My first 4th gen (1995)was a LT1 and it was what torque was all about. It all depends on how much you wanna spend luv.
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