ported LT1 manifold?
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Staging Lane
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yea i didnt think so, cuz i got 700 bucks to spend so im just curious whats the smartest way to spend my money. The car is a stock 94 z28, and i have an slp catback and magnaflow catalitic converter already yet to be installed. I have a friend that's selling me a new LT4 hot cam for $300, but idk ive read on here that its a really mild cam.
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as far as tuning goes. i would pick up autotap and tuner cats. that way you can tune yourself as far as you progress with your mods.
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can i get those on summit? and for 0BD1? But i also heard that a real tune from a computer program is way better then a tune like hypertech. Are those tuners you mentioned like a little hypertech device?
Hope your friend is selling you the whole hot cam kit with rockers and all, and not just the cam for 300 cause their about 200 new. If your interested i have a set of hotcam valve springs with the locks, seats, and retainers for sale cheap. PM me if ur interested.
Hypertech is O.K. for a basically stock automatic car, useless for a modded engine.
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yeah i would go with the long tubes and y pipe you will def feel a big gain, also a good intake with the full exhaust will help out.
I have a Moroso CAI and Mid length Pacesetters (SMOG LEGAL) with High Flow Cat, and straight pipe all the way back and the car is so much qiucker when i installed them from stock. I put down 270 RWHP and 316 RWTQ in my 94 Z28 with auto tranny!
I have a Moroso CAI and Mid length Pacesetters (SMOG LEGAL) with High Flow Cat, and straight pipe all the way back and the car is so much qiucker when i installed them from stock. I put down 270 RWHP and 316 RWTQ in my 94 Z28 with auto tranny!
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yea for everything he even has an LT1 engine just sitting there that he was gonna put the cam in but he just needs the money, maybe i can talk him down to 200 but im just lazy to do the labor myself and dont have the money to get it installed.
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i cant really afford the long tubes now that i did the math, so im looking into getting BBK shorties since i get 15% off from kragen for going to wyotech, and i might get a k&n intake from there too and install this slp catback i have. Also maybe that computer tune, i know a place around here that would sell me the OBD1 wire for $60
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i cant really afford the long tubes now that i did the math, so im looking into getting BBK shorties since i get 15% off from kragen for going to wyotech, and i might get a k&n intake from there too and install this slp catback i have. Also maybe that computer tune, i know a place around here that would sell me the OBD1 wire for $60
i love my K&N intake if you dont have one, its a good thing to pick up.
skip on the underdrive pulleys. they wont net you anything worth your time or money.
you probably wont need a tune until you have a cam in or are alot further modded than you are now.
Don't waste ur $$$ and time on the shorty headers, not much of any gain there, and you seem inclinded to learn how to do this stuff yourself, assuming that's why you go to Wyotech right? So buy the lil stuff you can afform now, I'd highly suggest buying some decent suspension parts before gettin all involved in stuff like Cam swaps, not to mention going over the car in general, 94's have crap brakes etc... Maybe do the easy bolt on stuff and learn the tuning part yourself, hell you might find some other dudes who will end up paying you to work on or tune their car.... Esp if this is your DD car, as soon as I started the nonsense with the camshafts etc I had to buy a beater truck just to get around and the Camaro became "the project"
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ok i got my K&N intake already installed and slp cat back installed and i feels pretty sick. I wanna do that tuner cats thing but i dont understand from reading on that website. Is there a program i dl then pay $20 for the tune and put that file in the program and then hook up a wire to my computer and then to the OBD1 port? or is the file i pay $20 for and the wire all i need?
THe programs to download a tune and do diagnostic stuff is generally freeware stuff for OBD1
Check on http://tunercat.com/ under the winflash tab...
You will have to buy the cable for your computer to the OBD1 port and then buy a $19.95 file for your VIN#....
Check on http://tunercat.com/ under the winflash tab...
You will have to buy the cable for your computer to the OBD1 port and then buy a $19.95 file for your VIN#....