OK i bought a 96 TA last week it will be the second LT1 car i have owned (other one was a 96 formula). The car has around 175K but is in great shape body and paint wise everything functions as it should. I got it for $ 3,000 and the engine and A4 still work perfectly but are both leaking fluid all over the place. It seems to me that the car is a bit of a dog though compared to the formula i used to have. I would like to get the car to run mid 12's in the 1/4, but it has to stay emissions legal to be driven legally in the part of PA where i live. Was wondering what the best direction to go would be while keeping the car easily derivable on the street? I am guessing i would need to be somewhere around 425 whp to achieve this goal? I would prefer the car as a m6 is this swap difficult or what's the headaches involved with that. Thanks for any input you may have i don't want to spend a huge chunk of cash on this car either btw. I have lurked around this board for years but didn't decide to join till recently, so try to spare me the newbie heckling

 

One more thing i forgot to ask.. The tag in the glove box is supposed to tell you what rear is in the care i believe? How do you tell it looks mostly like a bunch of 3 letter codes to me i cant gather much from it.

 

code GU will tell you the rear gears. Like GU5, GU4 etc..... just google the code when you get it

 

Ok thanks it is GU5 wich i guess is 3.23:1 Did they make a 3.43 or something close for these cars factory?

 

3.42 is the gear for the 6 speeds. i don't know what the GU code is though, GU2 is 2.73 and like you already found out GU5 is 3.23.