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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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I have a 1995 Camaro Z28 A4. The car is basically stock except for a Dynomax Super Turbo muffler, 3.73 gears and the car was tuned by Henderson Performance Technologies. I want to get more performance out of my Camaro. I have only taken the car to the tracks once which was also my first time ever running a car, and I ran a 13.84 with street tires. I would like to drop my Camaro into low low 13's or maybe even mid/high 12's. Anyone got any suggestions on what would help me out the best? I just graduated from high school so I'm on some what of a budget. I'm just gettin' tired of the local ricers talkin' trash cause their STI's, SRT 4's and Evo's can keep up with a V8.
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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well u might want to read the stickies first.....

Basically u want to get air in and out.

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get some kinda Cold Air Intake -- under 200
LT headers -- $400 for Pacesetter
Y-pipe - $ 125
cat-back ~$400

since its an A4, go for a torque converter. 3000 should be good.

after all that......cam + heads + rockers
$2000
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 03:38 PM
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With that list of mods. what times do you think I willl be running? Also will a stall affect my car as a daily driver?
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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yeah, u will lose some mileage, but it puts u in your power band quicker, so it makes the car more fun to drive.
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 02:53 AM
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My Dad doesn't like the idea of putting a torque converter in it, but then again I don't like the idea of ricers pullin' up next to me. I was thinking some drag radials, long tube headers, y-pipe, cat-back exhaust, a cold air intake, and some suspension mods. Will that make a nice little drop in my e.t.?
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 03:07 AM
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Also I was wondering about that Eibach drag launch springs, do those work good?

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