Peter Kroeker

Hey I'm new to the camaro scene and I just bought a 2001 z28 and I was wondering if I could get a little help with mods what would be a good way to go performance wise
thanks

MonmouthCtyLS7

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New Intake, port your tb, headers, tune is a good start.

HCI2000SS

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Have a goal or budget in mind?

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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what trans do you have?

Peter Kroeker

Thanks what is the average gain with this setup

Peter Kroeker

My goal would be a steerable 600hp of course running on the sorry stuff we call gas these days

Peter Kroeker

Is that something I can look up using the vin? I know that other options are accessible through this method

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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what transmission do you have auto or manual?

Peter Kroeker

Auto 4 spd

HCI2000SS

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600 at the wheel or motor? There's a big difference lol

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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go with a quality converter. no lower than 3600. youll be thrilled trust me.

Peter Kroeker

At the wheels man! Hey that's the only place that counts! I could get a 500hp build that my brother did but he has a rear main seal leak...... is it even worth it? How bad is a repair on that

Peter Kroeker

And here I was thinking that I should ditch the glass trans and opt for a much stronger T56

JD_AMG

Search and read all the stickies.
Heres one to start you out

https://ls1tech.com/forums/new-ls1-owners-newbie-tech/361959-so-you-wanna-fast.html

Peter Kroeker

Hey thanks for the link but I'm not so much a newbie to the scene just to this one in particular I have much more than straight hp planned that is a part but not the whole of a car I was in imports before this and we tend to shine in the handling department so that is my next step but it is one that I myself have covered and the powertrain.....let's just say that I bought one too many 4l60e rebuild kits

Peter Kroeker

Thanks for the tip but 3600 is a bit harsh I was thinking 3200.... what do you say

JD_AMG

I've heard this all too many times. So tell me what is the plan then?
I hope you realize all the things that work on "import" cars are not work on fbodies(certain brands, spring rates, coilovers, wheel/tire sizes etc), so forget anything you learned from owning those cars because that's only going to get you a terrible setup here.
Also again everything you are asking is covered in the stickies, check out the gen3 internal and external section.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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my vigilante 3600 feels like a stock converter.

arock24

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Take it from ultimate- go with 3600 at the minimum, and be sure to get a transmission cooler installed with it.

Everybody likes to go in their own order, but if you're realistically looking at 600rwhp, you may want to start from the back (rear end). There's a few G's to spend in supporting drivetrain/suspension mods that are going to be necessary to support that power (even if it's just 600 crank hp).

Peter Kroeker

Thanks yeah I do know that these cars are totally different I just meant that I know to go fast there need to be a right combination of parts and setup with quality tuning to get the party going suspension wise since this will be a daily it needs to be firm but not over the top qa1 coilovers front and read same engine but a T56 trans carbon driveshaft stock rear end brembo brakes for my hp goals I'm thinking supercharged with a 100 shot of nitrous