I bought my 99 z28 convertable about two months ago...my tranny already took a crap on me but im buying a built 4l60e with a 3500 stall converter and the only other mod i have is a hypertech tuner. Ill have 1k$ to spend on mods and im trying to see what is the best hp setup i can get for it. Any suggestions would help. thanks

Get some l/t's ory, catbackand a lid

ditch the hypertech.

why ditch the tuner? im not very familiar with how much they actually help but the prob is im stationed in germany and theres nothing else or no one else to tune it depending on how far my mods go.

with 1k, i would do LT's, and drag radials

Hypertech's aren't good at all. Considering your situation.. there are still better options, a mail order tune from a place like Wait4me or something like that will be a lot better than Hypertech.

so how does the mail order tune work if i dont have anything to input the tune into my car?

also ive made like 5 passes with my car and i dont really get enough wheel spin for drag radials but i dont know because my tranny lost 3rd and 4th like 2 weeks after the track

w/ 1k to spend, and i dunno it s probly gonna be a lil more expensive overseas id imagine
if you got the tranny w/ a stall id get gears ( 3.73's ), sfc's,lca's, lid, do the free mods.
id say you should be able to shop 2 n have $ left over.
w/ the stall the gears and lid are gonna make it a whole new car!

what are sfc's and lca's?

subframe connectors and lower control arms(rear)

sorry for asking so many questions and btw im not a complete newb to mechanics just domestics and rwd (i was into hondas for years) ...but what free mods can i do?

Ditch the hypertech on ebay and buy 373 gears. Then lid, LT's etc....

Welcome to the world of LS1's. Great to have ya!!!! Check out installuniversity.com. Couple of free mods with excellent directions.

Thanks for all the help guys.

You might want to check out www.ls1howto.com also. Good luck modding!

installuniversity.com's write ups were very good....free ram air done

To answer your question on the mail order tune. You'll have to send your PCM off and they send it back, or if you are concerned about down time you could buy a spare to send off. Either way it will be better than the Hypertech and maybe cheaper. Depending on how much you sell yours for.

Jon

oooohhh ok, thanks man

1k for mods..

longtubes, offroad Y, catback, lid

no question.

add about 500 for a good dyno tune after those mods.