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Originally posted by Red94:
trust me im trying to make my 3.4 fast, but its a daily driver, and im a poor college student. so all my options are limited
you arent trying hard enough [img]tongue.gif[/img] , my car has been my daily driver since the last day of my sophomore year of highschool (and im now a senior in college, so thats what almost 5 years)
all ive done to my car is a few boltons, and it now gets a lot better gas mialage, and its a lot faster
Originally posted by StudlyCamaro: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Red94:
trust me im trying to make my 3.4 fast, but its a daily driver, and im a poor college student. so all my options are limited
you arent trying hard enough [img]tongue.gif[/img] , my car has been my daily driver since the last day of my sophomore year of highschool (and im now a senior in college, so thats what almost 5 years)
all ive done to my car is a few boltons, and it now gets a lot better gas mialage, and its a lot faster </font>[/QUOTE]im not worried about bolt ons, i have alomost every one. im worried about the cam being too big for the street, as in the power not being there at lower RPM's, and vacuum.
The crane 272 cam and a near sock C/R will make enough of vacuum to run a break booster.
If you weigh 99lbs and are anemic you might not beable to handle it.
I have 1.6 roller rockers on the intake and 1.5 roller rockers on the exhasut to give me .481''/.480'' total lift because the cam alone wasn't enough for me.
I never looked for a high stall converter becasue I have a standard transmission. And don't need one.
You can also make your car faster by lightening it and moving weight around.
You could lower you car with coil overs up frount(coil overs are lighter than stock springs and struts). You could move wieight around like moving the battery to the back and lowering the fuel tank.
That should help you launch better.
You could also make you mods out of lighter materals insted of making every thing out of steel. You could make mods out of alternative materals like vacuum formed composits and Titanium.
You would have to make things like SFC's and LCA relocaters out of steel because they need to be welded on to your car.
But things like ajustable torque arm, LCA's, maybe a STB and track bar have alternative materal potential appication.
\'85 Z28, T-tops new LG4 and TH700<br />\'85 3.4L 5-speed<br />mods: <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/id/oil_pan_4\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/id/oil_pan_4</a> the nitrous exhaust O2 safety, pg 3. <br />Areo space materal engineer wantabe
-lt1 rear axle with lsd, and 3.42s
-lt1 driveshaft
-$15 muffler on the y-pipe with stock exhaust manifolds
-asp crank pulley(didn't even have the alt on then)
-homemade Cold air intake
That was pretty much it, if you wanna get technical the guy I sold my car to ran a 15.3 with a gutted interior, slicks and skinnies, off his trans am.
heads/cam guys shoudl blow my record away [img]smile.gif[/img] Just work on giving the 3.4L more top end, its falls flat up high.
Originally posted by MustangEater8251: Go for it my 15.4 shoudl be a cinch to beat...
these were my only mods...
-lt1 rear axle with lsd, and 3.42s
-lt1 driveshaft
-$15 muffler on the y-pipe with stock exhaust manifolds
-asp crank pulley(didn't even have the alt on then)
-homemade Cold air intake
That was pretty much it, if you wanna get technical the guy I sold my car to ran a 15.3 with a gutted interior, slicks and skinnies, off his trans am.
heads/cam guys shoudl blow my record away [img]smile.gif[/img] Just work on giving the 3.4L more top end, its falls flat up high.
Maybe I should fly you up to IL and you can show me how to drive my car.
I had a 270 dur cam in the red camaro, and I got the 290 dur. one sitting in the garage(dads gonna get a 270 for the red,and put a sc on it) if my "motor swap" dosen't go as planned this spring then I'll set up my pushrod 3.4 with the 290 cam gen 3 topend and 12 to 1 cr
Wolf<br /><a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/249111/7\" target=\"_blank\">95 black t-top camaro</a>,3.4 5 speed,ud pullies,plugs/wires,de-shaft tb & gutted airbox, homemaid short throw shifter
SFC's are pretty nice for us vert owners, but are not a necessity for hardtop/T's.
2001 Arctic White Firebird With Black Drop Top<br /><br />3:42 Gears<br />Zexel LSD<br />BMR upper A-Arms<br />Trans Am exhaust with 3\" I-pipe and cutout<br />Modified intake<br />Mecham Hood<br />Trans Go shift kit<br />Making rear control arms and panhard
Originally posted by T-Punk: SFC's are pretty nice for us vert owners, but are not a necessity for hardtop/T's.
No, SFC connectors are necessary for EVERY f-body. The unibody construction is not the best and I think GM should have manufactured the F-bodys with them standard.
Don't just focus on the motor, save weight and look at ways to improve the suspension. This has already been mentioned, but to give you an idea of what is possible, check this out:
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