Mod Bug Has Hit!!!!

[Silver97Camaro]

Hey guys. The mod bug has hit me and I am tired of seeing these little imports spend money in there cars to make them run high 15's or in the 16's the majority. Then they come up to you and say, "I'm almost as fast as you!" Yeah I guess you are after spending like $10,000 in the car. So this is what I want to do. Tell me about everything you can think of to run 13's-low 14's. I already know that N2O, or forced induction would do wonders, but I don't really have the money just yet to go that extreme. I relly want to see my car in the mid 14's SO BAD! Thanks for the help guys. Vic

[Blue Flame V6]

Gears LSD and intake and exhaust stall converter. That will get ya there.

[Silver97Camaro]

So lets say that I went with 3.42's, LSD, a 2800-3000 Stall, SLP cold air, and did my exhaust I could be close to what I want to run? Now with the exhaust I know a guy that can get me a new muffler that would go on the Y87 cars. Would that be good enough with a high flow cat, and 2.5in-3in. all the way back or do I need to get something better? I was trying to make it still sound stock. Just really haven't heard any aftermarket systems that I like. [img]graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]

[pgriffith]

I would say it will take more than that to run 13's. Maybee that would be more like a mid 14 if your lucky. And nitrous really aint all that much. It sure is alot cheaper than all that stuff.

[Silver97Camaro]

I would love to run 13's but I would be happy with mid 14's I mean everyone around where I am isn't really that fast unless they have spent money in there V-8. So 14's would put me right there with the big guys with little mods and best of all I would really kick some A** when I race the imports from school. Hey thanks a lot for the help and keep the suggestions coming. [img]graemlins/burnout.gif[/img]

[Blue Flame V6]

3 in Cat back with a highflow cat woudl work good.

[C.Palmer]

www.supersixmotorsports.com [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

Ask Nino on the board about this one. Besides that, I'd say you're full intake/exhaust + lsd and 3.73's would probably be your easiest/cheapest and most common route to getting you where you want to go just a little quicker...

[ItalianStallion1]

For the gears, get 3.73's. For your exhaust unless you're going to get ported and polished heads or forced induction don't get 3 inch exhaust. Well, you can get the 3 inch exhaust if you don't get headers, but I would recommend headers. You could get a cam if you don't want to spend the whole 1500 from SuperSix. I believe the cam is like 300 and the installation should be about the same. With all these mods you'll be spending a good deal of money that you could put into a blower. I would also recommend a muffler better than the Y87. The reason you probably didn't like the exhausts you heard were most likely due to the fact that they were just the muffler and nothing else. If you open up the exhaust just about everything sounds good. I personally would go with the adjustable Borla. That way, you can tune it to how you like it.


Here's a good list for you to follow and change to your liking.

Cold Air Induction- 200 + shipping
Headers- 500(RK Sport) or 650(CIA) + shipping
High flow cat- 90 + shipping
S pipe to match cat bac exhaust- 75-100 installed
I pipe from cat to rear section exhaust- 125 installed
Borla cat back(New)- 600 + shipping/ used- 450
Torque converter- 700 + shipping
3.73 gears- 150 + shipping
LSD- cheapest is 100( I would get an Auborn Pro but it costs like 430) + shipping
Installation for rear end- 100 + shipping
Speed correcter- 150?? + shipping
1LE aluminum driveshaft-200 + shipping
( the 1LE DS is a great mod)
MSD Iginition- 430 + shipping
Coil Interface Units- 100?? + shipping
Wires- 50
Springs- 200 + shipping
Relocation Brackets- 60??? + shipping
Sub Frame Connectors(DD)- 210 + shipping
1LE Lower Control Arms- 100??? + Shipping
Panhard Rod- 100 + shipping
Sway Bar package- 320-350 + shipping
Tires???- 600


Around $3600( with out suspension)
Around $4600( with suspension but not with tires)

These prices don't include tax nor shipping which will probably be about 1/4 of the cost of the mods. Also, don't forget installation unless I included it.

A final thought: whatever you do don't cut corners. Make sure everything is done correct and always get as much information about what you're doing as you can. The last thing you want to do is spend money and time to fix a mod. Good luck and have fun.

[GrdLock]

Move to Texas, that outta drop .5 off your ET :D

3.42's (if you really want the speed and less gas, 3.73's), LSD, 2.5" pipes, hi-flo cat, dual out muffler, CAI, tq convertor, shift kit (if you're an A4, didn't pay attention), take out the MAF screen (maybe)...

and yeah, nitrous isn't all that expensive... if you got a bottle of n20 on the car for maybe $500, that alone would get you to mid 14's or lower, and $500 is a lot less then all that other stuff combined would do. If I were you, I'd pick two, maybe three of those things above, and get a bottle of nitrous.

[Silver97Camaro]

Hey guys thanks for the replies! I do see what you all are saying about N2O being a lot cheeper to get where I want to be. Plus if I were to run N20. I still would have great drivability I would think or am I just not understanding that even though the N2O isn't running all the time its still going to mess with the drivability? The reason I ask is I don't want to lose much of the driveability of the car. I have a '69 Camaro with a 502c.i. in it for playing with at the track and just would like to get a little better performance out of the street car. Know what I mean. Thanks again for the help guys.

[nino]

gears, lsd, intake, exhaust, 2800 TC had me at 15.0.
nitrous alone with your present time will prolly get you there also. 15.0
still that isnt bad coming from a 15.8.

then when i upgraded my suspension i was able to hit 14.8.

then when i put the power pack in i was able to get 14.45

now i predict 14.3 with my current mods not being finely tuned. i will find out next week.

granted this is only after spending thousands and thousands of dollars. no lie!

[ April 28, 2002: Message edited by: nino ]</p>