What fits an 00 3.8 liter?

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Originally posted by TheStupidFock:
ok kid, your starting to urk me a little with your babble. I understand you are new to the car scene, so I'll me nice.

Before you start asking anymore questions or buy anything else...read this small guide http://mods.firebirdv6.com/ it's a part of this site for a reason, to educate people that don't know much about cars, and/or want to know what is out there for our F-Bodies as far as modifications go.

you don't have much room to talk your new too, and that giude is REALLY outdated..... didn't even have cams when that was writen

[j_downey50]

Originally posted by viper04af:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by TheStupidFock:
ok kid, your starting to urk me a little with your babble. I understand you are new to the car scene, so I'll me nice.

Before you start asking anymore questions or buy anything else...read this small guide http://mods.firebirdv6.com/ it's a part of this site for a reason, to educate people that don't know much about cars, and/or want to know what is out there for our F-Bodies as far as modifications go.

you don't have much room to talk your new too, and that giude is REALLY outdated..... didn't even have cams when that was writen </font>[/QUOTE]as far as intake and exhaust, it's fine. the guy is just now starting out in the car scene, i don't think he'll be worrying about a high performance cam for a while. ;)

[ellik]

OK Member #6137 with 14 posts and a 60 day veteran of this site.

Originally posted by TheStupidFock:

1.) Would you really want someone who just got a camaro to help other people like himself with bull**** information just to say he helped? When I know enough to help someone out, I will.

2.) What the hell is seafoam?

so have you learned enough to help him out yet, or just be mean?

a 2 1/2" flowmaster cat back will be slightly louder than stock, but still pretty tame compared to most setups. If I remember right, its about $260 through www.summittracing.com I dont like ordering through their site, but give them a call, they are very helpful over the phone.

IMHO, a magnaflow cat-back is the best buy for the money (unless you are going for a LOUD setup) since its an all stainless steel system and includes the S-bend. $300+/- search ebay, there is a seller that has a warehouse full of them that is ALWAYS listing them. some auctions include a high flow cat.

[ December 02, 2004, 02:36 PM: Message edited by: ellik ]

[00firebird]

thanks, ive heard lots of good things about the magnaflow, i think i'm going to get it. the only determining factor left is the noise. on a 1-10 scale what would you rate it for noise?

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Originally posted by 00firebird:
thanks, ive heard lots of good things about the magnaflow, i think i'm going to get it. the only determining factor left is the noise. on a 1-10 scale what would you rate it for noise?

check out my webv page and watch the video's no i have fully moded motor there, but it will give you some idea of how loud it is (its not that loud)
flowmaster 80 dual out, 3 inch in. and 2 1/2 pipe highflow cat and headers

[ellik]

I run a 3" magnaflow with headers and high flow cat. with 1 being stock and 10 being obnoxious, I would rate mine a 6.
a 2 1/2" magnaflow on stock manifolds I would give a 3.

[Ike]

Go with a wisper lid and a good filter. Perhaps you can find a used one on this site. If you get the SLP or MTI lid, you will need to use flex tube to get air over to the throttle body. Look under the hood of your car, notice how our lid exists off to the right abit? Well, the 8's exit in the center, so it won't line up exactly. Maybe you should rethink your choice of intake.

[00firebird]

arhhh... thanks for telling me, i wouldnt have noticed until after i bought it.

so now ive got two new questions (yes i know im annoying, lol), where can i buy a brand new wisper lid? (its just one company that makes it?) and what if i just stuck with the v8 lid how much would that bendable tube cost?

[ December 02, 2004, 09:10 PM: Message edited by: 00firebird ]

[TheStupidFock]

I wasn't trying to be mean, I wrote that early in the morning, and I was in a bit of a ****ty mood. I just pointed him to where I got some information that helped me out.
As far as learning enough to teach other people about performance parts, no I havn't learned enough yet, because the only thing I have done to my car right now is an intake, and I wouldn't want to tell someone how well something works if i havn't done it, or seen the results for myself.
It won't be until maybe late winter, or early spring before I start adding performance parts because first I need to dish out $550 for tires, and another $300-$400 to fix my power stearing.

As far as you (00firebird), I recommend you go to a few websites like www.howstuffworks.com (to learn how certain parts of a car work/work together) and then move onto doing research on how well stuff works/ has worked on other people's cars (google might actually help for this one along with reading/searching posts on this forum). Above all, don't rush into things, you seem to be really eager to get a certain part for you car without learning about it first.

[Ike]

Originally posted by 00firebird:
arhhh... thanks for telling me, i wouldnt have noticed until after i bought it.

so now ive got two new questions (yes i know im annoying, lol), where can i buy a brand new wisper lid? (its just one company that makes it?) and what if i just stuck with the v8 lid how much would that bendable tube cost?

Check out some of our sponsers for your first question. As for the second, go to the hardware store and see.

[00firebird]

I would, if i knew anything about the parts..I don't even know what that part is called.

[majeskyb]

I bought my whisper lid at lmperformance (I think they're a sponsor). They have been running a sale on it for like 6-8 months now. With the intake, if you get a lid (whisper), the exit on it is long enough that you can remove the air baffles, and use the short rubber flex tube that's already attached to your maf sensor. Just attach the lid to that, and the top part of your aftermarket intake is complete. After that, you can cut the bottom part (underneath where the air filter sits), out, effectively completing our "free ram air" mod. Also, after that, you can purchase an aftermarket ram air kit, like the SLP cold air kit, or the super sucker ram air kit (SSRA). That's pretty much everything that I know of that you can do to your intake, besides descreening your maf sensor (there are mixed reviews on whether or not it helps or hurts the car).

With the exhaust there are a few more options/combinations that you have available. Since you already have a cat-back system picked out, just remember what each part is. As the name implies, it replaces your entire exhaust AFTER the cat. As you move closer to the engine, the next thing you will want to look into is a high-flow cat (like Catco). I believe stock, we have 3" cats, but either way, I'd go with a 3" high-flow since the reason you're spending money on the exhaust is to free it up more (I know there's more to it than that, but this is simplified, so we're not going to get into flow characteristics, velocity, and other things like that). All that's really left to replace now are the headers/y-pipe. The three brands that I know of are CIA, RKSport, and Pace Setters. CIA headers are the most expensive (though supposedly the highest quality), Pace Setters made a bad batch once (leaking collectors) but are the cheapest, and from what I can gather, not too many people like the RKSport. That's pretty much everything that you can do, for now, to upgrade your stock intake and exhaust.

I have no personal experience with any of the parts above, except for the Whisper lid, so I'm trying not to be biased at all. Do a search or ask members what they prefer so you get an idea of what you're going to be getting before you spend your money on a part. Other than that, good luck and have fun!

[00firebird]

i really dont want to go with the wisper lid... it looks boring to me (no offense to anyone that has it). I want to get the clear lid, but I need to know where i can get the parts to have a bendable tube. however the stock tube looks like it would be alot better for the car

[majeskyb]

right- I thought that the clear one was only made for the LS1s- so you can go to Lows and pick up some dryer hose. Even though the whisper lid isn't the greatest looking IMO (I don't care for the writing on it), it works good for what it's made to do. The stock tube is only about 3-4"s long. The rest in there is the air baffle that gets removed when you install the lid, and it pretty much mates directly up to the sensor.

[00firebird]

are there any actual parts sold on websites? i dont care about the price, but i dont want to make the tube out of some cheap material.... thanks