Whats the first thing you would do...
Whats the first thing you would do...
09-13-2003, 09:56 AM
#2
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Location: ny
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wow youve got a budget of 8k. thats excellent. heres what i didnt do but wish i did. upgrade my brakes. drums, rotors ,pads shoes new hoses and wheel cylinders.( it hard to stop the car when your wheel cylinders blow out and you get air in the master) defientally go with a flowmaster exhaust and hooker headers big difference. subframe connecters, custom ram air and filters. gm fastburn heads with better cam bigger injectors then holly steath ram. mad mustangs will be crying
09-13-2003, 11:01 AM
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Location: Markham, ON
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if you have 8 k id plan on spending about 500-1000 of it just to get the car back into perfect working condition. Now what your ultimate goals for the car are will depend a lot on what you do to it. The stock transmission and rear end are not all that strong from the factory
Set of subframe connectors = 350?
Exhaust =500 + install
TIRES!!! = as much as you want to spend on em....should get some good tires because theres no point making gobs of power if you cant put any of it to the ground.
Then from there id either do some engine mods if you plan on keeping it under 350 horsepower....or if youd like to go higher id do something about the tranny and rear end.
I believe you can get a moser 12 bolt rear end for like 2100? And basically if you make enough power to wreck one of those then youve got money to burn =)
As far as the transmission is concerned you could get it rebuilt to withstand just about however much power you want....or you could use it as an excuse to do a t-56 6 speed swap and switch to one of the 6 speed manuals out of the lt1 camaros...You can buy the setup complete with everything you will need for the install for 1500 dollars. The trannys are only rated to like 450 hp but there are people running 700+ hp applications and not blowing em up
that bring us to
2100-rear end
500 for rebuilt tranny
1500-6 speed tranny
350--sfcs
1000-tires (feel free to spend more here
1000-get her in perfect working condition
500-exhaust +install =1000 after taxes?
All of that would bring you to around 7-8 g's after taxes if you did the installs your self...not sure how much its cost you to get it all done at a shop. If you do choose to go something along that route You wont have much interms of hp mods but youll have a virtually bullet proof rear end and a tranny i doubt youd be blowing anytime soon....And from then on you could do pure engine mods without having to worry about blowing your drivetrain up......or you could just build the hell out of the engine and deal with stuff blowing up when it happens!!!
either way get some sfc's and make sure the car is running perfectly before you start to mod it. No point in modding an unhealthy car.
Set of subframe connectors = 350?
Exhaust =500 + install
TIRES!!! = as much as you want to spend on em....should get some good tires because theres no point making gobs of power if you cant put any of it to the ground.
Then from there id either do some engine mods if you plan on keeping it under 350 horsepower....or if youd like to go higher id do something about the tranny and rear end.
I believe you can get a moser 12 bolt rear end for like 2100? And basically if you make enough power to wreck one of those then youve got money to burn =)
As far as the transmission is concerned you could get it rebuilt to withstand just about however much power you want....or you could use it as an excuse to do a t-56 6 speed swap and switch to one of the 6 speed manuals out of the lt1 camaros...You can buy the setup complete with everything you will need for the install for 1500 dollars. The trannys are only rated to like 450 hp but there are people running 700+ hp applications and not blowing em up
that bring us to
2100-rear end
500 for rebuilt tranny
1500-6 speed tranny
350--sfcs
1000-tires (feel free to spend more here
1000-get her in perfect working condition
500-exhaust +install =1000 after taxes?
All of that would bring you to around 7-8 g's after taxes if you did the installs your self...not sure how much its cost you to get it all done at a shop. If you do choose to go something along that route You wont have much interms of hp mods but youll have a virtually bullet proof rear end and a tranny i doubt youd be blowing anytime soon....And from then on you could do pure engine mods without having to worry about blowing your drivetrain up......or you could just build the hell out of the engine and deal with stuff blowing up when it happens!!!
either way get some sfc's and make sure the car is running perfectly before you start to mod it. No point in modding an unhealthy car.
09-13-2003, 12:12 PM
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Location: ny
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keep in mind after you spend all this money. you need a way to stop the car or your investement is done. redoing the front brakes system will cost you about 100 bucks that includes( rotors pads calipers and hoses and a master cylinder) you can redo your rear which are also very important for about 100 bucks possibly less (drums, wheel cylinders, shoes and hardware kits. also make sure your brake lines are in good condition. if your gonna spend 8k on this car 250 bucks max is almost stupid not to do. camaros are noturios for brake hoses locking up the calipers and the wheel cylinders blowing out. you tell me whats gonna happen at 90mph when you calipers lock up or your wheel cylinders blow out. not pretty. brake system most important part of the car
09-13-2003, 12:30 PM
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Location: Sacto, CA.
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gm fastburn heads with better cam bigger injectors then holly steath ram.
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