Aboot

Ok, so I have a 92 camaro with the 3.1 v6. The only performance modification I have done is I took the little funnel thing of the airbox and drilled lots of quarter sized holes in the side of the airbox to free up the intake a little. Other than that, it is bone stock (but runs very well). Also, I believe the tires are Bridgestone Potenza G009's and they are in pretty new condition.

Now on to my question... Do any of you know if I should be able spin the tires on dry pavement just by punching the gas? No, hitting the brake or dropping the clutch or anything like that... Just flooring it and breaking traction with the help of nothing else. Heck, I don't care if it is just a chirp, I just want to be able to do it. If not, what modifications would it take to get to the point where I could?(preferably nothing to mechanically involved but I know that sometimes you just have to get some grease on your hands)

I've researched this here and see some people saying yes and some people saying no so I would like a more definitive answer. Also, the reason I don't just test it out on my own is because I won't be near my car for a couple of months for personal reasons and I forgot to while I still had the chance.


OH! Almost forgot! I don't know if you guys require noobs to introduce themselves on their first post or not but here is mine!

I'm a 27 year old camaro owner and I have nothing but love for these types of cars and fell in love with them the first time I saw one. I hope to give and get help from this forum and enjoy learning about the inns and outs of these magnificent cars!

mikey8494

well i havent tried it yet but knowing the previouse owners statement of my car he says it spun a little by punching it so if done corectly yes it is posible but very dificult and hard on the motor

Aboot

Well, if you do try it any time soon, let me know the results, because I am dying to know.

Aboot

AHH, double post! sorry still figuring out this site.

rusty vango

spray your way to new tires!!

Aboot

What exactly do you mean by this?

drdave88

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He means get nitrous.

If you give it a lil gas and then dump the clutch that should do it no problem. Having a manual is a lot easier to spin the tires than an automatic. A good mod to do would be opening up the exhaust, like a catback, new converter, and if you can put headers on it, do that too. First thing though would be to get your car back to good running condition by doing a full tune up (try searching for TomP's tune up).

Aboot

Well, unfortunately it is an automatic so dumping the clutch is out the window. The engine also has under 60k miles on it as well so I'm not sure if a tune up is needed because it sounds great (no knocks, rattles, missed beats, etc. ) and feels plenty powerful (of course, its no V8 but for a v6 it certainly goes).

antares57

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I agree above, get a good tuneup. My V6 would not do it either untill I sealed all the vacuum leaks, new plugs and wires, and reset timing. Didn't have any problems after that. But, I just wanted to be able to do it. I don't do it on a frequent basis.

drdave88

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You mentioned "dropping the clutch" so I thought you had a manual. at 60k, you would need to do a tune up, since these cars recommended plugs every 30k or so. Plugs (maybe wires), fuel filter, air filter, fluids, etc. Get it back to where it needs to be and then go for more power.

Aboot

Oh, could somebody link me to the famous TomP tuneup thread (if there even is one) because I cant seem to find it, only lots of people referring to it.

fasteddi

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Here is the thread:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/v6/6...or-tuneup.html

Aboot

Thanks! I don't know why I couldn't find it.

Also, I understand that you are a bit famous around here for your turbo setup. Do you have any idea wether or not I should be able to do what I asked in my original post? I think it is safe to take you as an authority on this sort of stuff.

project89

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if ur tires are very good and grippy u wont be able to spin them without power braking

fasteddi

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I'm not famous just one of the small group of ppl that run a turbo on their thirdgen v6.


But from what I remember on my car when it was stock, it would rarely do good burnouts unless it was wet out. If tires were new and the road was hot it was pretty hard to break them loose, but that was a auto trans.

mikey8494

so turbo guru how hard is it to turbo one of these motors

project89

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fast turbo charged his with no prior experiance , other then some help from a few of us that have already done it.

when i did mine a few years back i was like the 3rd person to do it i think techsmurf and doward were the only 2 before me , and both of them were long gone when i did mine , and also had no experiance other then having owned a factory turbocharged car at one point


its really not that hard to do but u have to do all the work yourself in order for it to not cost an arm and a leg , the biggest thing u will need is a welder , if u dont have one a cheap 80$ flux cored mig welder off ebay will work just fine

check out fast eddis turbo install thread on the top of the forum and also my turbo install thread ontop of the forum

edit

sixshooter may have had his done as well by the time i did mine im not sure

Base91

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And check out the complete bolt on single turbo kit bl85c has for sale. Search the forum for "turbo kit". Cheap power.

huber16

This answer is kinda late but I'll chime in anyway. I've owned my 1991 3.1 Camaro since new and it never did spin the rear tires. I never understood the fascination with tire spinning anyway. Spinning only represents a failure to put the engine's power to the ground. Look at your car. It has pretty big tires for the size of engine. Now, look under the car a see the very long traction bar running from the differential to the rear of the transmission. This car hooks up great and that is a good thing. I could stay with the 305 V8 cars for about 1/8mi in a drag race. This engine/trans always had sucky top end performance. Your car was designed to stick to the road which it does very well. After 22 years and 200,000 miles I still like taking the old Camaro down a twisty road.

JC1992rsconvert

i can say this when a tractor trailer is coming at you doing 50+ and your barely moving from a redlight these little 3.1 will surely get up and go without any wheel spin but as for the question yes they will spin tires on dry pavement i done it with the set of tires that where on mine when i bought it so they will smoke them if ya want them to