ok I want to hear some feedback from you: What kind of HP, ET's, and Gas mileage (very important to know)

1. K&N 14x3 open element
2. MSD 6al Ignition
3. MSD super conductor wires
4. MSD cap and rotor
5. MSD Blaster coil (enough power?)
6. 3.42 Posi-Traction
(I want mileage so no 3.73)
7. New Heads
(suggestions? Edelbrock? Sportsman II's?)
8. March underdrive pulleys
(I heard it causes temperature rise?)
9. Edelbrock TBI Intake (Suggestions?)
10. TurboCity TBI
11. Tranny Cooler
12. Edelbrock Header (Yes I will coat them)
13. Flowmaster Cat back exhaust
14. Jet stage II chip
15. Cam (Any suggestions?)
16. Fiberglass ram air hood with a custom built 'box' to 'ram' air into the open element.

Ok I know this is the ultimate wish list, but it will be a reality SOON so I need any and all advice.

Thanks again guys,

James

1988 Camaro Convertible SC L03 auto trans

 

well, on the one hand alot of those mods technically can improve your gas mileage(gears and a few others excluded) practically though I would expect gas mileage to drop significantly.

First off your cars going to be alot faster, so your gonna be getting on it even more, believe me! Plus thoose gears really make a differnce, I have 3.73 and you can see my mods in my sig below. I average around 15-17 combined highway and city driving, and when I really dog it I've seen roughly 12-13 so good luck on keeping decent mileage.

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1990 Camaro RS
305 TBI Auto
K&N Open Air Element, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Edelbrock Headers,Catco Hi Flow Cat, Edelbrock Exhaust, Hypertech Underdrive Pulley's, Jacobs Ignition, Fast Chip PROM, B&M Shift Kit, B&M Mega Shifter, 3.73 Rear with Auburn Limited Slip, KYB GR2 Gas Shocks and Struts, Eibach Pro Kit Lowering Springs, Edelbrock 3 Point Strut Tower Brace, Baer 13 in. Slotted Rotors with Metallic Pads, American Racing Torq Thrust II 16x8 Wheels with Toyo 245 50 VR 16 Tires, 3 in. Cowl Hood, A little weight here and a little weight there.

 

Now as far as HP I would think with all those mods you might see as much as 275 HP. In a recent hot rod(i think) magazine they got a 305 tpi(emissions legal) to put out well over 300 RWHP with thoose mods, so if you factor in some loss for the crappy TBI I think around 275 is reasonable.

You may want to consider getting the entire edelbrock setup, it's pretty cost effective, and you can probaly get it as a package deal. Plus their cam is setup to work well with their heads etc.

No problems at all with the underdrive pulley's in my car(hypertech).

Also I would definetly upgrade the rest of the supension as well as the wheels/tires and brakes. The stock suspension is very inadequate and the brakes especially so. shift kit too. hope this **** helps. later

 

Do you mean a 275 hp gain? Because I have looked at many of the mods and the heads alone im looking at 75-125 horsepower, right? Not to mention exhaust and intake and bigger TBI Etc... etc... To only gain 100 horsepower doesn't seem right?

Let me know thanks again,

James

 

you would really be suprised on what 100 hp can do

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1989 pontiac firebird
bright red exterior(just repainted)
grey interior
5 spd
305 TBI (stock)
WS.6 formula wheels
3.73 posi rear end
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system: 2 10" MTX thunder 2000 in a Professionally done custom bandpass box.
Blaupunkt CD player
Blaupunkt 4x6 and 6x9
600 watt rockford fosgate 4.6 amp

thinking about a flowmaster

 

Add to the list a custom prom and a pair of 16x8 265's in the rear and 16x8 255's in the front and lower control arms. As for the cam, e-mail this guy

coolfb@aol.com

Josh put a nice cam in his car and everything runs smooth and fine. He will give ya some numbers for ya.

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Eric Natzke
91 Firebird 305 TBI (ZZ4 summer of "01")
ASCD Ram Air Hood-3" custom exaust-Flowmaster 80 Series-No Cat-Edelbrock TES Headers (coated)-March Pulleys-TBI Spacer-K&N Open ELement-TransGo Shift Kit-B&M Supercooler 28,000 GVW-Hypertech Thermomaster-160 Stat-3:42 GM Gears-Auburn Posi Unit-Edlebrock Strut Tower Brace-MSD Superconducters-Accel Cap & Rotor-MSD Blaster Coil-Rapidfire Plugs-265/50/R15 Tires-Emmison's all Gone
http://members.aol.com/j007golden/91firebird.html

 

i get about 22mpg doing mixed driving in my car. you can see all the stuff i've strapped on in my sig. i would suggest either the edlebrock or trick flow heads. i got 1.6 rockers instead of a new cam. doing a cam install was more$$$$ than i wanted to spend.
i will be proving that the stock cam can carry a car into the 13's as soon as the tracks around here open back up in the spring.
you will have to consider a good set of tiresif you do all these mods.
i think that 300hp may be tough to do, but 250 at the rear wheels can be done.
my et + mp + weight calculates about 225hp at the wheels.

lata
tim

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91 Camaro RS-LO3,Auto.
14.390 @ 94.99mph
Edlebrock TES Headers, Cat Eliminator Pipe, Borla Adjustable Cat Back,Marche Pulleys, HyperTech Chip,Transgo Shift Kit,B&M Convertor(2000stall), 36mm Front 25mm Rear Sway Bars, Eibach Pro Kit Springs, Bilstein Shocks and Struts, Steve Spohn Rear Rig( all rod ends), Poly Front Bushings, Baer Track Kit Front Brakes W/ Baer Disc Rears, 17x9 4th Gen SS Wheels, Ported TB, Edlebrock Performer TBI Intake, Performer Heads, 1.6 Roller Tipped Rockers