Finalized a video of my car completly stock, show some love and tell me what you think. That means you eddi haha.,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbqsEXgdtTs

 

looks good, glad you got it to run

 

Looking sweet bro! Glad shes up and running good and looking great man!!

 

alright well today my brother came over and he bought himself a farely nice 85 firebird. right when i saw it i wanted to see my camaro up against it. we went to a dry road and put em to the test.. i was dissapointed. his car started off very fast compared to mine... i need to change that. looking for a CAI to replace my k&n. not sure what else to change while im at it. any ideas to raise the hp more? and better start offs?

 

Well look at junkyards of on ebay, or on here, for that dual snorkle intake I use to have on mine, i know that helps alot. Look at different mufflers, and also eaight reduction is a big thing that makes the car get up and go for free..

It really matters what you want with the car, what kindof budget you have and such.. its not cheep to make the car fast but it can be done!! Dont let anyone ever tell you different.

 

hes right, good eye

also if you want to see some fast v6's look up project89 turbo = power/speed

 

Daves turbo's were awosme, and pills to. Heres a quick link on you tube.

Heres mine(I just started really tuning it so its not to to fast yet for a turboed V6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxAL0VXkG6c

And heres Daves(project89) Makes my turbo build look slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KALeK...9&feature=plcp

 

damn lol fast cars. almost ripped the road off the ground haha. hey fast i got a question?? how did you install the dual snorkel cai? with the MAF sensor.???

just bought one and it has no MAF sensor place. what shouyld i do??

 

You do not need that MAF sensor in your car. We have a MAP(manifold absolute pressure) sensor insted. So dont worrie about that, just mount the pipe so that its sealed up good, and take the IAT(Intake Air Tempeture) sensor, thats pluged into you stock air filter assembly, cut the wire, add some wire to it and then plug it into that new dual snorkle intake. Its really easy..heres some pics to help you see what im saying.

Ok you see that wire and sensor that is comming off that silver pipe that goes into my throttle body?? Thats the sensor that youll have to make the wire longer. Look for the sensor on the original air intake "can" assembly on your car.

Also you see that little orange/black sensor on my firewall on the passenger side?? Thats the MAP sensor. You dont need to mess with it, i just wanted ya to know where it is and what it looks like, yours will be green/black(mines a different map sensor"it can read boost from my turbo")



Now look at this pic...it has the MAF sensor assembly but its hollow in there, i gutted it, since you dont need it, also that IAT(intake air tempeture) sensor is on the left side..you see it??




And heres what it looked like on my car... I used the MAF assembly just as a pipe to make it to the throttle body, but you can use whatever you can, to reach the throttle body from the intake itself..If you need help just let me know.

 

k man, did you see my new thread on clutch problem? idk if its that or just because of enviorment but im getting spookd. oh and for the engine i was going to get, the salvage yard wanted 750 for the engine as long as i give them core engine.. too much

 

No i didnt see thread..is it here in the tech area???

Yea thats too much $$ for that..

 

yea, it is man

 

Ok i checked it out.. Im not sure man, i never had a stick third gen camaro, but i had a mustang that use to pop out of gear sometimes (id have to hold the shifter in 1st or else it would pop out) I ended up getting another tranny since it was cheep(mustang trannys are a dime a 12.... So im sorry but im of no good help on the manual tranny problems...sorry bro!

 

no prob man, ill look around see what i find. yea but some guy is selling me a dual snorkel CAI for 58$ not 100% new but gets the job done

 

Yea there sweet intakes, helps with power, and looks really nice. In my opinion..dont go and blow $$ on a K+N air filter(if you decide to) That intake will flow amazing (for a V6) and you can take out the baffles to help the air flow even more. Ill show ya what I mean when ya get it.

 

k, too late for the k&n lol i have one on it currently
, night man

 

I mean a K+N on the newer dual snorkle intake. there different filters then the one you have one your current stock set up.

The stock set up your car has now suxs bad for flow...but the dual snorkle one is the best route to go.

 

well the final offer i got for my camaro is 2500$ and thats just enough to buy the 1982 z28 with 350 and stage 2 shift kit on it, AWESOME!!

 

Glad you decided not to sink a whole lot of cash into the v6. A 350 should do pretty good for ya.

 

IIRC a 82 z28 didnt come with a stock 350, so Im taking it, that motor is a swap in???

Anyways glad to hear it man, have fun with it and whenever you wana race you let me know as...yes all you V8 guys im a V6 guy and I love the power my car makes and wow was it alot cheeper then any sort of swap by FAR!!

Im definitly not scared of V8's anymore.

Dont forget to show us some vids man, love seeing videos of any thirdgens!

 

no problem man, i still dont wanna race, lol maybe after i tune the car to my liking, only bad part is: its a automatic :0\

 

you'll regret ditching your first car, i did being a college student pressed for cash, i regret ditching the 6 for the l69

 

I have to agree with KMC, you might really regret selling the car after you do just because of the attachment you have to it. You brought it back to life! I did the same with my 81 TA, and i regret selling it everyday. I miss that car terribly. My IROC w/350TPI would kick that TA's A$$ lol but it was the "bond" with the car that made it special. It was the first car i bought(18 yrs old), and i completely restored it myself. Not trying to talk you out of it by any means, but definetly think about it real long and hard before doing anything in haste, I know the car was your brothers and has been in the family for a while, you fixed her up and got her running, its very possible that even after getting the "nicer" car you'll still regret it!

I watched the vid too, looks like you got it running pretty good. Good job!

 

I remember when I sold my first car. It was an '86 base firebird with the 2.8L. I swapped in a 350/TH350. Took me a while to do, and it ran awesome for a while, but I never really finished it. There were a few things that were out of my budget/skillset. I could never get it to stay cool, and after a while I ended up parking it and driving something else. Then I sold it and a little while later I heard it got scrapped. I moved on to better cars though, and I have no real attachment my GTA. If someone were to offer me what it's worth, I'd sell it and get something else. You won't regret trading up like that.

 

Why dont you wana race..you got 2 cylinders on me!

 

dont matter, you got a whole turbo on me, lol. let me just do some tuning on the car when i go pick it up and then ill see my 0-60 and compare lol

 

My turbo just makes up for your extra 2 cylinders....my 0-60mph's are right arround or under 6 seconds on good pulls depending on the launch..

Only problem is timing your 0-60 time, I use the laptop via the ecm to record time/speed/Tps signal, and also a g-tech to get a rough number.

I then look at what the datalog says, what the g-tech says, and make a average of the 2. On average ive been getting 6.3 seconds, itll be better i feel at the racetrack with a proper launch and slicks.

Im sure my #'s are off bit not by to to much.

We want VideosI cant wait to see the new car. Best of luck bro!!!

 

Sound of my car, Better exaust system then anyone out there lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GJQhstvMtM

 

What muffler is it??

I like your hood prop!

 

lol idk what mufler, sounds good tho huh lol,

yea that hood prop is about 100k,

 

Interior at night,, somewhat/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRHsJOIYJ-E

 

thats cool, only problem i see (or hear )is the music haha, but really nice touch with the lights, you made your car a night club

 

yea man, thats the only ***** part on it but it looks nice, lol any music requests?

 

hmmm...... pay this song and see if your lights can keep up lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuG--fZLFsw dont mind the screams

 

 

nice work bro! im glad to see how its coming along for ya. im thinking when im donw with my rims and bumper. and iv been doing some personal touchs under the hood lol im gonna make a video comilation...some pics some videos some burnouts maby? lol willl be on my thread sooner or later.
GOOD WORK BRO!

 

OKKKK well i got an estimate of how much a local shop would charge to replace my rear main seal... and outstanding $450!!! i was speachless..... time to see what i can do alone...

 

with an engine hoist and a good set of tool if can be done in a day. before you go doin all that buy the $5 bottle of rear main seal fixxer. im a FIRM beliver in additives. lol most people will argue that but its worth a try before you go rippin into it, aint gonna hurt. lemme know. check out the video i made on my thread too bro

 

i dont think i need to take out the engine or anything to get to the rear main seal since its a RWD and manual? or do i? lol ill try but its a pretty bad one, literally i turn the car on and it loses about a small cup of oil. i dont think additives will repair the damage done already man,

 

oh dang i didnt know it was that much. lol naw im not 100% on on the main seal in these cars. iv only done one in a jetta and OOOH MAN it was a pain in the ace...lol take LOOOTS of pics and write down what you do if you do change it yourself, incase i ever gotta do mine lol

 

sounds good man, from what ive researched. all i gotta do is:

drop tranny mount (1 hour)

Drop Flyweel(10 minute job)

and there should be the main seal

about a 2 hour job total and only about 20$

 

2 hrs to replace the rear main seal?? Man, dont know about that but it will be a good learning experience.

I though you were getting a different 3rd gen?

 

i thought about it hard, and everytime i thought of a reason to actually hand over my title, i remembered how good mine is with gas and how yours is, your car is my inspiration. also, the other car was pretty ugly interior wise, and he told me he couldtmake it to boise in that car (capitol of my state) from my city (about a 2 hour drive) so idk.. and on top of that, im learnging more of my car

 

DONT get rid of your chevy brother...were the 3.1 muskateers lmao eddi being the leaders. your his appretice and im the rookie. lol dont abandon us

3.1v5 FOR LIFE

YALL NEED TO CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO BY THE WAY!!! BEST SHTUFF EEEEVER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCV2L0c6K0

 

dont get rid of your car, and if your losing oil it may not be the rear main seal, have ya been under it and checked out the oil pan and flex plate cover to see if there oily, if they are it could be you need a new oil pan gasket, just sayin, but i hope if it is the rear main that an additive will fix er up

 

LOL i dont remember my car being a 3.1 **V5** lol jk man, i used some of that seafoam, half into the brakeboost 1/3 into oil and the rest in gas. the car smoked quiet a bit when i put it into the brakebooster but car seems smoother, ima c how much more it cleaned it up tommorow,

 

forsure man. its ggreat stuff! i used 1/2 in oil and 1/2 in gas tank. deff document that rear main project for us

 

Personally I love my lil V6. Its not the fastest car but its easy to work on, easy on the gas, and it is a perfect canidate to turbo when the time comes.
My 3.1L was just begging for boost and 10 years after I got the car I finally did it.
So take your time, and enjoy that Camaro, there fun no matter what.

I never regret turboing my car compared to a engine swap.

"any idiot can make a V8 fast, but it takes a smart idoit to make a V6 fast"
My fav. quote that Ive heard so many times.

 

ll im SUUUCH a torqu junky so a v8 swap is always in the back on my head. ill dabel in the 3.1 untill i can afford something real nice...454 is my personal poison lol. but thats takes alot of shtuff...gears, high power tranny. modification. sooome day...maby..lol

 

I wished you lived closer so you could ride in my V6. Theres alot of torq, turbos are great at making tons of torq.

I just like being different I guess...LOL.. I love a V8 too man! I had a 1990 5.0 stang for a long while and got her into the low 13's at the track with slicks(it was a stick) I constantly gernaded the trannys and riped a few axles(they literly would pull out or the rear end if you jacked the car up) , it was cheeper to just get another one at the junk yard at the time...LOL. And when you dump a 260Hp car's clutch at 3k at the line, since I had slicks, something is going to give eventually.

So dont think im just a turbo/v6 guy. I just like HP anyway its made. I dont like one more then another, because a 13 second car is a 13 second car. I dont discriminate.