hey guys. i was wondering what i can do to give my bird better bottom end. i made a movie of it today and watched it and i was very surprized it was that slow out of the hole. it doesnt really pic up until about 25-30 mph. what could help it? better gears or somethin.

 

WOW you got a lot of mods......any idea of what you run in the 1/4??

all i can think of is that you transfer everything over to a 3.4 longblock and port the heads.....................the longblock will cost about $1600 brand new......so its a little pricey..............i'd also say some nice 3.73 gears........those should help alot

 

Your mods (especially the cam) has increase the top-end, but at the expense of the low-end torque. 3.73s would help but not much since you already have 3.42s. You would need 4.11s before you would probalby notice the effects of a gear change. I would reommend looking at a higher stall convertor since you have an automatic. Maybe around 2,600-3,000 as V6s are higher revving motors than V8s.

 

are you spinning at all? if not i'd start with getting rid of the power robbers by getting the UD pulley/s and aluminum DS. if traction is a problem, i'd get LSD and ES t/a bushing. getting into the expensive side, high stall TC is also good but you have to have traction.

 

Rebuild your distributor
Add new internal (electrics, too)
New coil
REPAIR ANY/EVERY VACCUM HOSE DAMAGE
Have you changed timing chain yet?
You do these non fancy looking things and you'll be searching for ways to get traction!

 

If your vacumn hoses have never been changed , you will be surprised how much more whizz your car will have .

 

the 204-214 cam is more of a high-end cam...

if u wanted low end power u shouldve gone with the crane 2020 ....

u cant have both...

my car has the same problem at low speeds ..and pcikup esp after the cam install..

and wayne -long time ..how do u like the shift kit ..does it chirp???

 

I LOVE the shiftkit ! ... Lately I have not been able to totally enjoy b/c my fuelpump is on the way out . But yeah , it chirps into second . Sometimes If i just take off a little hard , but not to hard , it will chirp slightly on blacktop ! It will chirp on regular non-blacktoped but I have to take off harder .

 

You would be surprised what a rebuilt distributor can do to your car, you really will enjoy that mod man it smoothed out the idle majorly a lot easier to start, and with the right compontents can even give you a better spark than stock talk to Ked85 or search the threads to find his post about doing the rebuild

 

Get a higher stall converter putting you in you power off the bat. I would got with something around 2200RPM

 

2300-2500 TCI stall converter or dump the 700r4 for a T-5 T-56

The converter should help out big time, let you launch like a stick without one. But when it comes to a v6. a stick is much much better at getting the power to the wheels.

if it was a 350 or larger then it is possiable for a good tuned auto to be better than a stick but under 200hp an auto tranny sucks up critical power.