i'm sure this question has been asked before but my lazy @$$ doesnt feel like searchin for it, but whats the base hp for the '91 3.1's? i think i remember seeing people put things between 150-170, i thought they had about 190. Is there a formula to figure it out, one of my friends said you take Xx60, X being the liter size of your engine, so 3.1x60 which would be about 186hp??? i dont know if i trust him or not.

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91 Blue RS with ASCD SS hood w/hood pins, Flowmaster 80 series w/3 inch dual exhaust, K&N, Hypertech Power Chip, Bosch Platinum wires and plugs.(19 years old and all this bought and paid for by myself, except the car that was paid for by State Farm...long story with the minor fender benders and them not wanting to pay for repairs...mwahaha)

 

140 HP @ 4400---180ft lbs torque @ 3600

 

140?!?! thats it?! damn that's weak, i though our cars had more hp than that, i was trying to figure out how much hp i had after all my mods.

 

my buddy has a '96 V6 manual camaro with the 3.8 i think and the only mods he has on his car is a SLP cold air intake and a flowmaster muffler and with all my mods i can beat him off the line or at least keep up with him nose to nose off the line untill he hits about third, and i have an automatic, and if the 3.1 has 140hp vs. the 200hp the 3.8 has how is that possible?

 

maybe he can't drive stick for $hit.

 

Three wild arsed guesses:

1) Different gear ratios. We have 3.73's. No idea what 4th gen's have.

2) Your car is tuned better.

3) He is a crappy driver. Let me drive the 96 and I'll beat you. He's probably scared to rev it too high.

 

welp, rule out #1 because his 91 has 3.23 gears(auto). the 96 should be 3.42 being a stick.

#2: a possibility, but really, how poorly could a 5 year old car run.

#3: ding,ding,ding...i think we have a winner.

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Dan
1990 3.1L RS
80 Series Flowmaster
It's fast(er than a 3 cyl metro)

[This message has been edited by CaliCamaroRS (edited April 07, 2001).]

 

My friend's 96 3.8 runs a 15.2. If you can hang w/ that, how much do you want for your car?

 

96 t5's actually got 3.23:1 ratio in rear...

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1989 Firebird
2.8 v6, t5 swapped in

Ram Hi-po clutch, Cold Air, 1.6 rockers (ready to install), Lakewood LCA's, Lakewood Lift bars, Wonder Bar, 3" y-pipe, Random Tech Cat, 3" I-pipe, Flowmasters, MSd 6a, MSD Coil (Fireball in future) Accel 8.8 wires, MSD Ignition Module, 4th Gen Seats (not front yet)

" I'd rather run last in a full out race, than to NOT run at all ".