I got a 89' Camaro, brand new paint job, bright red, IROC hood with the loovers and all, lil ol turbo exhast, it's not to Vroom Vroomey since my cars a V-6, I love the car, it's beautiful. Just it's a little slow, and getting beat by a dang mustang every now and then just hurts. I'm 16 and just got a job at Food Lion "paper or plastic?" What can I do for cheap to my V-6 2.8 to make her just that much quicker? Appriciate it.

 

Well, start with the basics and do a tune up of the motor and put some K & N air filters on the car.

 

free ram air, exercise your right calf more, loose some weight, ...

 

Remove spare tire, Jack etc.
Get ride of useless stuff in your car, if you have a socket set
or something, that all saves weight, and its free.
TB Bypass found here here https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/t...ntbypass.shtml


Free is done, Lets move on to the most important, take $200
and do a complete Tune up. Found https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ghlight=Tuneup
This gives you all your stock HP back to start with, as well as
Better Fuel economy, more snap taking off etc.

Now that is done, build a ram air.
Or get a dual snorkel air cleaner off of an older camaro 86 and
older I believe and put in two K&N's.
Then do some other mods, like upgrade exhaust, to better flowing
Flowmaster seems to be popular here (ask some else about this)
I am not to fermilar with this topic.
Shift kit if auto.
Chip.

Then you can move on to the oily guts of your engine.
You can get 1.6 roller rockers, or you can install a cam
with 1.52:1 roller rockers. That should add some more power.
Mind you this is a little more indepth, and if you don't install
it yourself its going to cost you.

 

Alright i want to build a ram air and I think i know how thanks to an older tech artical, but i heard some guys saying something about a new hood for his ram air, would i need a whole new hood just for a ram-air? anyhow thanks alot and any other money saving ideas to make her quicker i'd love to hear. And if ya have any advice about the ram air i'd like to hear that to, I dont know all that much about it

 

Do the major tuneup first! (Thanks for digging that up for me, Joe!)

You don't need a new hood; most of our ram-air's don't use a new hood. The thirdgen.org tech article is probably your best bet.

 

I did do the tune up and it helped out alot, but still. What will tha ram air do for me?

 

the ram air will let more colder air into the engine. u should see a little performance boost at "highway speeds," 45-50mph+. intake and exhause are 2 places u should start if ur goin to be modding ur engine. the ram air covers the intake.

mike (loomdog)

 

Save your money for some real mods like the:

CRANE 2030 Cam
1.52 Roller Tip Rockers
Double Roller Chain
Nitrous
4.10 Rear Gears
Ported Cylinder Heads
MSD Coil
MSD 6A box
Dynomax Car Back


Hold off on:

Power Pulleys
Chips
Synthetic oils

 

I know you could just get a Turbo.

Simple...