cheap performance
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treimche wrote:
Sell it.agreed.
BUT....
5speed or auto?5speed - aftermarket shifter of your choice to cleanly sling through the gears.
Auto - Torque Convertor possibly. Would have to know the specs on the factory unit, but a new TC could probably wake the car up.Gears - good ole standby
-straight pipes/headers. It's a V6...who knows how good that will actually sound.
I'd wait before either of those and find someone who has experience with that motor...find out if either of those would pick up any horsepower. I'd bet the heads/intake don't flow enough to warrant some huge exahust setup (and then you fight with losing the torque numbers)for not-so-cheap performance, look into what's available for Heads (probalby an OEM port/polish job) and a cam. I'd be willing to bet Vortech has a kit for that car...if not (for some cars) they're not too hard to piece together....and go that route.
(I'd reccomend looking into a F-body forum for input honestly...)
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Is this the same 3.8 that is found in the Pontiac GP? If so you could steal some ideas from them. I know there is a more aggressive rocker arm set you can get for that engine, would be a good project.
edit: Not lifters, rocker arms.
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the turbo would be very easy and inexpensive for some quick power. 20g (or so) would flow enough for about 350-400hp. with a large turbine you could control the boost more easily, and keep it from spooling constantly. personally... i would just get some headwork, cams, and good intake and exhaust
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Please don't do straight pipes. You will actually lose HP/TQ. Do a good exhaust like Flowmaster and an air intake. Put a small hit of nitrous on it and you will be very happy. If it's an auto, do a converter.
I know there was a supercharged 3.8 around here at one point. Was actually pretty cool.
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read through all of that....
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For some more detailed info, try ls1.com. They have a section for the unfortunate V-6 F-body owners. A guy got 13's N/A out of his, at least on the internet. Here's a site that might help you out: http://www.firebirdv6.com/ . You can be almost as fast as the LS-1's.
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out there wrote:
the turbo would be very easy and inexpensive for some quick power. 20g (or so) would flow enough for about 350-400hp. with a large turbine you could control the boost more easily, and keep it from spooling constantly. personally... i would just get some headwork, cams, and good intake and exhaust
thats all i did > out there wrote:
personally... i would just get some headwork, cams, and good intake and exhaust
got me from 255 to 295 for 700$ -
2wheeler wrote:
Please don't do straight pipes. You will actually lose HP/TQ. Do a good exhaust like Flowmaster and an air intake. Put a small hit of nitrous on it and you will be very happy. If it's an auto, do a converter.I know there was a supercharged 3.8 around here at one point. Was actually pretty cool.
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