[importhunter]

I got a v-6 auto ( I know its not all that fast.) I want to make it a little quicker. I am not looking for 9's or anything but 14's or 13's would be nice. I love to road race too. In fact I road race my s-10. I have a glass pack on it and a k&n drop in filter. I also did the air box mod. What else?! :drive:

This post has been edited by importhunter: Jul 18 2005, 12:55 AM

[John_D.]

I haven't heard of anyone doing that on the Camaro's.
I believe the v6 went to an electronic throttle body in 99, so unless you have a 98, it wouldn't apply anyway.

Prowl around on www.firebirdv6.com for the cheap mods. Basically the easiest way to get more out of the 3.8 is CAI and exhaust, without resorting to heads/cam or power adders. Weight reduction (jack, spare, a/c, etc.) A lot of people do the K&N filter, but it doesn't do much. Some do the free ram air mod, but I'm not sure that did anything for me except get the filter dirtier faster. With tuning you can bump the timing and the rev limiter, the 3.8 is pretty stout. The outlet of the stock cat is only 2 1/4", so a high flow cat will help.

Some people lower the rear by removing the spring isolators. The Eibach prokit is a popular spring you may be able to pick up used - I like the fronts but not the rears. Better brake pads would be a plus, stock rotors should be fine.

I broke my rear tranny mount after I started running power adders, so at some point a poly rear mount might be needed.

1LE rear lca's tamed the wheel hop, those are pretty reasonably priced.