bighash007

since you guys have all been soooo concerned about what i do first to my car, im willing to take any suggestions (keep it clean). Starting with performace whats the first thing i should do? would it be swaping v6 to v8? be specific and im stilling adding the cowl plus 98 front end converison + exhaust but after that where should i start on performace? Helpful suggestions needed, dont waste my time nor yours being ah d**K thanks

6SpdLT1Z

i'd lose the 350 tranny


first thing i did was sell mine then bought a '94 Z28.

Counted Out

The V6 to V8 conversion can get pretty pricey.

If you want to do that, sell your V6 and get an older (93-95) Z28.

RKPsk8er

if i were you, I would just leave my v6 stock and save money and buy a lt1 or ls1 camaro then mod it to hell. otherwise, I wouldn't take the v6 overboard. just some rims, lower it and some tint should do.

bighash007

i just ran into some $$$ thats why im modding it all up i love that car to death i would hate to buy ls1 or lt1 not that it wouldnt be nice...i know swaping out v6 to 8 can be $$$ thats why i didnt do it yet. for the rims i have bad *** rims and its already lowered with gfx and tints thats still not performace though..any other suggestions?

6SpdLT1Z : i'd lose the 350 tranny


first thing i did was sell mine then bought a '94 Z28.

if i upgraded trans wouldnt that mean i need to upgrade to v8?

2000GTP

A v6 to v8 conversion can be very time consuming and costly as noted. On the flip side, there is a very good aftermarket for the 3.8 series V6 and some different forced induction options you can choose from. Its kind of hard to steer you in any given direction because it really depends on your budget and goals for the car.

bighash007

yea i know what you mean i want to keep the car but i want to replace the 3800 II engine.

Greed4Speed

So do you REALLY have a TH350 (3 speed automatic that hasn't been factory installed in an f-body since the 3rd gens started) or is it the stock a4???

bighash007

im pretty sure its a 350 im out of town i could check if your dying to know..all i know is the owner before me modded it up a bit with 3rd gen style

danhr

i know a local shop does a full ls1/t56 swap including labor for 5k.

2000GTP

Pretty reasonable considering the labor that needs to be done and the parts themselves.

Greed4Speed

Even the 3rd gens had the 700R4 with is an auto 4 speed not an auto 3 speed (th350). Stock you car would have had the 4 speed auto (4L60E IIRC.)

Like I've said, GM hasn't put the th350 into a factory f-body since the 2nd gens died.

bighash007

its a v6 3.8

Angelis83LT

Oddly not true but close enough.. they did stick them in the 82 f-bodies (first year of the thirdgen) But after that it was all 4 speeds. either the 200r4 or the 700r4, with the 700r4 being in everything after '84 for certain. The first 3 years of the thirdgen was a giant experiment i swear lol.

On that note i wouldn't think anyone would put a th350 behind a v6.. what would be the point.

Oh.. and for the price of an engine/trans swap you could probably find a v-8 car. use your v-6 as a DD, and you the v-8 as you fun car and dump the money into that. Seems to work the best that way in my experience

2000GTP

You see alot of people saying that they have corvette trannies because they have a few hardparts that the vette tranny would have. Maybe this is the case here as well, but was dubbed "350" instead.