Building my SS
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Building my SS
Ok i have a manual 2000 Camaro SS and i would like to build a solid racer. I dont want to stick a couple g'z into it just to have it break down later. I wanna start from the bottom up. Money really isnt a problem because i have plenty of time to make the money to do this with. So far on the car i have a catbak exhaust system and a cold air intake but thats it. Not sure what the next step should be. I plan on supercharging in the future so please take that into consideration. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again guys
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Re: Building my SS
wow....can you get much broader of a question?
lid, intake, heads, cam, headers, true duals, sfc, lca, brackets....
read the first 10 pages of this forum and you'll learn alot
lid, intake, heads, cam, headers, true duals, sfc, lca, brackets....
read the first 10 pages of this forum and you'll learn alot
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Re: Building my SS
You need to carefully and honestly develop your plan:
If you are serious about supercharging in the next 24 months or so;
Headers - 1 3/4 to 1 7/8 stepped or 1 7/8 are better for power adders.
Heads - Good flowing large volume runners
Cam - work with the vendors but splits like 224/228 or wider are generally recommended.
Clutch - you'll need a stage 3 or better
Rear - if you plan to add sticky tires you'll need a 12 bolt.
If this is an all out racer and not daily driven you may want to consider a 402 block built for the purpose to be used with the above
If you're not 100% commited to supercharging then all of the above will not be optimal;
Headers - 1 3/4 will work well and maintain velocity across the rpm range.
Heads - Various builds available with the appropriate runner sizes - AFR, TEA, Z06 CNC'd etc.
Cam - wide variety available
Clutch - Several available that have good holding power and drivability.
Rear - if you're not using stickies you can use the 10 bolt as long as you don't launch at 5000 rpm! Consider 3.73 or 4.10 gears. Otherwise just get a 12 bolt strange or Moser.
The Ls1 bottom end with a new oil pump will hold well, again if you want to go to the next step get a 402 forged bottom.
That's my .02
If you are serious about supercharging in the next 24 months or so;
Headers - 1 3/4 to 1 7/8 stepped or 1 7/8 are better for power adders.
Heads - Good flowing large volume runners
Cam - work with the vendors but splits like 224/228 or wider are generally recommended.
Clutch - you'll need a stage 3 or better
Rear - if you plan to add sticky tires you'll need a 12 bolt.
If this is an all out racer and not daily driven you may want to consider a 402 block built for the purpose to be used with the above
If you're not 100% commited to supercharging then all of the above will not be optimal;
Headers - 1 3/4 will work well and maintain velocity across the rpm range.
Heads - Various builds available with the appropriate runner sizes - AFR, TEA, Z06 CNC'd etc.
Cam - wide variety available
Clutch - Several available that have good holding power and drivability.
Rear - if you're not using stickies you can use the 10 bolt as long as you don't launch at 5000 rpm! Consider 3.73 or 4.10 gears. Otherwise just get a 12 bolt strange or Moser.
The Ls1 bottom end with a new oil pump will hold well, again if you want to go to the next step get a 402 forged bottom.
That's my .02
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