A friend of mine just bought a 98SS pretty much stock, but he wants to change that right away. He has $10,000 he says he wants to put into it, but he has no idea of how to pump up an LS1. He asked for help, but I only had one decent Idea. here it is:
-LS6 heads and Intake from GMPP
-550+lift CAM (Comp eXtreme)
-Vortech or Procharger Supercharger
-Upgrade Electric water pump
-Upgrade Fuel Injectors
-SLP headers, and loudmouth exhaust(maybe a QTP electric cutout)
-Z06 or better dual friction clutch
-Strange 12 bolt rear (3:73)
-SSBC brake system upgrade(bigger Slotted rottors)
-Diablo programmer
What do you guys think? I would like to get some suggestions from people who really know their stuff(because I dont) And if anybody knows a really good shop in the Bay Area whos willing to do this type of work, let me know. I appreciate your guys' help.

 

General buildup needs to be posted in a generation spacific forum, moving to LS1 Tech. Thanks.

 

heads and cam *texas speed*
if its an auto a rear end girdle
if manual a ford 8.8
small engine build up with forged internals but a stock crank
250 shot of nitrous
built tranny if an auto
HEAVY clutch if a manual *we have some strong manual trannies*

have the rest as backup money

 

Rear (9 inch or 12 bolt)
Vortech Supercharger
Clutch
Headers + Ypipe + Catback
Nice set of tires


rest is back up.

that set up ur way in the 11's

 

forget the diablo. you'll need LS1 edit.

 

With 10 Grand I would look up a local f-body centered performance shop and drop it off with them. MTI and Texas Speed are the 2 that come to mind.

 

List looks pretty good. I would ditch the supercharger for now though; just because it's expensive and it would be a smart idea for your buddy to leave money left over for any repair issues.

That's pretty damn cool to be able to buy a new car and have $10K left to mod the hell out of it. I'm in serious debt with my car now but I still couldn't resist getting at least two mods to start out with.