I have a 1996 Camaro Z28....I took it to the track when I first got it and it ran 9.4s-9.5s with CAI.....Soon after that my cousin got a 1994 Firebird and stock it ran 9.2s-9.3s......Anyone know why they were ran on the same track and they are both auto......Anyone got any ideas what I can do to my car to get it to run a little better/faster for not a lot of money......Thanks in advance.......

 

you still have stock exhuast? free mods and you need a cat back on there. headers and no cats would help out.

 

Mess with the exhaust. With that CAI, headers and a new Cat back would do wonders, especially if you leave the cats off. You might also look into a cam....but that gets expensive quick with springs and such. Another option is to change the gears. I'm going to assume you have 3.23 gears, 3.42 or 3.73 would help out.

 

I have BBK shorties and no cats and still only run 9.0-9.1s.....he was running 9.2s stock

 

You two swap cars and drive them? Basically not all engines are created equal.

 

some cars run better than others, due to mileage, how they were maintained, air temps, which day they were built on..

a tenth or two isn't a huge deal and could easily be driver error, humidity, temperature, any one of a billion environmental factors.

 

Alright thanks.....You guys have any suggestions on what I could do thats quick and not costly......

 

You guys are only off by 0.2 s. Could be driver, traction, weather when the runs were made. Sounds to me like the two of you real close anyways. I bet if you put some sticky tires on the back, you'll make that 0.2 s up easy.

 

Power costs money. Headers, gears and ORY are your cheapest, most affective mods w/out going internal.