I have a 1995 Camaro Z28 LT1 V8. Im ready to dump some money and make this thing fast. Where do i start?!

 

Make a sig of your current info.

before you dump money into it. how many miles you got on her?

trust me you don't wanna make it fast and have it just fall apart on you

 

136k, new waterpump and hoses replaced. Runs Perfect.

 

Also a new tranny from a 95 'Vette last year.

 

Well there are many things you can do if you search around this site and shbox.com (you will visit that site in the near future)

A free mod you can do is called the throttle body bypass if someone hasn't already done that. It gives you close to a 5 HP boost.

CAI and a decent catback will also help you pick up some HP (CAI = cold air intake)

How much power do you want? Only limitation is your pocketbook and your abilities.

 

so your car is a manual? or did vette's come in autos? i don't know much about vette's except we share the same basic engine with them depending on the package and year

 

Has to be an auto. The Vette's 6-speed at the time was not a T56(If I recall correctly).

 

sorry, wrong year for the tranny. It is a six speed manual. Thank you i will look up the throttle body bypass. But also i am ordering a lingenfelter CAI, because all of the intakes look the exact same and cost $200 where the lingenfelter is $170. I was also looking at a $500 dual catback exhaust from magnaflow but i have heard headers or a cam may be better.

 

Why kind of headers? If you catback is the stock system you might wanna look into a more free flowing catback that will fit your headers or just a better muffler.

There are lots of different cams you can look into..all depends what you want.

Also look into getting some roller rockers...of course you might wanna hold off on picking those until you choose your cam.

 

? I was saying that after i order my CAI Im not sure what would be best to do next.

 

Haha sorry... i've read that wrong... I thought you said you already had headers.

From what i've read getting headers and a catback first is the way to go. then get a cam.

Of course you could do it the other way around, but your stock exhaust is gonna hold your new cam back from what its potential is

if you're looking for 300-350 RWHP the LT4 hotcam w/ 1.6 RR (roller rockers) with headers and a catback and tune is the way to go.

anymore than that your probably looking to getting your heads ported out from either AI or LE and a bigger cam or a custom grind.

And the more HP you go the more stress its gonna put on your 10 bolt and old suspension.

Put some new gears in the rear like 3.73 or 4.10's and that will help out with your acceleration

Also might wanna get a new Optispark depending how old yours is.

But that's just my opinion and from what I know. Just remember its your car and you do what you want to do, don't let people push you to do something you dont wanna do.

 

Heres what im thinking about buying and in what order.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/mm5/merc...egory_Code=C68

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...one=all&id=106

If you can help me find things that will be better without breaking the bank, or opinions and help. Please dont hold back.

 

That's the same catback i'll be buying in the near future.

I know a guy on this forum that can get that you that catback for $370 shipped to your door. (he has an wholesale account with summitracing)


Does your car have fresh spark plugs, spark plug wires, and a good oil change? A basic tune up would be necessary if it's been awhile


Looks like a good start though! And installing those will either get you more motivated or less motivated to mod your car depending on your troubles with that. It won't be hard though

 

heres a good link to throttle body bypass


http://timney.cz28.com/tbbypass.htm

 

That link is for 93/94. He has a 95. Procedure is slightly different for 95-97. Shoebox has it covered:

http://shbox.com/1/tb_bypass.jpg

I'm still a bit puzzled by installing a 6-speed from a Corvette. The Corvette never used the same T56 that the LT1 F-Bodys used. The 4th Gen Corvettes used a ZF (German-made) 6-speed manual. The clutch setup was totally different. And the later Corvettes used a T56 that was mounted at the rear axle, combined with the differential housing.