i am a newbie so bare with me here, i know alot of you guys have been modifying cars for years so i am asking for a little help, i am going to be buying a 1996 camaro v8, 5spd and i was wondering if someone could help me with the a general list up upgrade stages for it, i do have general knowledge of cars, but i have not really did any performance work on them so any help would be appreciated, thank you

 

Is it a Z28 or SS? If it's an original V8 it should have a 6-speed.

As for upgrades, I'd look into a catback, headers or a cai first. First of all I'd give it a rigorous tune-up, which means new wires, plugs, replace fuel filter, etc.

 

first of all you might have mistyped it, but its a 6spd!!!
Start off with your basic's ,COld air intake,Catback,good shifter (pro 5.0), couple tune-up items like Opti,plugs,wires,fuel filter,PCV valve,02 sensors,flush fluids

 

beat me too it!

 

i only seen it on auto trader i cant tell if it is a ss or z28 but you can look if you want
http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ca...p=y&cardist=40
and about the 6spd maybe they just didnt put it in there right

 

thats a 3.8

 

That's a RS so it's a V6. He mistyped saying it was a V8.

 

**** i didnt even see that, i was looking at where it said v8 so they must have put that **** in there wrong or they are dumb and dont know the difference in a v6 or v8 sry

 

You can still have fun with a RS, just not AS much fun.

 

well gotta find a different one then because i wont drive no v6 camaro

 

What area are you in? I have one in my back yard if youre looking for a project... 1996 6sp needs eng rebuild.

 

i live in michigan but i dont have time right away to rebuild a motor that will come later, i need one that i can still get around in

 

is the motor completly shot in it or what?

 

The guy drove it with a bad oil pump. Had low pressure for most its life. It runs, but you can hear it knock the warmer it gets.