I want to rebuild my 95 LT1 with a goal of beating some newer stock ss camaros (ls1), hope 12s. if i cant reach that with 3000 in the motor which i will do as much possilbe ( take out and install motor myself) the 3000 is all for the parts and labor, where would 3000 get me i know there is other cost like pcm and others ive been though this before just not a rebuild
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Call me ill tell what to get and cheap but fast you will be hitting 11s easy with my similar set up on motor....How much you have to spend....

 

are there alot of miles on the motor? why do you want to rebuild it? for three grand, get exhaust, cam, waterpump, gears, and nitrous. On the street youd be able to beat just about anything with that.

 

check out my setup in the sig, might be a bit over 3k but i'm runing 12.4's @114 with stock heads and lower end with damn near 200k. I know i'm pushing it but if you have a 100k car i wouldn't worry at all about camming it. Bolt ons alone should get you close to high 12's and the cam will put you in the mid-low 12's for sure...

 

To make power it is the heads and cam that need addressing and you can pretty quickly spend the whole $3K on the topend and valvetrain and that is using ported stock heads. Then again it will comfortably exceed your ET goal.

Honestly though if starting with a stock car you will need to spend 3K on supporting stuff before you even think about engine work.

A rebuild without headwork is NOT going to give you much power.