my 94 lt1 camaro is bone stock other than the k@n air filter. i want to fix my baby up to become a very powerful car! what do you guys think my first mod should be??

 

Headers with cat back definatly.

 

headers was also what i was thinking. i was trying to find some on ebay but all the long tubs seem to be illegal. are headers a pretty easy upgrade to attach to my car? ohh, and i for got to mention that i had a flowmaster exhaust already. not sure what serise though. what do you think my second mod should be.....i have about 1000 right not to get rid of.

 

I'm getting ready to put my headers on with true duals and from what I under stand they are a major pain in the @ss and it is up to a 10 hr. job but it should be worth it. The next thing I would do is small things like under drive pulleys, cold air intake, mass air flow senser, intake elbow, ect. or just put it on the bottle and give it a 125HP spray

 

i was also thinking about porting the intake and heads and also getting a 54mm throttle body. but i am not sure if that would be a good mod at where my lt1 is at performance wise. how much would it be to install the headers? i was thinking of doing it myself but i am not good with weilding.

 

You could put the headers on your self and take it to a muffler shop and spend anothe 250$ or so (depending on size of pipe type of muffler no cat. or cat. true duals or just a y-pipe and a cat-back) and get the rest of the exhaust done.

 

Install the headers yourself and buy the matching y-pipe. Then, spend very little money at the muffler shop having them connect the y-pipe to your existing exhaust.

You can get emission friendly long tubes. The only reason they are "illegal" is because they don't have the emissions hook-ups.

Search for headers using the search function on this website. You'll find tons of information.

 

headers first, they are not to bad to do if you are mechanically inclined. remove y pipe, steering linkage, maybe starter(i forget). I had to lift my engine on the drivers side to get em in....this was in my driveway not a lift.

2nd, get a new cold air intake setup. dont get pulleys or maf sensor, save your loot to get better things, like rear gears or something.

I think a great upgrade that should have been done at the factory is the aluminum driveshaft. I got mine on ebay from a salvage yard. I paid around 100 bucks and it was perfect(1 hour install at the very most). The weight difference is tremendous.

 

Agreed. Also, do a mail-order tune from either www.madz28.com or www.pcms4less.com and you will have a night and day difference.

 

is putting on the headers a farly hard job to do?? can you rake it on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being something like an oil change. what will they do with my pc if i send it?? i have heard of that pcforless and it sounded pretty interesting. what exaclty do they do?

 

I would say that headers are not a very "technical" job, but they can be time consuming and difficult in certain spots of the install. There are alot of posts on here covering the subject.. patience is a big part of the job though. As for the mail order tune, check out madz28's site, he goes into detail on what he does in the tune. Some things include changing the fan on/off temp settings, setting the shift point harness, advancing the timing if you run premium gas religously.

 

i have awesome patience and i have an ''ok'' mechanical sence. i am sure i can do it i just need to know how. is there any weilding involved?? another question i had was......my buddy told me i should also get an x pipe for the exhaust...is that a good idea??

 

The x-pipe would be used if you wanted to do a "true dual" exhaust setup. It is a good idea in my opinion because I think true duals offers the best sound quality, but some welding and extra fabrication will be in order.

 

yo give u a heads up. if ur car is rusted on the undercarriage, your header install is gonna be a PITA.
took me an another guy 2 LONG days. it was not fun. it was a slow process, alot of patience was needed.
if its an auto, look into a stall converter. depending on what u get, parts/labor will run you 700-1000.
cai, good bang for the buck.
underdrive pully, tb bypass, lt4 knock module, ewp, etc

 

i dont think my undercarriage is rusted so hopefully i wont have that problem. 'my car is an auto, what is a stall converter?? anyone have any suggestions on what type of headers i should buy? (something not too expensive but still a great quality) thanks for everyones replys!!