I just purchased my first Z28. It's a 1994 convertable, 6 speed, leather, Moroso cold air intake, headers, and Borla exhaust. It's Polo Green with tan interior. The convertable top in new(black)with 18" ADR Design rims. The car has spent most of its life in Florida and adult owned. It's snowing sleeting and raining now and I can't wait till spring to drive it. I gave up the jet ski, quad and M/C for it and thought I got it for a good price. A friend said to CAM it and I should be good to go.
Great to be on board and may be looking for good advise in the future.
My wife thinks this is my third mid-life crisis. Oh Well.

 

Is it your mid-life crisis?

 

Welcome!

The car you describe, if it has fairly low miles, could have sold for 4-5 grand in a private party sale, maybe even less. If you paid more than that, you probably could have gotten a better deal.

Having said that, these are fun cars, and if it was worth it to you, great!

Good to go is all relative. There are a dozen ways to make your car go faster. There are two key questions:
1. How fast do you want to go?
2. How much are you willing to spend?

A cam swap is a great way to get to know your car, since you'll have to take a LOT of stuff apart to do it. You can get some pretty significant power gains from a cam for a pretty reasonable amount of money, especially if you upgrade your valve springs and put in a set of 1.6:1 roller rockers while you're at it. You'll want to get a tune, too.

The sky is the limit.

You should also think about upgrading the shocks. The factory shocks on these cars weren't very good in the first place, and the 16 intervening years can only make it worse.

Finally, a set of subframe connectors (I prefer the weld-in variety) will stiffen up the chassis a lot, which is great for any F-body, but especially important on your convertible.

 

JakeRobb,

This is my retirement project so the "need for speed" is not number one. I will probably go the suspension route first. This will be a summer driver and there is no desire to race. As for the price, I payed above book value but still a fair deal for the condition and options and in my price range. Sure I'd love a 5 th Gen convertable but those are out of my price range for starting new hobbie.
I'd send picture if I new how.
Thanks

 

I new how, you want me to tell you?

Look up ImageShack, upload, and post here on the forum.

 

Nice choice 6 speed Vert

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