Has anyone tried the Turbonator (turbonator.com)? If so is this reliable and ok to use for bolt up power for a Camaro?

2000 Chevrolet Camaro: Pewter 3.8L V6

 

no its a waste of money.

so is the tornado, whip it style nitrous kits, IAT tricker mods on ebay and all the other too good to be true mods.


best mods for a v6... (and most cars)

Routine maintenance(make sure everything is working 100%)
intake
exhaust
LSD
gears
Suspension.


On a budget...
Intake, go to home depot make a homemade smooth bellows, descreen the maf, then shave the fins off of your lid.

Exhaust, get a cutout and get it installed just before the rear axle

LSD/Gears, get a used rear off of a v8 car and swap it in.

Suspension, to be cheap just throw on a set of z28 sway bars, nice upgade that is dirt cheap.


you can do all of the above for like $400-500, might be different if you have to reporgram the PCM for the gear swap.

 

Is it hard to install Z28 sway bars?

 

easy

 

I'm not familiar with suspension, installing z/28 swaybars would do what exactly? Sorry, I don't know sway bars from bushings.

 

All you need is a

1/2 deep socket.
13mm deep socket
13mm flat wrench

Pretty easy swap. I got my sway bars for $20 local.


stock on a 2k are 28mm and 15mm rear.
stock z28 is 30mm/19mm.

makes the car handle better, It helps keep the car "flatter" in corners, but you will notice a teeny little bit more of oversteer with the setup.

 

cool, I don't mind a tad oversteer on a car that has understeer.

 

i would rather have the sway bars off of a 1le...

1LE:
32mm front / 21mm rear.

Z28:
30mm front / 19mm rear.

 

Well I'd take either as an upgrade, but I will get a 1LE before a Z28 swaybar if I can find one, thanks.

 

some 1le's had 19mm rear

and the early V6s (95) have 30/17mm in case you come across some freebies

 

what's 94 stock v6 sway bar size?

 

Well I have a GM Rebuild kit sitting here (info packet).

from the factory every 3.4L V6 / Z28 made in 1994 got a 30mm front sway bar, and every 3.4 got a 17mm rear. the z28 got a 19mm rear. the 1LE got a 21mm rear.

the 95's are probably the same (3.4). the Z28 got 30mm/19mm and the 1LE got 30mm/21mm (interesting..thot it was 32...maybe 32 is a later year)

 

Any additional write up on this??? Pictures???
Thanks.

 

If you will be working on your own car, these will quickly become your two favorite sites (besides a good message board):

Install University - http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...sity/index.htm

Shoe Box - http://shbox.com/1/how_tos.html

- Justin