Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 32
  1. #1
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Fayetteville North Carolina
    Posts
    18

    $2000 to spend, what should I do?

    I have stock 00 SS M6. I also have a set of 4:10 gears still in the box that I have been holding on to for quite a while. My wife just gave me $2000 to spend on my car any way I wanted. I want to get the most bang for my buck so I am considering different options. I was thinking along the lines of the following: Install gears, purchase diablo tuner, install y pipe, headers, intake, throtle body, mass airflow and lid. (I may have to throw in a little extra cash to get it all done)

    My friend says to forget the bolt ons and buy a good set of heads and store them until I can afford to buy everything else and pay for labor to install.

    What would the rest of you do? I am looking for some ideas.
    thanks! Rob

  2. #2
    Member Corey1987's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Greenville, NC
    Age
    36
    Posts
    230

    Black
    1998 Z/28

    I would say headers, y pipe and cat back, lid, and cam if u had enough left over, but thats just me, and thats what i did hehehe.

  3. #3
    King 0f n00bz shady milkman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Shepherd, Michigan
    Age
    36
    Posts
    11,770

    blacker than wesleysnipes
    98' trans am

    Quote Originally Posted by robK View Post
    I was thinking along the lines of the following: Install gears, purchase diablo tuner, install y pipe, headers, intake, throtle body, mass airflow and lid. (I may have to throw in a little extra cash to get it all done)

    My friend says to forget the bolt ons and buy a good set of heads and store them until I can afford to buy everything else and pay for labor to install.

    What would the rest of you do? I am looking for some ideas.
    thanks! Rob
    your friend is wrong. get bolt ons first.

    um your stock tb can handle up too 500 hp/tq so dont swap out..if anything get it port and polished. S3 are some good stock TBs. dont mess with the MAF either its fine. here is what you should get with 2k..a new strange 12 bolt rear or go install gears, headers, cat back system, ls6 intake, and SFC. no matter what you do. get a good pair of weld on SFC!!!!!!!!

  4. #4
    Senior Member rajiv1998's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    New Jersey
    Age
    36
    Posts
    1,488

    Black
    1998 Pontiac Trans Am

    ur friend dont no wut hes talking about. You gotta get full bolt ons and get the engine breathing well before you do internal work. For $2k i wood do...
    Exhaust
    Headers/ Ypipe
    Lid
    P/P TB
    LS6 intake
    install those gears
    UD Pulley
    Subframes

    You should definatley have $ left over, and can install most of if not all of those by urself

  5. #5
    King 0f n00bz shady milkman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Shepherd, Michigan
    Age
    36
    Posts
    11,770

    blacker than wesleysnipes
    98' trans am

    watch out for the UD pulley. make sure they are harmonically dampened

  6. #6
    SVT Lover musclecarguy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Detroit
    Posts
    26
    Quote Originally Posted by shady milkman View Post
    your friend is wrong. get bolt ons first.

    um your stock tb can handle up too 500 hp/tq so dont swap out..if anything get it port and polished. S3 are some good stock TBs. dont mess with the MAF either its fine. here is what you should get with 2k..a new strange 12 bolt rear or go install gears, headers, cat back system, ls6 intake, and SFC. no matter what you do. get a good pair of weld on SFC!!!!!!!!
    ok, its better to work your way back with exhaust, so first go cat-back, then y-pipe, then headers, because its worthless to have better flow- then worse flow-then back to better flow

  7. #7
    Aw shucks. bluefields88's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Berkeley, CA
    Posts
    3,614

    Red
    2000 Camaro SS #3574 A4

    what do you have done already? I recommend some SFC's for sure, Cat-back exhaust, lid, and then probably headers if you can.

  8. #8
    pimp spookyz28's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Long Beach Ca
    Age
    42
    Posts
    118

    White
    2000 Camaro Z28

    Cool

    ls6 Intake, Long Tube's, Exhaust, Bigger Throttle Body, Cam!!

  9. #9
    King 0f n00bz shady milkman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Shepherd, Michigan
    Age
    36
    Posts
    11,770

    blacker than wesleysnipes
    98' trans am

    Quote Originally Posted by spookyz28 View Post
    [b] Bigger Throttle Body,
    ......... stock tb handles up to 500hp and tq. not needed. plus along with buying a cam he will need a tune, new oil pump springs and pushrods. but everything else you said was right on.

  10. #10
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Fayetteville North Carolina
    Posts
    18
    The car is all stock except the free ram air mod. I am torn between the bolt on stuff or go ahead and doing the patriot head/cam package. Speedinc has it for $1895 including head gaskets, and rocker arms. I can get it all installed from a local speed shop for around $650 (not including tuning). My thinking is that after the internals are done I can do the bolt ons a little at a time as I can afford it or find good deals on stuff. I am really torn on this though.

  11. #11
    King 0f n00bz shady milkman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Shepherd, Michigan
    Age
    36
    Posts
    11,770

    blacker than wesleysnipes
    98' trans am

    Quote Originally Posted by robK View Post
    The car is all stock except the free ram air mod. I am torn between the bolt on stuff or go ahead and doing the patriot head/cam package. Speedinc has it for $1895 including head gaskets, and rocker arms. I can get it all installed from a local speed shop for around $650 (not including tuning). My thinking is that after the internals are done I can do the bolt ons a little at a time as I can afford it or find good deals on stuff. I am really torn on this though.
    get bolt ons first. trust me it will be better. then after you got all the bolt ons then you get heads and cam..that way all those bolt ons will help and compliment your h/c set up cam and heads cant run at their highest potential without being able to get all the air it needs and getting the spend fumes/air out as quickly as possible.


    think of it this way..would you buy a gun with out first buying the bullets?

  12. #12
    Just me Y2KPewterSS's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Broken Arrow, OK
    Age
    49
    Posts
    23,345

    Pewter metallic
    2000 Camaro SS

    Build from the back to the front and smallest to the biggest, always. If you make the car top heavy(lot of HP with no supporting mods) and a small foundation, it won't perform anyways.

    Listen to what Shady has been trying to tell you, he knows what he is talking about from experience.
    CCW SP 500s 18x10 275/35 18x11 295/35
    SLP CME with GMMG style catback
    Painted manta stripe

    Quote Originally Posted by konigandy6 View Post
    I'd rather be bi than full homo!!!!

  13. #13
    King 0f n00bz shady milkman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Shepherd, Michigan
    Age
    36
    Posts
    11,770

    blacker than wesleysnipes
    98' trans am

    Quote Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS View Post
    Build from the back to the front and smallest to the biggest, always. If you make the car top heavy(lot of HP with no supporting mods) and a small foundation, it won't perform anyways.

    Listen to what Shady has been trying to tell you, he knows what he is talking about from experience.
    aww thanks y2k

  14. #14
    Senior Member Zboner's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    cincinnati/northern ky
    Age
    37
    Posts
    9,035

    Black
    99 SS

    NX kit for sure

  15. #15
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Fayetteville North Carolina
    Posts
    18
    why do I need to replace the oil pumb if I install a cam?

  16. #16
    King 0f n00bz shady milkman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Shepherd, Michigan
    Age
    36
    Posts
    11,770

    blacker than wesleysnipes
    98' trans am

    i really dont know exactly why..but i know its strongly recommended and stock oil pumps seem to die after cam installs.

  17. #17
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Fayetteville North Carolina
    Posts
    18
    So that is why speedinc sells oil pumps in the valve train section!

  18. #18
    Junior Member PIMP_2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Texas
    Age
    39
    Posts
    43

    NBM
    99 Camaro Z28 LS1

    TSP Cam kit 589.00
    Headers 289.00
    Custom true dual w/xpipe from local exhaust shop 295.00
    SLP LID 86.00
    free mods free
    Install cam, headers,valve springs, pushrods 500.00
    1 Day on the dyno at TSP w/ Jason tuning it $350 for 12 pulls.
    End result 368rwhp/355rwtq
    Total $2200
    Keep in mind this was a small cam, stock heads, stock LS1 intake, stock internals, stock MAF, stock TB,stock everything except exhaust, lid, cam. This is a very street friendly car, also has great sound cam was cut on 112lsa
    DO NOT screw with MAF if it is working fine. I know guys that has 650 rwhp cars and stock MAF. The reason I have a SLP is because I started screwing around with mine, that is also the reason it took 12 pulls on the dyno, my car baselined at 217rwhp with the messed up MAF, changed out the MAF after troubleshooting everything else 10 pulls later 368rwhp, so in my case a messed up MAF cost me 140+rwhp. Messing with the MAF is like toying with someone's Pacemaker, they start breathing hard, gasping for air, eventually falling to the ground.

  19. #19
    Just me Y2KPewterSS's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Broken Arrow, OK
    Age
    49
    Posts
    23,345

    Pewter metallic
    2000 Camaro SS

    Quote Originally Posted by robK View Post
    why do I need to replace the oil pumb if I install a cam?
    You don't HAVE to swap the oil pump when you do a cam install, but you might as well. Say you don't replace the pump and you get it all back together and then the pump goes bad 3,000 miles later. Then you you have to pull everything back apart to swap the pump. Its the same principle of putting new plugs in while you are doing a header install. You are already there so do it then instead of having to get in there a second time down the road.

  20. #20
    Senior Member slims00ls1z28's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    TN
    Posts
    1,202

    2005 GTO M6 Black
    2000 Z28 A4 Red

    Headers and LS6 intake alone makes a huge difference. I just did mine and its night/day difference. I already had all free mods/lid/bellows/trueduals/and SLP 1.85's with Z06 valvesprings. The LS6 intake and headers produced more than all the others combined. Bolt-ons definately first though. If your stock exhaust and intake tract chokes a stock head/cam I'm sure the heads/cam combo will net you the least noticable gains until you free up the breathing a bit.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Question: 3k to spend on t/a
    By reaper ws6 in forum General Help
    Replies: 17
    Last Post: 01-06-2012, 01:26 PM
  2. $11K to spend......
    By pinky93 in forum Forced Induction
    Replies: 44
    Last Post: 03-24-2008, 04:56 AM
  3. $2000 to spend what should i do?
    By william SS in forum Camaro / SS
    Replies: 20
    Last Post: 06-27-2007, 08:12 PM
  4. if you had 6k to spend
    By third_shift|studios in forum Almost Anything Goes
    Replies: 70
    Last Post: 05-21-2007, 06:50 PM
  5. Best way to spend a $1,000
    By bguns10 in forum Firebird / WS6
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 05-10-2006, 09:21 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •