New Young Gun NEEDS HELP!!!
 

hi...im 17 have $20,000 saved and i have a 2002 35th ann. edition 3.8 V6 convertible camaro...have no pics uploaded yet :(....but ne way my arch enemy has a 2008 BMW Z4 conv. we are scheduled to race on June 23rd...i want to kick her butt so please tell me everything i need to do to make my car run FASTER than HERS!!!! yes im a chick and i am 17...i own a 57' chevy 150 2 door (my 1st Car @ age 5!!! my dad passed on the chevy love!!!)...the camaro(my latest editon)...a 1969 camaro ss(my 2nd car...in the garage)...a 2003 trailblazer(the school/softball/party/winter suv) LOL...i am a serious car-aholic so dont make fun of the age and sex

Sorry for such the long read

check out the site firebird******* mod guide helped me a whole hell of alot when I first started modding my old 3.8L...I would say buy my old modded out V6, and strip her, but its at some dealership in tacoma.

BTW in my experience heres the best online store for 3.8L parts. FTPP

LET me get this RIGHT? You saved $20K by yourself and at age 17???

Do you mind me asking what you do for a living? When I was 17 I only made $5000 the entire year. Granted that was back in 1974 but my daughter is 21 and still thinks I have a money tree in my back yard.

Please tell!!!

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First welcome to the site :wave: What mods do you have on your Camaro? What do you know about the BMW Z4, has she moded her's? lets start with that first. :chevy:

My dad owns his own coal mines (very big daddy's girl=very big allowance...lol its true but i love my dad he is my rock to keep me steady in life) and i've helped fix up a few 55-57 chevy's and was paid for helping

no mods on either car...starting all stock...she is also fixin hers up...she is a rich B-word

Here's a list of what my V6 had...it was a Y87 too (Meaning it had 3.42 gears and Zexel-Torsen T-2 Series diff , not 3.08...big difference)

Whisper Lid, SLP Cold Air Intake, Ceramic Coated Pacesetter Headers, Random Tech Cat, Magna Flow Catback, Jet PCM, PI 2100 Stall Torque Converter, MSD DIS-4 ignition, Accel Super DIS Coil, Nology Spark Plug Wires, ASP Pulley, Eibach Springs, Bilstein Shocks, BMR subframe connector/sway bars/strut tower brace, Custom shift kit w/vette servos(BIG DIFFERENCE..BTW Transgo makes some good Shift kits)

I also had found an aftermarket Intake for the 3.8L...but I'd traded her in for the Z28 I have now.

Lucky girl...When I was 13, I was working full time at a liquor store in chicago to help keep the lights on. Be grateful of what you have, and dont take it for granted. When I was your age Id have killed to be in your shoes!

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I have a few friends at work that have that V6 in there Camaros also a few on me and my friends car club website. I will ask them what it will take to get you #1 cross that finish line.
The people here are really helpful too

thnx...i dont take it for granted...my dad is my life...i wish he would let me work (im graduating hs w/ a business degree) but he is wanting me to go to college and have more than what he had (not working all my life in a dangerous enviroment)...we spend alot of time on cars (thats how we bond)

If you can don't work and focus on your education! thats the reason I took the military route, instead of the school route. Didn't have the oppurtunity to put all of what I had in school/football. I had 2 full time jobs throughout my 4yrs in highschool, so lets say I slept more that attended class. Still graduated with a 3.0 gpa..but well over 400 cutted classes. Go to school and become marketable in a field that you enjoy. Then have fun!

Why not break the 69 SS out of the garage to get the job done? Why are you wanting to race using your V6 car????

^:word:

Honestly, I don't know enough about the Beamer to help give you the edge.

I'm concerned that the Z4 will take you stock for stock....but again. Not enough knowledge.

Easiest bang for the buck? Add some NOS.:D TFord's got some info up there for ya, but there's not too much you can do to make it REALLY super fast...other than getting a V8.

i would but she wants to race the convertibles...lol