incus86

...on parts....AT COST. a shop owner i know is going to buy in for a bunch of products and offered me whatever i want at cost. My car is a 92 trans am ws6 with an l98 and a t-56 tranny. its got full exhaust and thats about it. the engine has about 175,000 miles on it so i think its time to rebuild it. heres a list of companies i can buy from:

AEM inc.
Aeromotive
Aeroquip
Accel
Advanced Clutch Tech (ACT)
Airlift
Airaid
APC
Auto Meter
Automotive Racing Products
Autotecnica
Auto Ventshade
B&M
Barry Grant
Bully Dog Tech
Bell Tech
Bushwhacker
Carriage Works
Carter
Centerforce
Clean Tools
Cloyes
Comp. Cams
Competition Engineering
Covercraft
Crane Cams
C.R. Laurence
Dart
DC Sports
Dee Zee
Deflecta-Shield
Demon Carbs
Denso
Design Engineering
Design Tech
Dynomax
Edelbrock
Edge Products
Eibach
Energy Suspension
Extang
Federal Mogul/Sealed Power/TRW
FelPro HP & Marine
Flex-a-Lite
Flow Tech
Fluidampr
Ignited Performance
Flowmaster
Ford Racing
G-Tech Pro
Gibson
Granatelli Motorsports
Grant
Hays
Hi-Tach
Hi-Tech engine components
Holley
Hooker
Hotchkis
HP Books
Hurst
Husky Liners
Hypertech
Jacobs Electronics
Jet Performance
JSP
KC HiLites
K&N Engineering
Keeper
KYB
Koni
Lakewood
LiteGlow
Lunati
Lund Ind.
MagnaFlow
Mallory
Manley
MasterLock
MBRP Exhaust
McGuard
Mopar Performance
Mr. Gasket Co.
MSD Ignition
Mother's Wax
Newark Carpets
Nifty
Nitrous Oxide Systems
Northern Factory
Offenhauser
Pacesetter
Percy's High Performance
Piaa
Pioneer
Painless Performance
Pertronix
Performance Import Trends
Powerdyne
Powermaster
Powerslot
PowerTrax/Lock-Right
Pro-Blend
PartsPro Select
ProForm
Professional Products
ProParts/ProPods
QuickFuel Technologies
Racer Components Inc.
Rancho Suspension
Renegade Racing
Richmond Gears
Roush Performance
Royal Purple
Russell
SA Design Books
Specialty Products Co.
Stage8 Fasteners
Stewart Components
Steel Horse
Superchips
Superwinch
Taylor/Vertex
TCI Automotive
Thule
Trailmaster
Truxedo
Tokico
Topline Products
Tunerwear
Turbonetics
TYC Elegante
Vibrant Performance
VHT
Vortech
Warn Winch
Westin Automotive
Weiand
Wenol
Wings West
Wolo
World Products
Zex


I was going to originally buy vortec heads, lt4 hotcam, and carb it....but now i've got a whole bunch of options

any ideas would be appreciated

Megaracerx2

well, i would do cam/heads then exaust, then suspension, and what ever you have left, just dress up stuff...thats just me though

sellmanb

Get new heads, intake and cam.

After that go suspension crazy ... there's only so much power you can put to the ground w/ stock suspension before you're only hurting your times.

incus86

eh...i don't get to the track that much...so bad suspension just means better donuts

Megaracerx2

well, in that case, buy all the bolt ons you can, and donut away!

incus86

well i got my car last year without knowing stick to well, so i never took it up. i might bring it this year but i'm gonna have really bad 60 foots. track is also an hour and a half away and i don't trust an engine with that many miles...

Megaracerx2

well, may i suggest maybe a crate motor with the 3 grand?

jrg77

Headers, exhaust, intake, cam, and heads.

Hooker, Flowmaster, Accel, Comp

Jason

SSC

I would second that.

All the bolt on's you can buy will most likely cause engine failure when installed on a high mileage engine, Ive seen it before althought it doesent happen every time.
Start with a fresh engine rebuilt or replaced, a set of headers and if your still TPI see if you can pickup a better induction system like a stealthram, might find a used one on Ebay failry inexpensive.

therover87

my suggestion- gm universal 350 crate motor 1200 260hp 350ft lbs
weiand 142 blower 1800

incus86

if anyone can see GMPP listed let me know...

do any of those companies make crates? it would be way more effective for me to rebuild my engine and beef it up with parts AT COST then to pay for a whole new crate.

also, i'm buying these parts now because they are going to be much cheaper...i'm probably not gonna a new engine in until the fall/winter

Megaracerx2

in that case, if your swaping in somthing anyway, buy parts for your future engine...if you know what your swapping in that is

aaron7

iTrader: (7)

Yes, many of those companies make crate motors. Edelbrock makes some damn fine ones

incus86

6 grand for 410 hp...i could build an engine just as good for like 2 grand less

aaron7

iTrader: (7)

... so do it. You asked if any of the companies made them!

Anyway, that's the list price for one. I thought you were getting one at cost?

incus86

i am...but even at cost i'll probably be paying out the ***. i guess i'll ask the guy to find out what it would be...

ljnowell

I wouldnt go anywhere near that engine. All stock bottom end, crappy heads, crappy cam. Figure at least another 1800 bucks to get that engine anywhere near reliable performance.

Cadillac

So what happened?

Cadillac

~double post~

sellmanb

I'm curious as well.... Lord knows what I would do w/ 3 grand, with buying items at cost.... "-ring ring- I'd like to talk to Steve Spohn please"

RocBoy

iTrader: (1)

I know its not on your list but you have 3 grand and you are half way to one hell of a drivetrain with the T-56 . MOSER 12-BOLT with gear of choice and the rest on trailing arms ,sway bars ,lower srings and if you have enogh left over poly bushings that stuff you can get at cost .Your sus is probley shot by now anyway and with more power you will just speed up the prosses . I you want to do cookers 411s with a 12-bolt should do the job real well

jandl22

Buy my 4th gen interior.

Cam91z

iTrader: (1)

Did u get anything? If not you should buy my zz3 and put stealth ram on it.

Air_Adam

Exhaust, cam, intake (ductwork and manifold), then heads... thats the way I'd do it.

Don't forget about the cooling system though. Third gen F-bodies are hard enough to keep cool in stock form, modded can be even worse.