Diabolical

i have an 87 camaro lt with the lg4. right now it's completely stock. are there any really cheap mods that i can do that will give me a decent improvement in performance?

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87 Camaro LT
bone stock lg4 w/ 700r4
1/4 mile: 35 seconds @ 50mph (or so it feels like it)
mods:
ground effects (in progress)
93 camaro seats (installed)
99 camaro center console (in progress)
85-87 iroc or 91-92 z28 rims (91-92 installed)
white 145mph iroc gauges (in progress)

nagga

windage tray, they are said to add about 20hp, and are about $20-70

Mark A Shields

What in the world is that?
Do the little mods, like K&N, homemade ram air, advance your timing. Do a tune-up if the car needs it. A cam change wouldn't be too costly, just a pain in the butt. When you get the money get some headers, the stock exhaust on these motors were horrible.

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'86 IROC T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK HEADERS Hooker CatBack
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

Jester

lol yeah sure..20hp at about 10,000RPM and after pulling the motor to install it.


The best place to start would definatly be tuning your engine if you havn't already. Advance the timing, mess with the rod/hangers/AV tention in that carb. Those are basically free and can yield huge SOTP gains.

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toosloz

you could add a new intake, or carb coil or exhaust or other things...look around...i might be selling my 600/performer intake soon after i get a 750 and rpm intake

nagga

lol i was just kiddin around, i was gonna put one on my car but i couldnt find the main studs for it, it deflects the oil so it doesnt foam up when in high rpms, its meant for racing usually, but not a good idea unless u are planning on rebuilding the motor or putting a new one in, i would get mallory 8mm wires,oh wait i did lol, K&N air filter, accel plugs, new distributor, coil, module, if your car is carburated replace the stock carb, the intake

forgot to mention, take off your muffler and find an acetylene torch, and burn the packing out of the muffler, it makes it louder, sounding like it has more power lol, it might gain a few hps

[This message has been edited by nagga (edited December 08, 2001).]

gravitar

Never heard that one.. Have heard of people punching holes in the stock muffler though! Aftermarket mufflers aren't all that expensive, and most will flow (and sound) way better than a stock muffler.. Probably even better one that's been torched

Oh, and if it hasn't been mentioned already, punch out (or eliminate) your cat.

Little GTA

Automatic shift kits are cheap...and can be installed yourself...improves consistency and shift times. ANything that will let your car breathe...flipping the carburetor/air filter lid over to let more air in is one. Try and borrow a timing light if you don't have one and play with it. Not difficult and helps power quite a bit. Roller rockers can be installed yourself...and they aren't expensive. Full synthetic oil helps in my opinion. Cooler running engine via a thermostat or fans coming on manually helps keep engine cooler. A cooler engine usually makes more power.



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daniel dekay

air first, kn and dual snorkel, then get exhaust. when u have realized that uve spent too much money trying to soup up yer lg4, buy a 350.

daniel

zippy

i'd say start by installing a cooler thermostat and moving the ignition timing up. change the muffler with another bolt in it's place muffler. a big deal with the LG4 is the air cleaner. try and figure out a way to make your own cold air induction and also remove the butterfly in the air cleaner snorkle for the hot air tube and block off the bottom. a shift kit as mentioned is a great idea and will be very usefull as you start other modifications. you might also find some use in changing the secondary metering rods to a thinner set. well, just some thoughts.