92Birdofprey

Hey guys I know you know this, I'm going to buy a remanufactured engine for my 3.1 and I asked that person if the company had any performance parts for the 3.1 and he said that it would be really hard to add a cam, headers or any other performance things because of the fuel injection, it would not make it smog legal, I live in Cali so thats pretty important to me, if I buy that engine can I still buy a cam or headers or whatever without throwing the computer into a fit? Thanks. Oh yeah and where can I find great looking Valve Covers?

2.8RS

iTrader: (5)

You can add other performance parts to your engine. Check the sticky at the top of the page for a good list. You can get headers and I think that they are still smog legal. The biggest cam you can put in without messing the computer up is a 260. For valve covers your only options are Fiero valve cover which are the best looking or if you are a fan of chrome stockers then go for some Edelbrock valve covers.

KrisW

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Do the fiero valve covers. They are awesome.

Also, don't forget the exhaust! There are nice gains to be made with a high flow cat and a V8 car's cat-back system. You need to custom build a nice y-pipe as well with a good 2 into 1 transition (such as the flowmaster piece) that goes to the cat. All of our third gens are seriously lacking in the y-pipe department.

Except the Turbo T/A!!

grimmcs

iTrader: (1)

You can get smog legal headers for the 2.8. They will work on the 3.1 but wont be smog legal.

92Birdofprey

Thanks guys I appreciate it.

firstfirebird

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They would if you converted them to use the 3.1 smog equipment, no?

grimmcs

iTrader: (1)

Technically, but in CA, I believe, you need a number for the part and it needs to match the car to pass inspection.

firstfirebird

iTrader: (3)

That's true. When buying parts, some say "CA smog legal" and others say "Except CA.

drdave88

iTrader: (3)

the dynomax catback is 50 state legal, and if you have the original converter, get a new "high flow" one. that will help.

2_point8_boy

Nope. They are only certified for the 2.8L MPFI motor in automatic Camaros. Any other configuration and they are technically illegal.