I bouth a 1983 Camaro with a Jasper rebuilt V6-173 2.8L engine and im wondering what it is that I can do with it to give it a little more pep. Im by no means a car guru and I will probably have no clue on how to do a lot of this but im always up for a learning experience and im wanting this car to end up being really nice. Its in great shape and i want to make it even better.

What would be some simple things that I could do to it to start off with that would help it out. I have tried looking around the net and such but I have had little sucess finding anything as im not really sure what to look for to start with. I know that getting a new exhaust system would help but thats a bit to expensive for me right now as im trying to keep it in the 250$ range to start with untill I learn a bit more.

Im also wanting to know what parts are best, ya i know a performance air filter is good, but what one is better? Im a newb lol so I need a good amount of details and stuff.

Thanks for any help in advance :)

jasper? i thought those were what the 90's style eagle talon DSM motor?, i never herd of a camaro haveing one, but anyway, is it fuel injected or carb'd?

if its fuel injection you can get a cheap cold air intake that works just as good from e-bay and call it a day, and and gut your cat convert, and either way, buy a high flow muffler and have it put on that should all be around $250

Its not fuel injected, got a standard 2 Barrel Carb. Its also an Automatic 3 speed lol. As far as the Jasper motor goes I believe that its still the original motor that came with the car from the factory but the previous owner had it rebuilt by Jasper motors. I bought the car for 600$ and the only thing I had to fix was a ball joint on the front end.

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Dont you have to virtually or totally remove the enjine to put on everything but the Carb? lol, not quite at that level yet although that stuff looks like what I want to be able to do to it when I am able to pull a motor. Not quite skilled enough yet.

Gutted the Cat and got a Flowtech Terminator Muffler so far. Sounds a LOT better now and has maybe a little more pep :)

no.everything he mentioned in his post can be done in the car.you dont have to pull the motor.

Sweet, then I may just do that then :)

Thanks for all the input so far, i really do appreciate it all.