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Old 03-31-2011, 10:06 PM
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Right now my wife and both drive Camaros. I have a smooth running quiet 1999 V6 as my daily driver. My wife has a very powerful very fun to drive 2000 Z28. Her car is not what I would like to drive in traffic or on long trips due to the vibrations and noise from the LS1.

If you can afford to do it keep the V6 car and get a Z28 to play with on pretty days.

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Old 04-01-2011, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Massey
Right now my wife and both drive Camaros. I have a smooth running quiet 1999 V6 as my daily driver. My wife has a very powerful very fun to drive 2000 Z28. Her car is not what I would like to drive in traffic or on long trips due to the vibrations and noise from the LS1.

If you can afford to do it keep the V6 car and get a Z28 to play with on pretty days.

Massey
I agree with Massey, I have a 1998 3.8L and enjoy it for daily driving, especially with fuel costs going up all the time. I'm restoring my father's 1969 Camaro, so that will be my play car for nice days once I'm done with it, so I'm keeping my 98 3.8L for the daily drive. Someone mentioned being able to add some more horses to it....since I'm not up on all the performance options for sprucing up a 3.8L, what can I do with it to add some more horse power to it? Any ideas are appreciated.

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Old 04-01-2011, 07:39 PM
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You can do headers and full exhaust. Cold air intake, cam and a tune. Those are the basics. if you really want to get serious with it you can get into forced induction but that cost a pretty penny. You can also have the intake and throttle body ported and polished. Same with the heads. That's a few of the things you can do to the 3.8l.
 
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Old 04-01-2011, 08:33 PM
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Old 04-02-2011, 02:34 AM
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yeah, i did take a look at the v6 mod guide. But just curious, lets say i did the cold air intake, with an exhaust, plus the intake and throttle body. How much Hp are we looking at. Cause really i dont need that much. By that much i mean id like around 300. Unfortunately i do live in colorado and it is my daily driver. =(
 




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