Alright so well firstly I bought a 1998 camaro with a 3800 II V6 in it. I paid $1500 and got what I paid for. The car has 70k miles but the engine does not run. The lady said it was the "heads"...long story short I am doing an engine rebuild. I was looking at getting maybe some abbott heads & cams... when I am done this car must have at least 275hp all motor. I am looking to you guys for rebuild kits, instructions/manuals, recommended parts or upgrades etc. I have a total of $5000 less the car so that leaves me with $3500 to work with. The car will be painted, the interior will be worked on (seats, dash etc.), suspension will be overhauled and ill keep posting progress (w/ pics) through out the process. Anyways what needs to be done before september (preferrably) is the engine work. Tranny is fine just needs a b&m shift kit. Please any help with finding kits or parts is greatly appreciated. Thanks again guys!

 

check out the jazzmans build here, he has another thread somewhere in here on it to.
https://camaroforums.com/forum/93-02-general-41/project-l36-sleeper-40642/

 

Step one: remove and disassemble. Since you are not 100% sure of how the motor was treated or maintained you will need to do a full inspection of all the parts before you can really start figuring how much to spend where.