i havent read the whole thing but it seems to me that wat your lookin for right now isn't a 383 or 355. sounds to me like you need to do all the bolt ons and see where your at before jumpin into a big project. you may possibly want a cam but i think you should do ALL the bolt ons first then do some suspension and the car will feel lik it has a ton of power and will be good for cruisin.

 

I am actually thinking of doing the same thing to my 95 z28. i was thinking about throwing in new heads, headers and cam. After reading this post i didnt know anything about being able to bore it out to a 355 or 383 so this is interesting to me. I dont know exactly what im looking for as far head, headers and cam goes. Mine is def. a daily driver but i find it not as powerful as i want so i was wondering what you guys think i should do? part wise. And if you dont mind me asking, what are bolt ons?

 

to be honest yall should look into pricing on machine work cuz it aint cheap. and bolt on r performance mods that get bolt on without havin to really tear into it

 

well my maro has a k&n intake and 3inch magnaflow exhaust. took out the cat. what else is there to do?

 

headers, 1.6rr, electric water pump, underdrive pulleys, and i cant think of anymore but suspension also helps alot gears and a tune.

 

I it dosent have too many miles on it, you can throw in a mean cam, roller rockers, bigger intake, injectors and a tune for less than $3500 and it will smoke most any thing you come accoss on a daily basis.

 

Thanks, i believe my water pump is already electric so i guess all i reall have to do is underdrive pulleys andh headersa and suspension and what not. but to machine, my camaro has 165,XXX miles on it hints the reason why i think its time for my engin to be rebuilt. just figured id throw in new heads headers and cam while im at it. putting in these parts though, am i going to have to upgrade anything else like transmission?

 

Headers and pulleys is only gonna give you around 40 or so hp and I think I'm overrating that a lil. If she has that many miles personally I would start saving for a complete rebuild. Even a stock rebuild will have plenty more power than a high mileage motor. Also I think Whammer said it already but if you rebuild a stock bottom end and bolt on some nice heads and a big cam, that thing is gonna haul some serious ****!

 

165k miles is getting up there. if your gonna do a rebuild be sure your ready for it. its alot of money with unexpected things along the way but in the end itll be bad. with added power theres a very good chance the 10 bolt will go and there is always more stress on the trans with more power

 

Roughly, how much is a stock rebuild? I think I'd like to go that route the more I read these posts and add some bolt-ons. I've been saving up for awhile now so that's not really an issue, I'm just looking for my best options. Thanks!