Hello,
I recently got a 1998 Camaro 3.8 V6 with all stock parts. So far I haven't modded it in any way and am saving up for parts. However being new to this (first car) I have no idea how much would turbo/super charging it cost and what additional mods would I need to install. I am looking to boost my hp from the current 200 to around 300/320 at the cheapest (but safe) way possible. Any tips or pointers where I should start looking and what should I expect pricewise?

 

to get that out of a 3.8 is a serious rebuild. everything has to be redone. then juice it or supercharge it.an extra 125 h/p is more then half of what the stock motor has.

so it would prolly cost around 10 grand for the supercharger build and around 7 grand with a 125 shot of nitrous. (high performance parts+ labor.....)

that is if you redo your motor...........................

 

Hmm, that is way more than I expected. So how far can I get on roughly a 2k budget?

 

probally round 210RWHP(250 crank?)

full exhaust, intake, nice cam, thermo.
exhaust should be bout 10hp, intake prolly 5 or so, thermo and chip prolly close to 15, cam(if you can find it for the 3.8, found on 2 or 3 sites) prolly round 20.

 

if u want to make a v6 a v8 killer, there's a nice site, www.turbov6camaro.com i beleave. he's only spent round 15k on his, and making close to 500RWHP. there's another dude too, that did a stroker 3.8 N/A engine, dont know what he made or how much, but he's a 11.9-12.2(if memory serves right) second car.

all the parts arent that much, it's getting someone to do it, for cheap. best bet would be to send the engine off to someone.

 

untrue now the 3.8 3800 11 is cable of handing a mild amout of boost stock hence the roots system included in the GTP thusly if you dont want to run an obsurd amout of boost then all you need is compatable kits which ranges from about 3-5k and not you cant take one from a gtp it wont work now then as far as how much power you will gain the aprox eqation is 7% of your natural power per pound of boost meaning starting with 200 you get 14 Hp per pound of boost so you do the math....

 

i read it can handle 9-10PSI stock internals, even more if fresh engine and done perfectly. was reading something, where they gave a 3.8 as much power as they could till something happened, they ended up reaching like 580HP before it blew, so actually it could prolly make 400-450, while daily driven. F/I is just hard any engine. to bad it's basicly only way to make real power out of these motors.
most of ur F/I engines only last till bout 120kmi

now if ur's is standard. the stock clutches can only take bout 250.

i would prolly do all bolt ons first. and make sure ur engine is up to handling maybe, a 75-100shot of n2o?

 

do bolt ons first intake, exaughst headers high flow cat LS1 drive shaft that will put you in the 230s aprox to the crank from there i look into supercharge that way youll have some gains beofre the charger but once it on it wont make you go boom even if you push the boost window a bit

 

i would prolly do gearing, clutch, and maybe cams too. specially clutch tho(if standard)

 

Mine is an automatic. Should the transmission still be able to handle around a 50hpw boost? I think I will start with the air intake, exhaust and headers, and then work my way as my budget grows.