FirebirdPhil

Yeah, like Rocket just said, don't try to put too much power on the 3.8 if it's your DD. If you're going to make it a car that you just take to the track on weekends then you can get good power of out it, but again, you would've been better off financially to start with a LS1. You'd have to do headers, exhaust, heads, intake, cold air, cam (along with this comes valve springs), gears, and nitrous. With the money spent for parts alone you'd be better off selling teh 6 and with the parts money buy a LS1 powered fbody. Plus if you'd have to have all those parts installed then thats more cash for labor, so you'd be able to take that money and invest in aftermarket parts for the LS1.

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Korndogg

Your better off getting a different car.

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badbird5.7

x2, you would be sinking a shit load of money in parts and LABOR and by the time you were done with it you could of bought your v8 ,have fun with the 6 and save your money for an ls1

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Phate

Sorry it took me so long to reply to the thread, I've been sick the last few days.

Anyway, I agree with what everyone else has said. Unless you find a ridiculously cheap deal on an LS1, its going to be cheaper just to sell the car and buy a TA. My 3.8 is about as fast as I can get it and it still be streetable, and I can barely beat a stock LS1 motor to motor. With the spray its no challenge, but still, if I had put the same amount of money into an LS1, i'd have one hell of a mean machine.

My advice, save the money needed, and sell the car and get your TA.

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Jay

you might as well just hook up a good cold air intake kit get some good headers an maybe supercharge it that'll blow away that trans am

Phate

I doubt it. The Powerdyne system they make for the 3.8's (that costs 5 grand may I add) only gives around 40hp. Stock 3.8 comes with 190fwhp. I still think the TA would win.

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jester77

x2 stock ls1's with free mods/tune, make much more hp/tq.

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Phate

The only way to make a 3.8 faster than an LT/LS1 (stock even) is either a huge amount of motor mods, or motor mods + FI.

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SpecialK

Well eh coudl turbo it, using a junkyard turbo, praying to the HP gods that hte turbo is in good shape, and make out like a bandit on low boost. But then agian chances are after all teh money spent plumbing that in it's a turd turbo and he ends up needing to buy another new turbo, or rebuilding it.... yea most mddded 6s are more trouble than they are worth. And N/A a heavy modded 6 barely keeps up with a stock 8.

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