More MPG+HP? possible.?
 

Hey guys im 16 and about to go buy my first 2000 v6 camaro on sunday. I was wondering what i should do to it first to get a little more hp..but i want to maintain gas mileage. Are there any upgrades i can do that give me more hp and better gas milage or even the same? The car already has dual exhaust and i have about 600$ thanx alot.

P.S. i live in california so please try to accomadate smog laws


RANDOM FORD JOKE:From the past 10 years about 90% of Ford trucks are still on the road, the other 10% made it home.

computer tune helps some. Really I don't know what to do and remain emissions legal. Hopefully one of our Cali crew will have a few ideas

air filter exhuast and tuning will increase power and give a little gas milage HOWEVER it only works if you keep your foot out of it

General rule of thumb with most any cars.

More horsepower = less gas mileage.

But, somewhat contradictory to that, more air in, more air out = more hp. Good CAI, good exhaust setup, Ram air, etc.

but air filter and exhuast also increase the VE so around town and on the highway it is easier for the motor push the car........ so it runs more efficaent...........

but those are about the only mod you get both after that MPG is fubar

And somewhat contradictory to that, owning a v6 = less horsepower, greater mpg :thumbsup:

Unless your me.

I believe the car has dual exhaust already. Anyone know any good intakes? How about superchargers? I also want to lower the car. Any good springs?

Thanks alot

Supercharger kit for your car will run around 5,000 dollars. Thats for the average powerdyne kit.

As per intake, it doesnt really much matter. Get on ebay, type in your year, engine, and 'cai' and look for one. If you really want to spend money, just grab one from SLP.

Lowering springs, I wouldnt go anything but Eibach Pro-Kit.

v6 camaros are for the "look"! if you want horespower you need an "ss"!

So you think.

why not eibach..thats wat i was going to go with?

I think he was saying that's the only ones he'd go with.

But yes an intake and exhaust will give you more hp and better MPG.

Z28's will do just fine plus you'll save money not buying all the apperance parts.

ya..my bad read it wrong. man you guys respond fast. How do i get the car tuned?

if you do good tuning with mods it won't hurt mileage as bad (hence there are guys out there with some strong v-8's getting 20 mpg) get a cold air induction kit that has the filter isolated from the engine heat. I'm not a fan of lowering f bodies myself.

how do i tune it tho?

best way is buy the program with a laptop,but you can find someone with it, or send your pcm out to be tuned

i have a laptop what program?

thanx

or for racing lambos and porches right?

:lolsign:

anyone know what the tuning program is called?

thankx

I am not sure, I know what mine is called, but I doubt LT1 edit will work for your 6 shooter.

And yes, you can have horsepower and MPG at the same time. I get over 20 mpg on the highway, but when you get into it its only high single digits so it goes both ways.

lol Hp Tuners for the V6

Hey man,

welcome to projectcamaro. I see you live in Cali.. thats cool. Im from San Jose, your lucky you live in Sacramento. You can go to the track whenever you want. You should check out camarov6.com, awesome V6 site. You'll be hooked. Im 17 years old so i know what your going through.

For Hp and MPG, i suggest:

CAI, Whisper lid, plugs (MSD), and wires. good luck.

what exhaust do you have BTW?

BTW, stay away from Performance chips and Turbonators.

and Tornados

www.fullthrottlev6.com is the best site tho !!!

why stay away from performance chips? +u live in cali wat can i do to the car to keep it legal? thanx. Im not sure what kind of exhaust it is.im going to pick up the car tomorrow

:throwup:

theres never any actio there and the camarov6 site looks better. :p

Why? $20 for 20+ hp.. doesnt that sound a little too fishy? there a p.o.s.

you can get a CAI, Whisper lid, headers with a carb number on them..... all legal in cali.

post some pictures of you car! BTW, names Gilbert.

i gotta have 15 post before i can post a link :( so ill put them on here after 4 more posts. can u show me some headers that would fit the car? if so would be great.

Im assuming its a 3.8L.

http://www.pacesetterexhaust.com/camaro.htm

There are other options, but not many good ones. Those are the best product for the money. If you want the better of the two, get the ceramic coated over the painted.

yep how many hp do u think theyll produce? how about mpg diff


thanx

hey! i was having fun trying to keeping up with them!

Are you kidding? I stop going there every so often because theres too many new posts to read. That site is VERY useful.

Has to be, its a 2000.

Youll get about 10 at the most prob. So far, I really cant keep my foot out of it enough to get good mpg. Im gonna say I didnt notice a change with new headers/cat/exhaust.

k thanx.

you car doesn't use a chip so anything they sell as a chip is a farce (most are just resistors that you can buy at radio shack for a dime a piece) they supposedly trick the computer, but typically they do nothing except hurt both mileage and power. Resist the urge to run a cold t stat also, all that does is keep the engine from it's most efficient temp, but fools the pcm into dumping more gas (so millage goes down and hp stays close to even)

wait so n0 c0ld air intake?

cold air is fine, it the thermostat, alot of guys like to run a 160* t stat (they are supposed to fail you at emissions for running them in all 50 states btw) on any dyno test I have seen the most power gained was less than the margin of error for the dyno

How would a 160* thermo cuase someone to fail an emissions test? :confused:

I"m not being a smartass, I really just want to know cuz I have one.