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Old 11-04-2006, 05:35 PM
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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.
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Originally Posted by FrYd-RyS
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.
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Old 11-04-2006, 06:33 PM
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yep how many hp do u think theyll produce? how about mpg diff


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or for racing lambos and porches right?
hey! i was having fun trying to keeping up with them!
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theres never any actio there
Are you kidding? I stop going there every so often because theres too many new posts to read. That site is VERY useful.

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Im assuming its a 3.8L.
Has to be, its a 2000.

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

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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.
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Old 11-04-2006, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by FrYd-RyS
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
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)
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Old 11-04-2006, 08:05 PM
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wait so n0 c0ld air intake?
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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
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How would a 160* thermo cuase someone to fail an emissions test?

I"m not being a smartass, I really just want to know cuz I have one.
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How would a 160* thermo cuase someone to fail an emissions test?

I"m not being a smartass, I really just want to know cuz I have one.
becasue the test is supposed to be performed after teh computer goes into closed loop (aka is warmed up to 190* or so) if it never hits that it is supposed to fail (I used to do emissions tests in Atlanta, and that was part of the federal stuff we did)
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Originally Posted by Shodown
How would a 160* thermo cuase someone to fail an emissions test?

I"m not being a smartass, I really just want to know cuz I have one.
yeah I was wondering that also.
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and if you waited a second you'd have seen lol
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Originally Posted by archemedes
becasue the test is supposed to be performed after teh computer goes into closed loop (aka is warmed up to 190* or so) if it never hits that it is supposed to fail (I used to do emissions tests in Atlanta, and that was part of the federal stuff we did)
Hmm, interesting. Can HP Tuners do anything to adjust this?
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