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Guest HueJass

whats the cheapest way to build up power before going to a V8

like if i want a mean street car but didnt have the cash for a v8 now, what would you guys do to the L6 to make it run a decent 1/4 mile?

and i would like to do all of this cheaply... :oops:

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Wow, what an open ended question. For starters, whats some boundries: How much are you willing to spend bottom line. What is a decent qaurter time? What is a concrete time goal for you? What is a concrete hp # for you? Will you be doing work yourself or in a shop? Do you want the car to remain streetable? What kind of year/model even is it? When do you plan to do the V8 Conversion? From the research ive done, throttle body mod, exhaust and headwork while retaining stock efi on 1975-79 could net at up +75 hp tuned. As far as earlier Z's options are to soup up SU carbs and do headwork and exhaust can net up +50 hp tuned. I'll tell you right now, any money that you sink into your straight6 now you'll probably recover 10% of it if that when you scrap it in favor of the V8.

So bare bones of it i'd throw a K&N and a glasspack on it for a quick, dirty and cheap 25hp.

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The correct spelling is Hugh Jass ;)

 

Gears is usually the cheapest way to go quick, used headers might be next, other than that things like a cam swap is looking like $500 or so, headwork $$$, so there isn't much that is really dirt cheap - however this is true with any engine.

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