I'm in the hunt for a late model camaro SS at the right price. I'm new to the whole chevy thing and need to ask what good options I should look for and at what price. If it ain't good, then I'm gonna buy a Supra TT.

If its a real camaro then it has to have ttops or least thats what i beleive.

Yup, ALL late model SS Camaros came with either T-tops or they are convertables. Plus make sure you read the SLP stickers on the door sills to know exactly what options are on the car. As far as what options to get, you HAVE to get an SS with the SLP exhaust option. That out of the way, some had a Husrt short throw shifter option. Mine doesn't and I can live with that for a while because the stock shifter really isn't that bad but I think I'm going to get a short throw eventually. One of the biggest options avail. is the 1LE suspension. It comes with Bilstien shocks and an ass load of suspension upgrades. As far as price, mine had 37k miles on it when I bought it and I paid $22,000 for it. Stick with the Chevy thing, you won't be disappointed.

There were hardtop SS's..... 1LE can be had on Z28's and SS's and is a hard to find option. 1LE cars were all hardtops, and the suspension is not really worth it if you are planning on changing everything out. IMHO, if you are buying the car to mod it, get a Regular SS for cheap with the Creature comforts you want (leather/cloth, t tops/HT/vert, 6 speed/auto, etc). If you can get one with the Level II suspension (Bilstiens) that would be great. It was an SLP option only on SS's. Then you can change out the PHB and LCA's, but have good springs and Shocks already. to know what SLP options it has, there is a sticker on the door from SLP that has any extras that were ordered with the car.

Yup, ALL late model SS Camaros came with either T-tops or they are convertables. Plus make sure you read the SLP stickers on the door sills to know exactly what options are on the car. As far as what options to get, you HAVE to get an SS with the SLP exhaust option. That out of the way, some had a Husrt short throw shifter option. Mine doesn't and I can live with that for a while because the stock shifter really isn't that bad but I think I'm going to get a short throw eventually. One of the biggest options avail. is the 1LE suspension. It comes with Bilstien shocks and an ass load of suspension upgrades. As far as price, mine had 37k miles on it when I bought it and I paid $22,000 for it. Stick with the Chevy thing, you won't be disappointed.
Dissapointment and Z28/SS should never be in the same sentence!!

you're right, my bad.

I was just saying that i wouldn't buy it if it didn't have t-tops. I know that there are some without. I just prefer the t-tops cause the are cool.

Thanks for the ideas, guys. See there's a guy who lives next door to me with a black SS and he doesn't drive it. I seriously havn't seen it move in months. It looks to be maybe an '01 or so, but has single exhaust, and is completely stock. Does the single exhaust mean anything?? Also, it doesn't have t-tops, but the car looks really new. I've only seen it leave our complex once, but damn it hauls ass. I didn't know about the SLP thing either, so I'll keep that in mind too. I really want an SS because I need something to beat my bud's saleen s281sc which has basic bolt-ons. Thanks.

SS and a Z28 is basically the same thing Power-wise, so if you are only looking to beat the saleen you can get the Z and spend the money you saved over an SS on mods to obliterate it... LOL. However, the main reason to get the SS is for the 'status' symbol it carries over the late model Z's. I have never seen a single exhaust on a late model SS unless it is aftermarket (I have a single on my Z). It is impossible to tell the difference between a 1998-1999-2000-2001-2002 F body except for wheels/badging, but they are all the same anyway. Good luck!

My car is for sale as well... LOL. Not an SS or even an LS1, but I am sure it will beat the salleen...

if it has single exhaust and has z28 or ss badges on it, its
probally a fake. a clone is sharp, but it MUST have the
motor to back up the goods.

i recently picked up a 2001 rear bumper at a
salvage lot, its the ss bumper with the center
exhaust tip cut outs, got the bumper exhaust,
tailights and rear spolier for 250.00. cant beat
that. i have a 2000 model silver ss camaro, it
will be a great upgrade for the car.

Tacoma, some people run a single exhaust to scrap the Crossflow. I run a single out Spin tech Muffler on my Z. Lots of people run a Mufflex single out system (4") or a flowmaster single out system (3") on the 4th gen camaros. Just because it has a single tailpipe does not mean it is missing cylinders.... LOL.

You picked up a CME for $250? it is the one with the 2 large center tips and the facsia right? hold on to it, they are hard to get!

The single exhaust pipe on the left was an SLP intalled system. It was the cheaper standard exhaust unless you ordered the dual exhaust. So chances are a car with the single exhaust on the left was a low optioned SS car. You have to watch out on the 98 and up SS cars because not all of them had the SLP door stickers. See the 96 and 97 SS cars were converted by SLP only therefor all 96 and 97 SS's had door stickers, one on the drivers and one on the passenger side.

GM started to help on the conversion process on the 98-02 cars that's why some don't have the door stickers... The best way to find out if the car is a real SS is to call SLP, becasue they have a record of every SS car made by the VIN #.





The white 98 SS conv. in the picture below has the single exhaust on the left.

ive got a 2000 ss im going to put it on, mine has the regular ss bumper with the dual chrome tips
on each side. ive got the 01 spoiler to with the
edge that flips up. its going to be repainted in
silver.

i have never heard of the single deal, my ss came with slp loud mouth exhaust.

We have a bone stock 98 SS (see picture below) with the single on the left exhaust. We even called SLP to confirm the VIN and asked about the exhaust... They said it was the standard exhaust to produce 5-10 hp over the Z28 exhaust.

i know were a white ss is with hugger orange
stripes is sitting in someones front yard with
weeds growed up around it. smart huh?

i just painted one of my engine blocks hugger orange, looks sweet

Some people don't know how to take care of cars. The 97 30th SS's are quite collectible right now and they always will be. You should try to buy it.

Sounds like a guy up here where I live. He has a 67 el camino, and I asked him if it was for sale he said no I'm going to restore it someday. The car is currently being used as a home for his goats. The said part is when I asked him about the car it was pretty nice, now I wouldn't even give a dollar for it.

i know were a white ss is with hugger orange
stripes is sitting in someones front yard with
weeds growed up around it. smart huh?

some people are a shame, they let nice cars rot

what a DICK!!!!! well i would try to buy it but i
own a 2000 ss, 90 rs, 87 trans am gta, and
trying to buy a 01 wrecked ss. really dont
have room for it. i rescued the 87 gta from a
junk yard too. has a 350 tpi only 63,000 miles
on it when i fount it 2 years ago. had it repainted
drove it another 100,000 miles and had a stroker kit put in it. i have put 100 miles on it i dont drive her that much it seems to run with a miss, like the fuel
pressure is off, or just got a dead plug. got any suggestions.

maybe timing?? or bad plug wire, or maybe a bad plug

it runs really good until you floor it. were it is
still tuned port they say they are hard get lined out.
its still fast. my dad says its the cam, its got
a rough idle. when i rev it up the car rocks to
one side .

our beetle walks all over the road too.

damn dude, i got all mixed up, and posted in the wrong thread my bad

yea its more then likly your steering knuckle also, there a bitch to change

well when you get an after market cam they have a recomended timing, something like that, what lift cam do you have and whats your timing set at?

to be honest i dont know, cause when im
at work my two brothers screw with it and
my dad got the cam from jegs. i dont know what
the lift was. i will have to ask him

ok, did it always do this? or did it start after your brothers messed with it?

no it never done it before. it was bored over and
had the stroker kit put in. we changed injectors
and had a hypertec chip put in the computer.
then when we fired it up it had a small miss.
you cant really notice it, but i know its there.
the lobe lift for the cam is .335"/.340"
the valve lift is .503"/.510"

hmm sounds weird, my van does the same thing, but its completly stock, it started about 3 years ago, its a straight 6, 4 speed, maybe a sticky valve???

they thought it would be funny to call me (" im at work right now too" ) and say that they knocked my ss out of gear and that it rolled out of the drive
way and stopped in the middle if the road and was then broadsided by a 18 wheeler. and it flipped
on its top in the ditch. i told them i was leaving work and they had better get a GD passport and
leave the country cause i was going to kill them
when i got there. i almost had a heart attack,
they started , just kidding, just kidding man just calm down. you dont call some one up and say hey,
i knocked your 26,000 dallar car out of gear and it was hit by a big truck and is now destroyed. i get
off work in 45 minutes and there better not be a
scratch on that car. i worked my ass off for that
car.

weve hijacked this thread, lol o well, well im tired so im gonna try to get some sleep, let me kno bout that car, thanks, later man

haha damn, thats not a good joke, well for them it was but my i woulda been pissed

slp made a 2 on the left (2OTL), not a single on the left. it was optional over the standard dual exhaust (which was just the Z28 muffler and stainless/chrome tips).

if it has single exhaust and has z28 or ss badges on it, its
probally a fake. a clone is sharp, but it MUST have the
motor to back up the goods.
I have seen an SS with a single exhaust.I forget which year it was. Hopefully someone else remembers too.

Deadcarny you are wrong... Yes SLP made the 2 on the left, but it was only on the 96 and 97 SS's. 98 had the one on the left exhaust. It was their standard exhaust unless you ordered the dual exhaust which was one one left and one on the right. If you want a picture I will send you one. We have a completly stock 98 SS with the one on the left exhaust.


slp made a 2 on the left (2OTL), not a single on the left. it was optional over the standard dual exhaust (which was just the Z28 muffler and stainless/chrome tips).

really? If i am wrong, I will admit it. I just do not understand how a standard exhaust on the SS would be a single, when GM builds the LS1 SS on the same line as the Z28. They do not go to SLP unless the car is ordered with special SLP options.

hey i took a pic of that ss with the single exhaust how do i post it here?? I uploaded to this site but what next?? thanks

Here is a picture of both a 96 and 98 SS together notice the 98 SS exhaust is one pipe on the left and the 96 SS has two.


http://chevelle.vcn.com/af05.JPG

I sent Dave at SLP an Email to see what he says. You may be correct, so I want to know for sure so I do not look like a dummy if I quote you on it someday...LOL.

Got a response from Dave.... I apologize, because I was wrong. As per Dave, 1998 was the only year that the SS came with a Single on the left. It was the Base SS exhaust.

96CamaroSS, thank you for the new info!

No problem... Having 5 SS camaros in within our family helps. You never know what you may learn, because SLP did a lot of strange things within the 7 years of making the SS's.