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Originally Posted by 95firebird
i just got a 95 firebird v6 3.4l its not hte faster car in the world but for a 16teen year old it is lol but i want ot no what i can do to make it fast over buy my house that have street race a friend of my has a 94 mustange not sure what he has in it but i no it only has a v6 so what can i do to make sure i win the race and give me more hp
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Well first off, welcome to Automotive Forums! The 3.4's don't tend to be the fastest V6's around. Pretty slow actually. First thing I would suggest doing is buying an SLP cold air intake kit. That's definately a worthwhile mod, and gives your engine a nice throaty growl. Next is exhaust. You're going to need headers, no doubt about it. But whatever you do, don't go with the Pacesetter ones. I just bought those and they're absolute crap. Go with the RKSport ones. I haven't yet tried those myself, but they can't nearly be half as bad as the Pacesetter ones. And finally, get a good hi-flow cat, and a cat-back exhaust. Stay away from Flowmasters. Those things will rob you in performance and give you a crappy sound that'll drive ya crazy. I went with Borla (still have yet to get it installed). Cost me $555 off eBay. May be too expensive for you, so I'd suggest Magnaflow cat-back if you're on a budget. Here's a good place to shop for 3.4 performance parts.
http://www.ftpp.net/V6Main.htm
That right there would guarantee you a race vs. your friends 3.8L Mustang. Not to mention that right there should put you somewhere near the 200 HP mark. Check out my CarDomain page if you would like some ideas for your car. It's the "www" at the bottom of my post's.
But as WarShrike said, street racing is extremely dangerous. Especially at 16. I know when i was 16, I didn't have the slightest clue as to how a car worked. If this is your case as well. Then I'd HIGHLY suggest that you went to
www.howstuffworks.com and type in "car engines" in their search bar on the top right. I'm not trying to assume that you know nothing about cars, but at 16, most kids don't. I'm simply saying that you should take precautions and learn how your car works before you take her to the streets like that. It'd be sad to see you get in a crash and have another bird off the road, and you possibly wind up in the hospital or even dead. I've never street raced my car, and I've had it for over a year now. It's just not smart, but if you must, then make you sure do it as safely as possible. Block off all roads that intersect with the road your racing on and stuff like that.