3.4L camaro with 138000 miles need some help

[camaro king]

i just got a 3.4L camaro with 138000 miles stick shift 1994. it is very clean but i wont to get a little more power under that hood. something some what easy but wont put to much stress on the motor. the guy that owned it befor me had a fake dual exost put on it well one muffler. so i dont wont to mess with that i got like 500 bucks to put into it any ideas ???????? i know my spelling is bad

[crazy Jim]

cold air intake with high flow filter

[camaro king]

you know about how much it will cost off hand

[camaro king]

i was considering puting one but you realy thing it will add that much
horse power to a 3.4L

[97cavalier]

The 3.4's don't put that much out but a Intake and exhaust is a good way to start on any motor.i here headders are good for the 3.4's also. Do a tune up as well. And clean out the throttle body and get a new fuel filter. Just doing a tune up can gain some hp.

[poormillionaire2]

You'll be putting more money in the car than the car is worth though.

[camaro king]

well the car had a tune up before we got the car so i might be able to look into headers because we can put something like that ourselfs and it will only be like in the 300's bucks range
the hi-flow cold air intake will be like in the 200s but i think im goping to look into some headers the main thing i wont is to get to like 200 horse power its a stock at like 160

[97cavalier]

a intake will not be $200, thats to high. Just get a cheep one off ebay but make sure it goes down fair enuf. all the intakes are the same diamitor so just get one off ebay. You can find one with a K&N filter for about $60.

[poormillionaire2]

I'd watch out on ebay, there's a lot of crap on there if you don't know exactly what you're looking for.

I say go all out for the search for power and get a blower. That will surprise a lot of people out there.

[ikeyballz]

in that case, tear down the whole engine, do full internals..with hi comp everything.. and turbo/super/NOS that sumbitch

:B make it faster than mr. luos's car ;D

[camaro king]

i do not wont to put to much stress on this old motor

[jason-1995fbody]

i had 3.4 with 115k and a 50 shot worked great dont go any higher though

[blindeyed]

I've put a cold air intake, headers, !cat, Borla cat-back, aluminum driveshaft, and a polished throttle body on my 3.4.. simply put, it's still slow, and it's still way under 200rwhp.

~ If you have a tight budget, then you'll definately wan't to start off with a cold air intake. I always highly recommend the SLP CAI, due to it's very effecient design, it ranges normally a little above $200.

~ Then I would suggest doing a cat-back, which I would recommend going with Magnaflow. It's very affordable, and is one of the best flowing out there. Ranges normally from $350->$400

~ There's really almost no reason to go for headers unless you really plan on building the engine up quite a bit. Mine pretty much only gave me a more agressive sound. Not to mention they are a complete PITA, especially Pacesetter's. If you do go this route and get them, definately go with RKSport's headers.

~ The aluminum driveshaft is also a great mod to do, and relatively cheap as well. You can get them for a great price from John (aka FormulaLT1) here on the forum.

Definately my main suggestion to you is.. if you're going to go cheap, then don't go at all. Things like those $20 ebay intakes, a cheap knock off cat-back exhaust, and other things will only hold you back, and you'll regret it late on down the road. Trust me, I know. I have my ebay intake being used as a coffee table center piece.

[SLPbirdy00]

Originally Posted by blindxeyed

~ The aluminum driveshaft is also a great mod to do, and relatively cheap as well. You can get them for a great price from John (aka FormulaLT1) here on the forum.

How much difference did you see from the aluminum shaft?

[blindeyed]

Originally Posted by SLPbirdy00

How much difference did you see from the aluminum shaft?

Well I'm not sure how much rwhp I gained from it, but once I got it on, it felt almost as if the entire time before that I had been driving with the e-brake halfway up. My car just took off after that, as if you just took a fat guy out of the back seat.