Anyone building an engine before you get the car. - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

1fastbusa · 04-01-2008, 09:27 PM

Just wondering if anyone is going to build some type of crazy engine after they find out what its going to come with. That way you woul dhave a engine to drop right in the day you get it.

NOODLESgoneWILD · 04-01-2008, 09:30 PM

Sounds like fun...but not willing to destroy my warrenty the day i drove it off the lot!

SilverTurtle · 04-01-2008, 09:33 PM

I'd do it... mostly because I was probably going to be the one fixing things on any car I buy, anyway, so why buy the extended warranty or worry with a warranty... build what you want and when you get the car, drop the powerplant in and mothball the original one... you'll always have it as a backup engine.

NOODLESgoneWILD · 04-01-2008, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverTurtle

I'd do it... mostly because I was probably going to be the one fixing things on any car I buy, anyway, so why buy the extended warranty or worry with a warranty... build what you want and when you get the car, drop the powerplant in and mothball the original one... you'll always have it as a backup engine.

Well Im not a gear head...I have to pay people to work on my cars! Althought we know GM has spared no expense to making this car the best they can...inherently there could be problems with the first few of the line! (PLEASE don't send the burbs) And I'm not willing to pay for it myself...And IM HOPING gm makes this a 10yr 100k warrenty car!

Jeff · 04-01-2008, 09:47 PM

Its crossed my head..... :] but I'll keep the stock motor and just add mods most likely

1fastbusa · 04-02-2008, 04:43 AM

pull the engine and trans and rear and do a twin turbo 408 with turbo 400 and a solid 9 inch rear done

unkbd · 04-02-2008, 04:56 AM

I could pull the 500Hp motor my uncle put in my girlfriends vette before we sell it.

MTron · 04-02-2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by 1fastbusa

pull the engine and trans and rear and do a twin turbo 408 with turbo 400 and a solid 9 inch rear done

Yea, but then there goes the awesome handling that the IRS affords you

As for me, only simple mods...exhaust, intake, LT headers, and well...we'll see with what the aftermarket comes up with for performance upgrades to the car

fRenzy · 04-02-2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MTron

As for me, only simple mods...exhaust, intake, LT headers, and well...we'll see with what the aftermarket comes up with for performance upgrades to the car

Same here, simple mods. Hope it is going to be easy to work on.

*radz28* · 04-02-2008, 09:42 AM

+2

Because of the crappy hippies here in California, I'll be limited to these kinds of upgrades, minus the long tubes. I might get shorties, just to say I have headers, but I'm hoping that there will be a supercharged model so I can just pulley up, dyno tune it, intake, catback, and call it good. I want to keep the warranty and am crossing my fingers for performance upgrades from GMPP, so I'm hoping to be able to find these parts from GM, keep the warranty, and make some more power.

I would like it to be easy to work on, but I think I'm not going to spend as much time under the hood as my last two 4th Gens. Let's face it; these cars don't need a lot of up-keep under the hood, so unless you are doing a lot of changes or upgrades, accessablility won't be too big an issue for me. It would be nice though

*The_Blur* · 04-02-2008, 10:35 AM

I'll keep the motor relatively stock until the warranty runs out. Then it's swapping time.

*GTAHVIT* · 04-02-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by radz282003

+2

Because of the crappy hippies here in California, I'll be limited to these kinds of upgrades, minus the long tubes. I might get shorties, just to say I have headers, but I'm hoping that there will be a supercharged model so I can just pulley up, dyno tune it, intake, catback, and call it good. I want to keep the warranty and am crossing my fingers for performance upgrades from GMPP, so I'm hoping to be able to find these parts from GM, keep the warranty, and make some more power.

I would like it to be easy to work on, but I think I'm not going to spend as much time under the hood as my last two 4th Gens. Let's face it; these cars don't need a lot of up-keep under the hood, so unless you are doing a lot of changes or upgrades, accessablility won't be too big an issue for me. It would be nice though

+3

*radz28* · 04-02-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by gtahvit

+3

I think you and I are on the same page, LOL!

:seesaw:

*GTAHVIT* · 04-02-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by radz282003

I think you and I are on the same page, LOL!

:seesaw:

Same letter of the same word in the same sentence of the same paragraph on the same page!!!!!!!

04-01-2008, 09:27 PM	#1
1fastbusa Drives: 03 Cobra 644rwhp Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Raleigh nc Posts: 9	Anyone building an engine before you get the car. Just wondering if anyone is going to build some type of crazy engine after they find out what its going to come with. That way you woul dhave a engine to drop right in the day you get it.

04-01-2008, 09:30 PM	#2
NOODLESgoneWILD IS IT 2009 YET??? Drives: '05 Z51 Black Vette & '06 H2 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mill Creek, Washington Posts: 408	Sounds like fun...but not willing to destroy my warrenty the day i drove it off the lot! __________________ *Don't love me just for my FBod*

04-01-2008, 09:33 PM	#3
SilverTurtle Reality Check Specialist Drives: '02 Z28, 2012 45th SS Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ATX Posts: 1,730	I'd do it... mostly because I was probably going to be the one fixing things on any car I buy, anyway, so why buy the extended warranty or worry with a warranty... build what you want and when you get the car, drop the powerplant in and mothball the original one... you'll always have it as a backup engine. __________________ got tequila?

04-01-2008, 09:47 PM	#5
Jeff ~ANTI-FORD~ Drives: Cadillac CTS Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 608	Its crossed my head..... :] but I'll keep the stock motor and just add mods most likely __________________ My Z28 sorry guys.. sold Camaro and got a Cadillac CTS, waiting for a few years to get a 2010 SS used ;]

04-02-2008, 09:42 AM	#10
radz28 Petro-sexual Drives: Ultra-Grin Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Crazy Coast Posts: 15,192 View My Garage	+2 Because of the crappy hippies here in California, I'll be limited to these kinds of upgrades, minus the long tubes. I might get shorties, just to say I have headers, but I'm hoping that there will be a supercharged model so I can just pulley up, dyno tune it, intake, catback, and call it good. I want to keep the warranty and am crossing my fingers for performance upgrades from GMPP, so I'm hoping to be able to find these parts from GM, keep the warranty, and make some more power. I would like it to be easy to work on, but I think I'm not going to spend as much time under the hood as my last two 4th Gens. Let's face it; these cars don't need a lot of up-keep under the hood, so unless you are doing a lot of changes or upgrades, accessablility won't be too big an issue for me. It would be nice though __________________ '20 ZL1 Black "Fury" A10, PDR, Exposed CF Extractor Magnuson Magnum DI TVS2650R // RFBG // Soler 103 // TooHighPSI Port Injection // THPSI Billet Lid // FF // Katech Drop-In // PLM Heat Exchanger // ZLE Cradle bushings // BMR Chassis-Suspension Stuff // aFe Bars // Diode Dynamics LEDs // ACS Composites Guards // CF Dash // Aeroforce // tint // other stuffs

04-02-2008, 04:43 AM	#6
1fastbusa Drives: 03 Cobra 644rwhp Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Raleigh nc Posts: 9	pull the engine and trans and rear and do a twin turbo 408 with turbo 400 and a solid 9 inch rear done

04-02-2008, 04:56 AM	#7
unkbd Drives: 2010 IBM 2SS/RS Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: WI Posts: 268 View My Garage	I could pull the 500Hp motor my uncle put in my girlfriends vette before we sell it.

04-02-2008, 10:35 AM	#11
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