All the talk about turbos for V6

[MadMaxx]

Originally Posted by XanthosV6

I was more worried about the back end of it catching fire from the close proximity to the radiator but...

Still not something I would do.
- X

Nah -- you stretch it over the surface of the fmic, tie it off in the back. Trust me, I never had any problems with it The camaro has ample room in the nose for a FMIC setup, probably a good 3-4" pf spacing between the ic and the radiator easy.

Scuffing up an aluminum rad and dusting with a light coat of black spray paint also works.... just don't use ceramic paint (lol... that brings back some interesting thread memories). It doesn't take much to black out a IC... but I doubt you'd even see it on a camaro.

[trudawg660]

i can just imagine for much they are going to try to charge, being that it is such a new car.

[JTinFL]

There will be a couple options out here soon for the V6 and the V8 Camaros.

[CamaroDreams07]

the STS dynoed at 400rwhp. Very nice.

[montej23]

I am not up to speed on alot of the modifications either, so I appreciate those who try to explain this to me.

If and when these kits come out for the Turbo, that usually doesn't cover install correct. So what is the difficulty in installing this??

[montej23]

also does it wear more on the internal engine?

[CamaroDreams07]

The install is pretty involved. You really need to knwo what youre doing. It's probably gonna run you about two grand to get it installed at a shop from what I've heard. So add that to the probably six grand you're gonna drop on the kit. Plus from what I've heard you need to upgrade various parts of the engine that won't come in the kit. So I'm guessing you're looking at at leastt $8000-$9000. LOT of money to drop. Good thing I have four years to save up and let the richer folks blow their engines experimenting before me

[SDCamaro10]

Originally Posted by CamaroDreams07

The install is pretty involved. You really need to knwo what youre doing. It's probably gonna run you about two grand to get it installed at a shop from what I've heard. So add that to the probably six grand you're gonna drop on the kit. Plus from what I've heard you need to upgrade various parts of the engine that won't come in the kit. So I'm guessing you're looking at at leastt $8000-$9000. LOT of money to drop. Good thing I have four years to save up and let the richer folks blow their engines experimenting before me

Installation actually isnt all that bad, I've installed a few turbo kits on my old car. The only thing that sucked was that there wasnt a whole lot of room to work with, but if you find a kit that is direct bolt on and all the piping is made to fit your application, it wont be all that hard. I advise taking it to a shop if you havent done it before though. On averarge, it took me about 4-5 hours to install. The tuning is a different battle, since i used a AFC tune, instead of a OBD tune. The shops i've dealt with usually charged anywhere 1,000 to 2,000 for install depending on the kit you get, single or twin, and the accessibility of your engine. Right now, with the turbo kits just coming to the market, you can expect to pay anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000 for a decent kit. Give it a few years and save some money and you could most likely find the same kit for 1,500 not on ebay.

[MontyCarlo]

Originally Posted by trudawg660

if i could get it black that would be nice. makes it look too rice for my liking

I know it's bad form to criticize something small from such an old thread, but... wouldn't painting an intercooler black be doing your mods more for appearance than performance, AKA the very definition of rice?

[Kwarren]

lol ill beleive ill just wait a few years on the turbo stuff...but hey if you didnt want to go all out yet you could get a single turbo? thats gonna put you up a good 100-150 hp...just right now the cars so new everythings so expensive...deffinately the twin turbo's/supercharger etc...I beleive ill just stick with adding cai, headers, and exhaust an try to find cams for the v6...

[MustangConvert]

Originally Posted by MontyCarlo

I know it's bad form to criticize something small from such an old thread, but... wouldn't painting an intercooler black be doing your mods more for appearance than performance, AKA the very definition of rice?

Maybe my understanding of rice is wrong, but it is my understanding that ricing is an aesthetic mod that is meant to look or sound like performance (with little to no actual performance gain), and is usually over the top for the car that it is being added to.

Think of it this way, you didn't buy the Camaro strictly for the power, did you? Nothing wrong with wanting your performance parts to look good as long as your not hindering the performance of the part you are adding.