Hey,
I'm new to the forum. i have a 1999 monte carlo z34 with a 3800 II. I want to give it some more power and maybe add some style to it. any ideas would be much appriciated!

thanks

 

Welcome to the forum.
check out:
www.zzperformance.com
They have alot of stuff for the 3800 monte carlos and grand prixs.

 

You need to be a lot more specific- especially as far as your budget goes, and also how extensive do you want to get into modifications.

The engine/transmission has a lot of options- you can take it from your stock NA ~160whp setup to a 500+whp 10 second car if you put enough into it.

As far as appearance goes, there is one full body kit available, a handful of ground effect packages, obviously rims, spoilers, etc etc.

But without more specifics, its hard to point you in any direction.

 

well i want it to still be street legal and my budget isnt huge but i can put a good amount of money into it

 

Still isn't very specific, you can do 500+ to the wheels and still be totally street legal- not to mention, you didn't specify if you want to put the money into going faster or looking better.

Also, it would really help if you had a general range of what you're looking to spend- a good amount of money to a high school student could be $1000. A good amount of money to someone working a real full time career job could throw $5k+ and not think its crazy- too many different possibilities without being more specific.

 

ok well i plan to put most of the money into going faster so i dont end up looking like some young idiot who has a nice car thats all show and no go. i work full time so i would say that over all i would probly put $4000 at about the limit. im not totally against going over that but i would rather keep it under 4.

 

One option would bea used turbo kit, and saving the rest for tranny mods.

The other option would be an L67 top swap, which could be done for about $1k- do a cam, IC, and some headers (used if you can find them)- for another $1500-2k, then a smaller s/c pulley and save the rest for trans mods.

Its kinda up to you how labor intensive you want to get- but if you do it properly, $4k should get you over 300 whp- at which point you do need to be thinking about tranny upgrades.

 

well that helps a lot! thanks but do you know what kind of mods i can do to trans?

 

go to www.zzperformance.com under grand prix, under transmissions

if you just do a straight IC turbo kit- you should be ok, but just realize that the more you get into modding once you're boosted- the shorter the life of your stock trans.

I will tell you the major problem areas with big power 4t65 setups are the input shaft and drive chai.

 

alright cool. well i definatly appreciate your help!