Thanks! Thats what I really want to do to it but Im going to have to wait a while and for now Im just going to basic mods to my car.
Also habbibie I never said I was joking about anything. What I said are things that I want to do in the future and wanted to know what the costs were and how its done so I could have a goal. If you don't like my threads then dont comment.

 

I posted what you can do to your car in your other thread.

There's not much and it's NOT worth the money. I've been through it, I've made the mistake myself, learn from my mistakes not your own.

 

Gang, this is getting a bit out of control. Seems to be a bit of picking on Red Monte Carlo for just asking a bunch of questions.

Young or old, having turned a wrench or not, we ALL had to start somewhere. I've turned plenty of wrenches over the years. Some for fun, some to save some money, but when I was in my mid-teens, I NEVER thought I'd ever wrench on a car (boy was I wrong). And I owe a lot of that to the people that were willing to spend time to help educate me (on or off the Internet).

I agree that an SS with a factory LS4 would be a better way to go and that has been the popular answer Red has received in many threads he has recently been starting, but from what I see, it appears he's trying to understand the pros and cons of various options available (and possibly not available) for his car. I admit, I agree with that advice, but regardless, rather then beat him around, why don't we educate him (either offer him information about the options he explores or even links to threads we may know about that already answer the questions he has). That's what we typically do for anyone else looking for advice.
Had I listened to everyone that told me "Don't do it" or "Don't waste your money", I would not have the modded Monte I have today (I'd still have a factory, unmodded Monte). No regrets!

 

I completely agree with The_Maniac. Coming from personal experience, I've had a lot of criticism from people about modifying my Monte. Many people saying "it's not worth it" but it doesn't bother me because I really enjoy doing new things with my Monte. Plus there's a long string of things that can be thrown into the "it's not worth it" category. A 3500 v6 Monte isn't worth it, buy one with an LS4. An LS4 Monte isn't worth it, buy an LS1 f-body. An LS1 f-body isn't worth it, buy an LS3 Vette, and it could go on and on.

Just do what makes you happy. Some of us on here are glad to help. You can do some bolt ons with a 3500 v6. A buddy of mine gets most of his parts from wot-tech.com for his 3400.

 

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Monte V8s are way kool

 

I totally hear where you're coming from. I certainly get a lot of criticism for putting the amount of money I did into my monte just to be different. There definitely is something to say about being 1 of 1 montes at a cruise in night vs 1 of 30 vettes.


However, I think there is some benefit to give the OP a reality check about what he wants to do as well (although some just went about doing so in a poor way). His first plan was an LS4 swap or a turbo/SC with minimal modification all for $2k. Obviously that would be a huge stretch to make either route happen ever for $2k. If the OP was willing to save up more, then it would be more feasible, but he definitely needed to know that it just wasn't possible on his budget.

This thread is another good example where the OP needs some guidance. He's looking to get into a NA build with heads/cam/tune. His goal of 300 hp is going to be extremely tough to hit IMO if he gets wrapped up in this package since I don't see the possibility of gaining 90 horsepower from heads/cam unless this is a really nasty all-out cam that would be terrible for a daily driver (I couldn't find any specs, but my guess is that it's not). Plus, getting that package would lock you into an NA spec cam (assuming he wouldn't be considered a boost cam since he would be spending 150% of his budget already).

So in talking about an NA build in this thread, I think there is some merit to saying his current setup 'isnt worth' it given his goals. Sure it's possible to get 300hp out of a 3500, but never within the budget he's looking at. So the OP either needs to adjust his HP goal down, or adjust his budget up in order for things to make sense.


To the OP - I kind of get where the frustration is coming from with some of the forum members. Certainly, we all like to talk about cars. However, it is frustrating when people put effort into explaining things only for you to keep opening a new thread for a different idea every time you change your mind (or change back). We know from experience that what you're trying to do isn't possible given your criteria.

Honestly, I think a better way to approach it would be to clearly lay out your power goal, your budget, and your limitations (ie can't sell car, don't want to change engine, what kind of labor you can do, etc). Then also tell us what you're flexible on (ie 275 bhp is ok, but 300 hp is preferred; or your budget is flexible since you could just wait 2 more years to end up with $20k for mods, etc). I think this information is partially already scattered across your multiple threads you've made lately- but it would be helpful for those responding to put them all in one place, and to be very clear about what is negotiable and what isn't.

From there, we could help guide you to what the best path will be given your clearly set limits.

 

I see what you mean. Ill make a thread on some info of what im trying to achieve so that nobody is confused about why I made those threads in the past.