2003 Monte Carlo SLP???
 

Ok I am stuck here and I have no idea where to turn for answers. I have been scouring the internet for days looking for information about my fathers car. My father purchased a 2003 monte carlo ls from the show room floor. There were modifications done to the car at the dealer. What i remember him saying previously was that there is a CAI, Dual exhaust, body kit...all from SLP performance....There are SLP badges all over the car that say SLP Performance PAC. There is a chip in the car also. Problem i am having is the car has sat for 2 years now because my father has gotten sick. He does not have a clue where the paperwork for the car is and he does not remember anything about the car(old age). he does not remember where the chip in the car is. Now the dealer that installed everything is closed for a few years also. Is there anyone out there that has any info about this SLP PAC or knnow of somewhere that i could go to find out the info needed. Im mainly trying to find the chip but im lost. Thanks in advance!

Loveee the SLP monte carlo but I'm not super familiar with them, yet. There are other members on here who know a lot about them. I did a quick search for the article I read a while ago & here it is not sure if the answer to your question is in there though

Thanks for the response. I have seen that article, but that is the 3800 series. My car(father gave it to me few weeks ago), is the 3400. Everything i find is for the 3800. Im trying to hunt down his mechanic but I am coming up empty. He is the only other person i know that has a clue about this specific car. Its a gorgeous car and it is fast. It only has 23k miles on it. I cant wait for spring to roll around so i can take it out(grr snow). A few years back the chip was removed because of gas reasons and i did drive it with out and the car was a dog. Then the chip was put back in and it shurley gets outta its own way. Plus with the chip it gets 16 mpg with out 25 mpg. So i know something is there. Just dont know where lol

A chip on montes doesnt sound right, a lot of them are knock offs, only thing that really helps them is a tuned pcm.

That is what i have been finding, but would a dealership do this?

Holy **** you may have one of the rarest SLP Montes.
There is only 1 member here who has one. It's a Silver I believe, if i remember correctly he said there were only 3??
Which engine I don't remember.
Unless of course someone just added the badges, which in some cases could be true.
(But doesn't add up to me, seeing as it was bought from the showroom floor)
Pics please?! :)
Chips are crap, unless SLP did something like that, to be honest i don't know anything about performance ships, as Trewyn said a tuned pcm would do the trick.
It should have the Intimidator III spoiler also i think.
pics please :) :)

i believe yes it does have that spoiler. It also has this body kit too... http://www.bodykits.com/Razzi/Body-K..._100_J/585355/

I will do my best to get some pictures up tomorrow if it will help my search out. thats if i can figure out how to post them. Sorry for my ignorance about the car and the site.

The Intimidator spoiler was not the SLP spoiler. They were however identical. And yes SLP didn't have a chip. But I am interested in seeing the pics as well.

If it's the same one that Brittany linked to, that's the Rytek Projektz Monte Carlo owned by member MAC7504. Here's his photo gallery: https://montecarloforum.com/forum/album.php?albumid=809

But like the original poster said, it's the 3800 engine.

Very rarely would a dealership modify a new car with aftermarket parts. Unless a person bought it and requested it as part of the purchase agreement. Did he buy it brand new from the show room floor? Because a lot of times, if a dealership gets a used car with modifications done to it, they'll put it on the show room floor to thwart thieves.
I'm not calling anyone a liar. I'll take your word for it. It sounds like you may have a very rare SLP project car. The chip thing is throwing me off though. I know the 3800 engine doesn't use performance chips per se. They usually need the PCM to be re-tuned. I'm not sure about the 3400 engine though. I had one in my 99 grand am gt, but can't remember if they used chips or not. It's possible the 3400 Montes use chips. Anyone here with a 3400 Monte, if you could set me straight on this, I would appreciate it. :)

It's not unheard of, for parts and performance companies (like SLP) to make an agreement with dealerships to modify/customize a brand new car. The dealership offers it for sale with the added options, playing up the rarity of it. Potentially making them more money. And the performance company gets publicity out of it.

It was purchased with zero miles on the car. I guess according to what my mother remembers, a guy bought the car and had it modified with said kit. When it was time to pick it up he did not like it so he backed out of the deal. I will be taking pictures very soon, hopefully have them up in a bit. Thanks again

SLP never made a "chip" for the Monte.
The 3800's could be ordered with a Hypertech hand held programmer if you opted into the performance package for it, which would be the closest thing to a "chip" that was available.
The performance package for the 3400's is a cold air intake and a cat-back exhaust.
Otherwise the SLP packages were mainly just appearance packages with a few other performance options available, and everything would have been shipped to and installed by the dealership that you ordered the car from.

An article about the 2003 SLP packages: (couldn't find a scan of the original brochure).

It likely has no chip, but I can believe the dealer said there was. I still hear people refer to having chips in there cars all the time. I think its a laymans term for people not fluent in car-speak. When the PCM is tuned they say its "chipped" so nothing more need be described.
But I love it when people tell me their car has a chip. Then I know what I'm up against.

X2!!!!!:cool:

If i didnt know for a fact that something is in this car that changes the computer and gives it life, then i wouldn't believe it myself. That is why I am trying to figure this out. Something has been done to the computer in this thing. Im very determined!

Very cool Monte you have there!

hmm thats weird, it doesnt have fog lights, the body kit does look good tho, can you get an engine shot and maybe a pic where the obdII plug is down by your feet in the drivers side, thats where a "chip" probably would be if there was one

That Body kit is a Razzi kit...same one I have, I am pretty certain no SLP car came with that kit on from the factory...perhaps as suggessted custom done at the dealership....To be certain why not just e-mail slp directly with questions?

Joe

Actually its an LS, i can tell by the blue rear badge.
Also, I didn't see fog lights, unless my eyes are not seeing well. (maybe the glasses effect:P)
I do see a Razzi body kit, and an identical Intimidator III spoiler, i can't make out the badges though, can't read what they say.
Regardless, even if it is, that's one cool LS, not many of those alike.
Looks better than most SS's lol

Interior, and engine pics.... please. :D

yeah i thought it was an ls as soon as he said it had a 3400.

the badge on the right looks to say stage 1? hmm..

interesting car for sure

x2 on more pics

Great looking car !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets see the shifter and steering wheel. SLP made for a VERY limited amount of carbon fiber esque/ and wood covered steering wheels and shifters. VERY VERY VERY rare to find these. I've only seen one car with the carbon fiber and that was online.

Does the car also have the LSX floor mats?

Looks good.. Im curious to see what the answer comes out to be... lol

I think it was just moded but..

its just your standard LS interior. nothing special on that end. I found out who did the work for the dealership, but their computer system crashed in 2005 so no records of what was done to the car. IM DOOMED i think. Talk about frustrating.

You aren't doomed, it's still a great looking car...&& I'm guessing no one noticed that it didn't have the SLP top grille on it

You know what your right; he doesn't have the SLP top grille. Nor do you have any of the interior pieces and badging. You might not have a genuine SLP LSX MC. I don't either but I claim LSX clone. I have the key chains, floor mats, badges, upper and lower grilles, exhaust tips/exhaust. But who cares especially if you don't have paper work to prove it. You still have the wheels, pcm tune from what it sounds like, and a very rare spoiler that I want so freaking bad I would be willing to pay some big dollars for at this point. Congrats on a beautiful car!!!

i didnt think is was "genuine" SLP....i was just trying to find out as much info as possible about the "chip"...Now i just have to make a rim decision, if i lower it with SSC springs, im trying to figure out if 18s or 20s will look better....decisions, decisions

I noticed that, and was going to point out that the "stage" packages like the one on the trunk lid were available through SLP for a few years for a couple bucks each.

Out of curiosity though, does your car have a stock air box or the SLP air box?

Honestly, "Chips" in general don't do much so if your perhaps thinking the "Chip" Gave you more HP or something to that effect it probably did not, if you want a true tune to find out how much HP you have you will probably need to take it to a speed shop with a dyno in your area.

As for the people who do the SLP conversions, it's funny cause I have DE headrests and DE speedo, no other DE emblems on the outside or inside of my car, and everyone thinks mine is a DE edition....lol.

Joe

that car looks really good man,i m loving the kit on it alot

btw that looks like this kit

http://www.andysautosport.com/chevro...z00066985.html
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he rear wing though is rare,keep on to that whatever you do

Nonetheless car looks awesome.
An LS with Razzi Kit, High Sport Wheels, and Dual exhaust.
What more you could want, appearance wise. I like it.