dont feel bad 02montess any question is a good one thats how we all learn even the wiered questions. it is the only way to get help and learn how to do or to be informed. the only questions that loose some thing is the ones not asked. so i am glad you were helped and informed

 

Yeah, don't worry about being people thinking that you're not intelligent, because it doesn't matter what others think. I also started out in the Monte scene when I was 18 and some of my ideas were swapping a manual tranny in a Monte and also installing t-tops. I've come a long way since then.

Have fun with your Monte, and if you want a supercharger, either go with a factory setup from GM or go with a centrifugal supercharger like me

 

zipper, how much did you spend on that supercharger and how much hp did you gain?


Also, i know this is off topic from this thread, but I have a question towards the downpipes and u-bend delete.
So i live in Cali, so by emissions law, we must have cats on our cars, so would i need to get a downpipe with a cat converter? Would i be getting the same gain if i were to just take the car to the shop and just delete the u bend and replace it with a 2.5" pipe down to the muffler?
In other words, in terms of cheapest, what shuld i get or what should i do?lol

and the Tstat doesnt add power gains, just reduces KR and regulates temperatures under the hood a bit right?

 

The downpipe with Cat is still going to give you a P0420 code and fail your emissions testing unless you have your car tuned and prevent the P0420 code from showing.

The whole downpipe is a pretty good restriction on our car, just getting rid of the U-Bend and putting a straight pipe can help, but it won't be the same gains

 

Well, I should have worded my post a little more carefully. I bought my CSC kit used from a guy online. It cost me $1800 and was 90% complete (I needed one or two lines and a set of 42.5# injectors). The kit is no longer in production, but was available through Stattama (which is better known as ZZP). Here's a link to the original kit: http://www.stattama.com/index.cfm?fu...2772&product=1

Word is that if you ask ZZP nicely and offer them a good chunk of change, they will still make the kit for you. It'll just take a little bit of time.

My kit was a good kit though. I went from making 222whp (heavily modified NA L36), to my current 348whp. There's a few things that I need to do including an fuel pump, intercooler, and drop my pulley from a 3.4" to a 3.2" and hopefully then I will be at 400whp. After that I have to save up for a built tranny. Stock tranny's don't like a lot of hp, lol.

The easiest and cheapest thing for you to do would either be an L67 swap or a top swap.

 

$700 just for the main running bars to attach the CSC to your car. Then you have to find a NOVI for it, then you get all the belts and new radiator hose and etc. etc. etc.

Believe me, I tried lol

It is now very expensive if you can't find it used