Originally Posted by z34phoenix

as you will find in the modding your 3800 thread, there are many options and budgets.

the best bang for the buck is deff a topswap. but it is also costly. most should budget $1000 for the swap between parts, gaskets, and tuning. do not rely on mail order tunes for your topswap. find a local tuner who knows what they are doing.

if you are on a smaller budget you might want to consider flow mods like:
-cold air intake
-ZZP Plog and down pipe
-ZZP HV3 (i have one for sale)
-rockers or a cam
And tuning to make use of the gained air flow.

Your Z34 will not have the U bend that everyone talks about. It is also lighter then the later Monte Carlos and Grand Prix. This means you wont need as many mods to go as fast.

Where are you located at? there just might be a forum member close who can help with the tuning. Meeting with and talking to other members deff helps one decide future mods.

My Z34 has gone thru many changes. when i had a 3800 NA in there I had the HV3 headers and tuning and dropped almost 1 second in the 1/4 (14.9). was plenty fast. now that i installed the topswap and other mods I dropped another full second. Its deff fast for a daily driver. not the fastest thing on the road, but there aren't many new cars that can put down a 13.9 in the 1/4

if you want even faster you can always go turbo. I am not sure how much work would be involved in installing a turbo kit though... to install my headers i had to cut the fire wall. my guess is that a turbo kit would require even more clearance. either that or a complete custom rear manifold and down pipe.

Originally Posted by Huntergodfrey

thank you so much ! I live in boca raton fl !
and if you have any advise on a cheap turbo I would be much obliged