Well, after 3 years of running my beloved 95 Chevy Silverado short bed, my parents said I had to look at getting something more fuel efficient for college so I found and purchased myself a 2004 Monte Carlo SS. It's kind of an odd ball color it is the Cappucino Frost Metallic so like a gray pearl. It has the NA 3800 with only 82,000 miles and someone put a low restriction exhaust on it (cannot tell what brand). I do all of my own work and was wondering what some possible low buck performance upgrades i could do, whether it be suspension, or engine. Curious as to what you guys think! Thanks!

 

Welcome to the forum!

https://montecarloforum.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=10942

Have a good read You'll want to read on about how to modify your L36. I have basically all of the "bolt-on" mods with a good tune and I'm averaging about 34mpg

 

Alright, thank you! I was looking into a CAI actually and wasn't sure if I had the money to kick around for a K&N. So maybe just a filter for the stock intake box? What do you think?

 

There are tons of threads on cold air intakes, honestly you will be best of just getting this one:

https://www.zzperformance.com/grand_...=247&catid=113

THE best CAI for the 3.8 engine. I have the K&N and wish I got this one instead, because the K&N looks good... but the heat shield sucks so much.

 

Alright that is what I had read from some reviews, I'll figure something out.

Hopefully I'll post pictures later this week I gutted the interior to replace the heater core. Thanks for all the help!

 

Anytime

 

Welcome to the site!

 

Welcome.

 

hmm get some picks of ur "odd ball" color! We love any monte... well mostly... lol

 

Welcom fam..fairly new myself..but yea if you could do like I did a save a little a week or so and get the Wizaired CAI i would say do it...just put mines on 2 days ago and i could feel a difference in passing up a car or trying to beat a light..(not saying thats a good thing) but on top of that it looks perfect..hope it helps..and once again welcome