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jdrop01 · 11-15-2016, 07:59 PM

I do gearing. 3.91 take about $1500 or so but save the rest =]

i2disturbedSS · 11-15-2016, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rontammy0

Like i posted....i have the 391s and am getting a stall fri....ill post back if i think these 2 mods out perform anything else ive done. Ive never driven a stalled car before.

Looking forward to the review.

rontammy0 · 11-15-2016, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by i2disturbedSS

Looking forward to the review.

It will be a review or a new thread with the
Is this fixable ? question.

MrChrisLS3 · 11-16-2016, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by joeymjustice

I forgot to mention....I do not want to do anything that will void my warranty at this time. I bought it GM Certified with a really good warranty so I want to put a few miles on it before I start modifying the motor.

As said, this will take long tubes out of the picture since they require a tune, if for nothing else to turn the o2's off. This may be enough to take out the warranty, depending on the issue and the dealership.

I think you can get 3:91 gears from GMPP and have them installed by the dealership. If I recall correctly, the kit includes a tune to adjust the ecm and this will not void the warranty.

High flow cats on your stock system might be option, not as productive as long tubes but a little more with no tune required.

However, if it were me, and I also had cosmetics in mind, I would do those while I waited for the warranty to tick off. In the meantime, putting cash away to do the go fast stuff.

joeymjustice · 11-27-2016, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by christianchevell

take the 2 grand and save it for another two and do the cam and headers at the same time with a tune via dyno and a CAI and high flow cats, and have in hand cam , lifters, buckets, timing cover set, timing chain, dampener, oil pump, springs, break in oil, anti freeze, 160 thermostat, you have to measure for pushrods.

For visual, vinyl rally stripes , shark gills for your Phat fenders high lighting The similarity to a old school 69 if you want, LEDs for the DRLs, some mud flaps to help like the stealth ones I run from RPI even if they are not the most sturdy they save the quarter paint. A ZL1 or other nice spoiler if the stock ones not kicking it bought pre-painted cheap on ebay, and a nice mgw shifter, and of course tint, and that's about a grand there.

Taste is subjective and can be more expensive and changing over time and is a personal thing for the appearance of something. Here is a pic form me mocking up a couple stripes that would be hockey/commemorative in style with just using some black pinstripe I had around. I know there are some close but not quite this shape I may have to have a custom set made up by me most likely.. LOL and maybe the local vinyl store/ sign shop someday just to accentuate the lines and make it unique and customized by me, and that's what hot rodding is all about, different strokes for different folks and no two the same hopefully unless they are just supposed to be stock.

Good Luck, the wheels on my Camaro were over 2 grand shipped from Tennessee some rocket racing wheels , rocket boosters with chrome and chrome knock offs a knock offs used to be in style a while back....And shapes are a personal choice and there are no Cragars...lol, and well I did not want to be another Foose wheel like everybody else and have the same problem with the chrome but be like oh they were only 300$ each mine have some minor pitting but not that noticeable and not bad so many more years to come for them on the roads and replacement some day. Because change is the one thing you can count on.

That is some awesome advice. Thank you. I held out and ordered wheels first but mostly doing little things that I can do myself to make her my own. I put a z28 replica spoiler on it and removed the Camaro badges and blacked out the bowties and SS emblems.

Soybeanrice · 11-27-2016, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by joeymjustice

That is some awesome advice. Thank you. I held out and ordered wheels first but mostly doing little things that I can do myself to make her my own. I put a z28 replica spoiler on it and removed the Camaro badges and blacked out the bowties and SS emblems.

Congrats on the wheels! Definitely the first step for anyone to customize their car is wheels.

joeymjustice · 12-03-2016, 02:23 PM

Thanks for all the advice. I have mostly started on the appearance of the car. So far I have:
-New wheels and Tires
-Muffler Delete
-Z28 Spoiler
-Blackout Bowties and SS Emblems
-Removed Camaro Letters
-Tinted side marker lights
-Dipped gas door

G701LE · 12-03-2016, 04:36 PM

Looks nice. Love white on these cars with the black accents.

Gunmetal Speedster · 12-03-2016, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by joeymjustice

Thanks for all the advice. I have mostly started on the appearance of the car. So far I have:
-New wheels and Tires
-Muffler Delete
-Z28 Spoiler
-Blackout Bowties and SS Emblems
-Removed Camaro Letters
-Tinted side marker lights
-Dipped gas door

How did you go about your muffler delete? Just have a shop chop them and replace the piping or actually install aftermarket muffler delete pipes like an SLP axleback? I ask because it looks like there are letters inscribed in the exhaust tips haha maybe I'm just seeing things though.

LCPLPunk · 12-03-2016, 09:05 PM

Quickmetal, yep, just have them cut off and put straight pipes in....

joeymjustice · 12-04-2016, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Gunmetal Speedster

How did you go about your muffler delete? Just have a shop chop them and replace the piping or actually install aftermarket muffler delete pipes like an SLP axleback? I ask because it looks like there are letters inscribed in the exhaust tips haha maybe I'm just seeing things though.

I bought the MBRP Axleback kit during the holiday sale. It took about 20 minutes for the full install once I got the car on ramps. I think it sounds awesome and I got 3" pipes and new tips for $195. Muffler shop wanted $135 and would only use 2 1/2" pipe and re-use my exhaust tips.

MrChrisLS3 · 12-04-2016, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by joeymjustice

I bought the MBRP Axleback kit during the holiday sale. It took about 20 minutes for the full install once I got the car on ramps. I think it sounds awesome and I got 3" pipes and new tips for $195. Muffler shop wanted $135 and would only use 2 1/2" pipe and re-use my exhaust tips.

This is the route I went as well. My thinking was that if either I didn't like it, or wanted to change later on, it would be a simple bolt on switch with no cutting or welding.

High Magnitude · 12-05-2016, 09:54 AM

VTC

rontammy0 · 12-05-2016, 10:20 AM

After having my Circle D 200 stall put in....I can now say the stall with 391 gear are the best bang for the buck above any other mods...including headers cai etc that you can get. The dealer could do your 391 gear install and a performance shop could do the stall. This way you still have full warranty on the motor and rear. The stall would likely void your trans warranty i think.....but damn what a kick in the ass. The guys that dont have the stall,,,like me a few weeks ago dont know what they are missing...drives just like stock.

12-03-2016, 04:36 PM	#36
G701LE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS L99 IBM silver stipes Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: K.C. Kansas Posts: 1,329 View My Garage	Looks nice. Love white on these cars with the black accents. __________________ 2010 Imperial Blue w/ Silver stripes 2SS/RS L99 Mods = Not enough....

12-03-2016, 09:05 PM	#38
LCPLPunk USA-1 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS L99 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Near DC Posts: 1,893 View My Garage	Quickmetal, yep, just have them cut off and put straight pipes in.... __________________ "A Camaro in the garage is safe, but that's not what Camaros are built for..." R2C CAI / Apex Scoop / VMAX Ported TB / Speed Engineering LTHs / X-pipe / GPI port/rod-mod intake manifold / Circle D 3200 278mm Converter / 3.91 gears / DynoSteve tuned / 1LE Shocks/Struts/Toe Links / ZL1 Rear Sway Bar / Z/28 Trailing arms / Prothane Radius Arm & Subframe Bushings / BMR UCA Bracket, Steering rack bushing / B&M Tranny Cooler / RX Catch Can / Jannetty Tranny Dipstick / 2012+ Heater Hose / 2013+ Rearview Mirror / Fuel rail flip / Drake shifter / Oil Cooler Delete

12-05-2016, 09:54 AM	#41
High Magnitude Drives: 2014 2LT Camaro Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Westchester, NY Posts: 482 View My Garage	VTC __________________ With great power comes with responsibility. However with great horsepower comes a hell of a lot of speeding tickets.

11-15-2016, 07:59 PM	#29
jdrop01 Drives: 05 GTO Join Date: May 2015 Location: Weatherford, Texas Posts: 390	I do gearing. 3.91 take about $1500 or so but save the rest =]

12-03-2016, 02:23 PM	#35
joeymjustice Drives: 2015 Summit White 2SS Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Flat Rock, NC Posts: 88	Thanks for all the advice. I have mostly started on the appearance of the car. So far I have: -New wheels and Tires -Muffler Delete -Z28 Spoiler -Blackout Bowties and SS Emblems -Removed Camaro Letters -Tinted side marker lights -Dipped gas door

12-05-2016, 10:20 AM	#42
rontammy0 Account Suspended Drives: 2011 2SS/ RS INFERNO ORANGE L99 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Alliston Ontario Canada Posts: 9,057 View My Garage	After having my Circle D 200 stall put in....I can now say the stall with 391 gear are the best bang for the buck above any other mods...including headers cai etc that you can get. The dealer could do your 391 gear install and a performance shop could do the stall. This way you still have full warranty on the motor and rear. The stall would likely void your trans warranty i think.....but damn what a kick in the ass. The guys that dont have the stall,,,like me a few weeks ago dont know what they are missing...drives just like stock.