My first "toy" car

valley_man0505 · 12-07-2018, 01:49 PM

Hello all. I am the proud new owner of 2011 2LT w/RS package. This is the first time I've owned a car meant purely for fun, and I am already getting the performance upgrade itch. I am capable of doing a lot of basic mechanical work myself, but my garage is not set up for it very well...especially when it comes to anything that needs to be done from underneath the car.

The car itself is in pristine condition despite having over 80,000 miles on it. It has been stored every winter, so it has never seen salt. I currently have it put away in my garage for the winter season

I don't have a ton of history on the car, so is there anything in particular that I should look for mechanically that could lead to potential problems?

A few other questions/notes:

The exhaust has been upgraded with an axle back Dynomax Ultra Flo system. I haven't been able to get under the car enough to see if anything was done anywhere else in the exhaust system.
It also has a Roto-Fab CAI
No oil catch can, so I will add this. Should I go as far as pulling off the intake manifold to inspect/clean since it has gone this long without one?
If the throttle body has been ported, will this be easy to tell? I'm pretty new to this, so I don't know if I'd know the difference by looking at it, especially with nothing to compare it to.
Any performance tuning recommendations?

I think that's it at this point. Glad to be a new member of this community. Now, it is going to be a LONG winter waiting to get it back out of storage!

BLU DUCE · 12-07-2018, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by valley_man0505

Hello all. I am the proud new owner of 2011 2LT w/RS package. This is the first time I've owned a car meant purely for fun, and I am already getting the performance upgrade itch. I am capable of doing a lot of basic mechanical work myself, but my garage is not set up for it very well...especially when it comes to anything that needs to be done from underneath the car.

The car itself is in pristine condition despite having over 80,000 miles on it. It has been stored every winter, so it has never seen salt. I currently have it put away in my garage for the winter season

I don't have a ton of history on the car, so is there anything in particular that I should look for mechanically that could lead to potential problems?

A few other questions/notes:

The exhaust has been upgraded with an axle back Dynomax Ultra Flo system. I haven't been able to get under the car enough to see if anything was done anywhere else in the exhaust system.
It also has a Roto-Fab CAI
No oil catch can, so I will add this. Should I go as far as pulling off the intake manifold to inspect/clean since it has gone this long without one?
If the throttle body has been ported, will this be easy to tell? I'm pretty new to this, so I don't know if I'd know the difference by looking at it, especially with nothing to compare it to.
Any performance tuning recommendations?

I think that's it at this point. Glad to be a new member of this community. Now, it is going to be a LONG winter waiting to get it back out of storage!

Well welcome to the Camaro family.
That really sucks you just buy it and have to store it for the winter. You'll get use to it. I have a 2011 1ss/rs and have been putting it up for the last 8 years.

BAD DAB · 12-07-2018, 10:03 PM

Welcome

witenite · 12-07-2018, 10:30 PM

Welcome!

Sir Nuke · 12-08-2018, 09:56 AM

CONGRATS on the ride, and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to Camaro5/6. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, wives', husbands, girlfriends and boyfriends here don't care....and take it easy.

oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here.

Welcome!!

Juiced1 · 12-08-2018, 12:38 PM

Welcome to the board and congrats on the Camaro. If you are looking for mods stop by our site and shop around. Use code CAMARO5 and save on tons of items.

USCAMARO14 · 12-14-2018, 07:01 AM

12-07-2018, 01:49 PM	#1
valley_man0505 Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT w/RS Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2	My first "toy" car Hello all. I am the proud new owner of 2011 2LT w/RS package. This is the first time I've owned a car meant purely for fun, and I am already getting the performance upgrade itch. I am capable of doing a lot of basic mechanical work myself, but my garage is not set up for it very well...especially when it comes to anything that needs to be done from underneath the car. The car itself is in pristine condition despite having over 80,000 miles on it. It has been stored every winter, so it has never seen salt. I currently have it put away in my garage for the winter season I don't have a ton of history on the car, so is there anything in particular that I should look for mechanically that could lead to potential problems? A few other questions/notes: The exhaust has been upgraded with an axle back Dynomax Ultra Flo system. I haven't been able to get under the car enough to see if anything was done anywhere else in the exhaust system. It also has a Roto-Fab CAI No oil catch can, so I will add this. Should I go as far as pulling off the intake manifold to inspect/clean since it has gone this long without one? If the throttle body has been ported, will this be easy to tell? I'm pretty new to this, so I don't know if I'd know the difference by looking at it, especially with nothing to compare it to. Any performance tuning recommendations? I think that's it at this point. Glad to be a new member of this community. Now, it is going to be a LONG winter waiting to get it back out of storage!

12-07-2018, 10:03 PM	#3
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Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '20 Corvette Stingray Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 22,322 View My Garage	CONGRATS on the ride, and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to Camaro5/6. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, wives', husbands, girlfriends and boyfriends here don't care....and take it easy. oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here. Welcome!! __________________

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