upgrading a 3.8 series II for more power any ideas

[djskippy75]

i am trying to find ideas on thigns to do to my 3.8 liter series II v6 in my 97 bird any ideas would be appreciated from people who have done some mods to there v6's

[Derek]

you could always just slap on a powerdyne rksport supercharger kit, thats what im gettin on once i get all the parts in

[DETROITMUSCLE]

Get the stage 1 turbo kit from Pace fabrications, I'm sure he will be more than happy to help you out.

[thursday12889]

oh yeah get the turbo kit from pace fabricating, i rode in the car at 7lbs of boost and i tell you what, its fast, and thats what stage 1 is pushing out. And he's got a deal on it, go the the advertising section and look in there, price includes installation and tuning.

[93formulalt1]

Also, just for reference, there are more than a few people who have run turbos on their 3.8 Series II V6 F-Bodies that are running some very impressive numbers. If you are looking for pure speed, go turbo. If you just want some more power to play around with, may I suggest a cat-back exhaust system, a decent cold air intake, NGK plugs, synthetic fluids are usually good for a few ponies, underdrive pulleys, and a little bit of weight reduction is never a bad idea. Also, I think your car has a steel driveshaft. . . I replaced my stock one with an aluminum single-peice driveshaft that made some great improvements over stock, I recommend that highly. Also, get some good plug wires. Replace the cats with high-flow cats when you do the exhaust upgrades. I have a few tricks up my sleeve, as does just about anyone else here. If you have any questions about modding your V6, I'm pretty well connected in the V6 F-Body world, so feel free to contact me through PM's, I'd love to help you out. Hope that helps some!

[djskippy75]

thanks for the help everyone i am going to start reseaching some of these things

[SS4Matt]

depends on how much $$ you're looking to spend, but turbo's or forced induction for that matter are always sweet

[93formulalt1]

depends on how much $$ you're looking to spend, but turbo's or forced induction for that matter are always sweet

Hell yeah. I've seen some simple turbo 3.8 'maros and 'birds running 11's and lower on the track . . .

[97rs4life]

Hell yeah. I've seen some simple turbo 3.8 'maros and 'birds running 11's and lower on the track . . .

um, please explain your sitings since the fastest street 3.8l fbody ran a 11.8, and is the only one that has got 11s. She used a powerdyne supercharger and nitrous. Stock engine.

The fastest turbo car ran a 12.0 and now has a blown built engine.

Also nick, our 3.8l cars are underdriven in the pulley department already so getting any would be pointless.

Anyways, first things to do to a 3.8l fbody are exhaust, intake, and gears. Those will get you scooting pretty good. Also the 97 fbody came with a 2 piece driveshaft that ways more than my snowmobile, so dump that for an aluminum take-off driveshaft from a ls1.

Then once that stuff is taken car of you can move on to tuning your car either with a mail order tune or hp tuners. I personally own hp tuners and love it.

What budget do you have to work with here?

[SS4Matt]

Also the 97 fbody came with a 2 piece driveshaft that ways more than my snowmobile, so dump that for an aluminum take-off driveshaft from a ls1.

Oooo Oooo Ooooo

Guess who has their stocker aluminum 1 piece driveshaft sitting in their garage???

Matt DOES!!!

MATT DOES!!!

they seem to be worth about $80-$100 from what i've found

[PACE]

Good Power

IF You want Good power the turbo kit is the way to go! you get an extra 120-150hp for under $3000... It will suprise you very much. you will love that wissle..lol

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

IF You want Good power the turbo kit is the way to go! you get an extra 120-150hp for under $3000... It will suprise you very much. you will love that wissle..lol

Wow its really nice to see a company making somthing for our cars thats cheap.. Theres a guy in TX that does it in his spare time but can only do a few kits per year.

this is the kit i got of him



keeps AC and everything
Masterpower T70 .70/.68 P trim
tial 38mm gate and 50 mm BOV not in pick

hoping for so low 11's in jan

i also seen the pic of your car and i seen you have the valve covers taped and ran to can/fliter...... i have my pcv blocked in the TB and vented with drilled holes on the TB but anything over 15 psi pushs oil out the valve covers..... is there any why you give me a pointer to make this stop it really makes a mess lol

again GREAT to see some one doing somthing for these cars

[96mikez28]

i am trying to find ideas on thigns to do to my 3.8 liter series II v6 in my 97 bird any ideas would be appreciated from people who have done some mods to there v6's

get an LS1

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

get an LS1