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1994 v6 camaro turbo kit???

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#1 ·
ok this is for my buddy with a v6 camaro and he wants turbo it and we cant find any kits that will fit it does anyone know of anyplace that could possibly do this?? thanks
 
#4 ·
A friend of mine has a 3.8L '96, and after much seaching we concluded it would be easier (and much more fun) to swap in an LT1/LS1 and twin turbo that. There are kits available for those 350s. I do recall one site that said a supercharger was getting ready to be released, but don't remember it now.

Custom RB25 swap!
 
#6 ·
94 v6 is a 60 degree v6 3.4 liter. unlike the 90 degree 3.8 liters series 1 and 2 so no , the grand national parts won't just bolt up. You're looking at custom work more than likely.
 
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btw i used to have a 95 3.4 v6, all the bolt ons only got to 15.5 at best. I was a member of v6camaro.com for a long time.
 
#11 ·
Sell it for a V6 mustang. The ford 6 has 9:1 compression wich is near perfect for your boosting needs.

True story, Ive seen a v6 stang put doen 550whp on the stock block with a home made big16g turbo kit at 16 psi :eek:
 
#12 ·
If anything those fuckheaded fuck ups at STS technologies would have a turbo foryour car , but there is a very good chance its gonna be right next to the rear end. Look into that
 
#13 ·
Mr.180sx said:
If anything those fuckheaded fuck ups at STS technologies would have a turbo foryour car , but there is a very good chance its gonna be right next to the rear end. Look into that
While at one point I would be the one talking shit on STS myself, numbers and results do not lie. STS turbo setup's make solid power.


I can no longer call people who make big power fuckheads.
 
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i have a 95 firebird with the 3.4 you should look into force fed fabrications. Theres a guy named tiago that puts turbos on the 3.4, 3.8, and lt1 and ls1 i'm pretty sure he sells the kits he uses. http://www.force-fed-fabrications.com/ check it out
 
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mrbojangles said:
Drop in a LS2... its feasible im sure... i saw a FD with one at nopi lol.
i sure hope your lying.... if not then i hate the owner of that car with a passion. :crazyrant
 
#22 ·
Yeah the LS swap is actually relatively common to Rx7s. I'm a huge rotorhead myself, and I used to be against this kind of thing. I

n actuality though, this is a damn good swap. The LS1 is a very comparable engine in terms of weight, and it's actually quite a bit lighter than the more common 20B swap. So throwing off the FD's superb weight distribution isn't much of an issue. While the haters can talk about how it isn't right, or the car should stay "true to it's roots", or what have you, it's a great engine. You're basically swapping a great engine with reliability issues and slightly meager torque, for a great engine that's dead-reliable, and makes awesome power/torque.

When it comes to engine-swaps, if you're getting a better engine out of the swap, then I say go for it. While the LS1 is only slightly more-capable than the 13B, it's unquestionably more reliable. It also has the benefit of a huge aftermarket, and if it's doesn't mess up the weight distribution or anything like that, I say go for it.
 
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Skunk said:
Yeah the LS swap is actually relatively common to Rx7s. I'm a huge rotorhead myself, and I used to be against this kind of thing. I

n actuality though, this is a damn good swap. The LS1 is a very comparable engine in terms of weight, and it's actually quite a bit lighter than the more common 20B swap. So throwing off the FD's superb weight distribution isn't much of an issue. While the haters can talk about how it isn't right, or the car should stay "true to it's roots", or what have you, it's a great engine. You're basically swapping a great engine with reliability issues and slightly meager torque, for a great engine that's dead-reliable, and makes awesome power/torque.

When it comes to engine-swaps, if you're getting a better engine out of the swap, then I say go for it. While the LS1 is only slightly more-capable than the 13B, it's unquestionably more reliable. It also has the benefit of a huge aftermarket, and if it's doesn't mess up the weight distribution or anything like that, I say go for it.
First of all it does mess up the weight distribution, not just because it weighs more than a 13b but because it cannot be mounted as low and as far back as a rotary. Secondly the 20b is an insane engine, i'd pick it over a pushrod v8 anyday but it's also a bit more expensive. A n/a 20b can make tons of power and be ultra reliable because there is no heat from turbo's to worry about and since it's not carrying 2 turbos and an intercooler it's actually very close to the weight of a decked out 13b. Turboed rotaries can be somewhat troublesome because of the heat but if you're smart enough the first thing you tackle are the cooling issues since the stock radiator and intercoolers in the fd isn't adequate for motorsports.

I'm not a hater of swapping in a v8 into an rx7, but the purpose of the rx7, what differentiates it from being an everyday run of the mill sports car is it's powerplant. The rotary is the heart and soul of rx7's, once you take it out it's like any other car out there. The purpose of buying an rx7 then just becomes meaningless imo when you could have just bought a cheaper and easier method for a v8 to be put into.

The sports car formula wasn't about having lots of torque eminating from a big shaky v8, that was only america's simple minded formula(which isn't bad because I love muscle cars and they have their place in time). For everyone else(ferrari,lambo etc. . .) it was about having a high revving engine and a balanced chassis.