I ment break down as in taking the car apart and making it better............. Anyways, I have a good amount of money to waste on my car and I want to make my car better. I have a 95, from what I think, non z07 corvette 6 speed. I'm rather bored and want to make some upgrades. I want to start off by taking the engine and tranny out first and begin work on the suspension, which brings me to my first question: Is the VBP xtreme package (the one with all the goodies) something I should go for, and if so what eles should I go for to make it better? After that gets finished I wanted to start work on the engine and transmission. What I have in mind for the engine is the TPIS 396 rotation assembly. What heads and cam should I look at and what intake or should I just get my heads and intake ported and polished and just go for the hot cam kit? Gears I had in mind too, somewhere around 3.73 or 3.90/1. Should I get my ZF toughend up or just go for the Richmond 6 speed. I want the power and drivetrain to work perfectly and very reliably. I'm not planning on using a supercharger or turbo but I have thought about using a nitrous system, nothing too crazy though..... Of couse I'm going for the Grand Sport rims. I might even go for a black grand sport paint job if I could find those moldings that go on the rear quarter pannels of the grand sports, I think it just makes it look more authentic even though it'll be black. I just want you guys' input on what I should do, thanks.........

 

Wow, this is unique - an open ended post. Usually, it's "how much HP can I get for $1000?"

It would be helpful if you suggested some goals for the project. My impression is that you want a nice street car, some more power and a little better handling.

Suspension - before going crazy try updating your bushings to polyurethane. Put stiffer shocks on. Upgrade the spring last, or go to a coil over set-up

Motor - how much HP do you want? Here's a tried and true recipe for 425 to 450 CRANK HP:

• Corvette 350 LT1 with flattop pistons. (Stock components will work)
• LT1 Alum. Heads that flow over 260cfm/intake, 190 cfm/exhaust. (Pretty easy to achieve with stock heads through CNC or hand porting by a pro)
• 1.75" Full length headers with dual 2.5" exhaust and hi-flow mufflers.
• Relatively large camshaft with at least 236 degrees of duration @ .050" and .550" to .585" lift, depending on the ported head's limit. (With no emissions and decent exhaust this can be a single pattern cam with 110 or 112 degree LSA)
• 52mm or larger throttle body
• 24lb to 30lb injectors, depending on who programs/tunes your PROM.
• .029" headgasket to get 10.75-11.0:1 compression, depending on final combustion chamber size after head porting/milling.
• MSD 6A or 'bigger' and a full-size coil for top end spark energy.

There are several "while you're in there" mods I'd also recommend if you're going to pull the motor:

• Electric waterpump
• Aluminum flywheel
• Upgraded clutch (Carolina clutch makes nice parts for 'vettes)
• Canton or Melling baffled hi capacity oil pan
• New motor mounts
• Lightweight harmonic balancer pulley
• Dual core aliminum radiator
• Engine oil cooler (or you can get an aluminum radiator with an integrated oil cooler)

There is so much more but I can't think of it all right now...

Transmission - the stock ZF6 is a fantastic part. You don't need to change it for less than about 600 CHP.

Rear Gear - swap in a 4.10 for neck snapping off-the line performance, or if you're really going to add power stick with a 3.55 or 3.73 as a 4.10 is very tall...

Brakes - don't forget brakes! Many people upgrade to the C5 brakes with the handy kit. There are also many Brembo and Wilwood kits available for top performance. They cost around $2500.

 

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