vp ss project

[nathan01]

anyone got any idea on cheap mods for my vp ss 308 fuel injected

[mr calais 5.0]

How cheap and what do you have in mind doing? Just give us a bit of an idea..

[DavoVP]

The cheapest would be to sell it to me.

Budget ? 1g or less, Forget it, sell the car. (

Apart from some cheap spring/shock combo and a drony cat back exhaust. To do either of these things properly will cost close to a grand. A good suspension package around 900, A good exhaust is close to 800 aswell.

1g or more, There is PLENTY you could do, but nothing nasty and cheap.

[mr calais 5.0]

do you want more power or looks or wheels? A pic of the beast would be sweet

[nathan01]

i want power not looks at the moment and what i meant buy cheap was around 1500

[DavoVP]

You might be able to get a 2nd hand cam etc.

[agrsv8]

a 2nd hand cam for 1500!! you can get a new cam installed for $1500 or DIY and get some exhaust work too

[nathan01]

is it hard to install a cam

[nathan01]

every ones tell me to put a mini spool in

[Verynice]

is it hard to install a cam

if you have to ask that question, then yes it is.

[nathan01]

worked on head and stuff not on cams or piston so i should get it installed

[Reaper]

The cheapest would be to sell it to me.

Budget ? 1g or less, Forget it, sell the car. (

Apart from some cheap spring/shock combo and a drony cat back exhaust. To do either of these things properly will cost close to a grand. A good suspension package around 900, A good exhaust is close to 800 aswell.

1g or more, There is PLENTY you could do, but nothing nasty and cheap.

Fail right there. There is a **lot** you can do to those old things to get them moving for less than $300.

1. Good service - plugs, rotor button, cap, leads and also a new coil. (it's probably seen better days about 10+ years ago) Also check timing - set it to 10deg BTDC (important for later)
2. Corvette servo if it's an auto
3. CAI (not a lot of gain there but it does help a little bit)
4. 2.5" cat back system (I put a redback one on and it did an excellent job for $180)
5. Replace the cat if it's blocked
6. Tune.
7. Spool if you want a track car - for the street they are a pain in the rear

That is enough to get you down to very low 14's or maybe even knocking on the door at 13 sec 1/4 mile with good tyres/track. It'll never keep up with the newer ls based cars but for a cheap car it's excellent value for money.

From there they sky is the limit cost wise but it's a great and very noticeable start. Check out the VP thread in my sig for a (very) long version of the above.

Unless your cam is stuffed (then only get a super mild one), it's a waste of money unless you do a whole engine build with more compression, cam, manifold, tb and so on but that starts getting expensive.

Reaper

[Pub247]

Reaper you forgot diff gears. Theyre excellant for a cheap yet effective performance they wont give your more power but increase in acceleration makes a huge difference especially on street

[nathan01]

cool thanks yeah was just looking at your vp looks mad i want mine white though