👋 INTRO Just registered. Series III 3800 build being planned

[MrCheesecake]

Hey guys.

One of your members showed me this page. I drive a 2005 Grand Prix Base Model/GT1 (the GM naming scheme is too much for me to keep up with). She's got 121k miles on her but she'll be getting ALMOST a complete overhaul this summer. This is my first build, so I'm not touching the bottom end, but everything else is getting replaced.

The list is too long to remember, but I'll post a link to a video of her so everyone can see. Only aiming for about 300whp.

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[Mook]

Welcome

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Welcome Cheesy

 

[ktraver97ss]

Needs moar

 

[MrCheesecake]

Needs moar

Hoping to turbo it. College kid budget makes it kinda hard.

 

[ktraver97ss]

Be patient, cheap kits come for sale every now and then. Did [MENTION=917]1quick[/MENTION] sell his already?

 

[10sec]

If you're in college and you want ~300whp, there's really no reason to "replace everything". A simple rocker/intercooled setup (you would have to topswap) will get pretty close to that. You'll end up spending LESS if you go turbo from the start. But hey, what do I know.

Yeah it did Kaytravvvvvers

 

[1quick]

I did sell mine , it wasn't a good kit for a 300whp goal tho, on the wastegate spring it would have been probably quite a bit over that

 

[1quick]

A non intercooled z3 kit on a stock motor should have no problem with 300whp and be in te same price range as a intercooled top swap

 

[ktraver97ss]

Dont touch anything internal, bolt on z3 kit in a day, BOOM 300hp. Then, when the trans blows and you have to pull the motor anyway you can go to the next level with rockers or cam or what have you. Thats my plan with my turbo bonerville.

 

[Euro]

Welcome! Listen to these schmucks

 

[wolfe]

Welcome

 

[framos242]

Welcome

 

[TonzKnock-G]

Welcome . Base turbo kit, beef up trans , call it a day.

 

[IDAFC21]

Welcome

 

[RICH17]

Keep it stock. Driving it till you get a good job out of college and then spend your money

 

[RICH17]

oh and Welcome!

 

[Shells_04]

Welcome

 

[The Broken Regal]

Welcome, where you at in wheaton?

 

[BrianG]

Dayum, [MENTION=750]RICH17[/MENTION] coming through with the sensical build suggestions.

Welcome!

 

[nos4blood70]

Welcome!

 

[slowchevy]

glad to see ya made it over.

 

[GoldPanther]

Welcome bro!!

 

[MrCheesecake]

Welcome, where you at in wheaton?

Between Roosevelt, President and Naperville. Right near where Hubble Middle School was before they tore it down and made it a grocery store.

 

[MrCheesecake]

Dont touch anything internal, bolt on z3 kit in a day, BOOM 300hp. Then, when the trans blows and you have to pull the motor anyway you can go to the next level with rockers or cam or what have you. Thats my plan with my turbo bonerville.

thats the plan, but suspension is fucked, so im ordering those parts, and i already bought the 1.9 RR. doing a light valvetrain rebuild after the suspension is finished and then ill be saving for either the z3 or ill piece a kit together if i can do it for less.