A 94 SSE is going to get you the same power curve you currently have. You should be looking at SSEis.

If you love your car that much, have you considered an S2 drivetrain/wiring/pcm swap?

I have another whole thread in performance about modifying my car for more HP. It looks very expensive and as far as I could tell everyone was against the idea of swapping motors and transmissions. I think I could do it for a little less than $2K. But again the final rec was new car or I end up with an endless PITA. I would like to do that L67 into an L27 swap. But I don't want to ignore the advice of the senior gearheads here that took the time an effort to explain it to me.

The rockers sound like a good idea for the meantime. What would they do for my motor (mechanically and increase in HP)? I'll look at my FSM for the procedure if it's real possibility. Would my car handle the extra power? Porting the manifolds is a question. It was my understanding that they are pretty good stock. No real room for improvement. No better available headers either. Even if these ideas are only small improvements it would be worth doing. Improvement is good. Thanks for the tip 93 SSE. I have an extra throttle body lying around I bought here. Is there anything I can do with it?

WJ, thanks for the advice on choosing another 3800. What I was getting at was how similar are the components on say 94-95 SSei and the SE? Do they have same part #'s for most of the hard parts? Do most of the systems work the same way?

i loved the crap out of my 93, and prolly put more work into that car than 95% on the People on BC. I added the AL7's, FE2 suspension, HUD, had about $5,000 in audio, had another $1,500 in Neons and crap.......countless YEARS spent on that car.......once i drove my 03, newer, better, more refined, and power. Dropping the pedal on the 03 made me forget that 93 every time

I would be looking for a 97-99 SSEi or SSE SC, because they are OBD 2, have the 4T65E-HD, and still have AL7's and all that. Very few engine parts are similar enough to re-use, especially internals, between the S1 L27 and L67, AFAIK. The 97-99 SSEi's are relatively cheap, and you can still find some good condition low mile cars if you look hard enough.

he got rid of his 93 i tihnk??
and a l27 is the code for your engine, its the series 1 N/A v6 3800

The rockers sound like a good idea for the meantime. What would they do for my motor (mechanically and increase in HP)? I'll look at my FSM for the procedure if it's real possibility. Would my car handle the extra power? Porting the manifolds is a question. It was my understanding that they are pretty good stock. No real room for improvement. No better available headers either. Even if these ideas are only small improvements it would be worth doing. Improvement is good. Thanks for the tip 93 SSE. I have an extra throttle body lying around I bought here. Is there anything I can do with it?