**small car rant** haha I helped a friend with a 2015 Camaro RS manual convertible, upgrade the brake and clutch hydraulics (ZL1 brake master cylinder/fluid reservoir, separate clutch master cylinder/fluid reservoir, and Cadillac CTS-V front BBK). No stainless steel brake lines, since the car isn’t going to drag raced or track driven a lot. Any high quality, racing DOT 4 brake fluid is also highly recommended. For the engine, we stuck to 0w-30 engine oil, installed an oil catch can, and rigged up a custom engine oil cooler setup with parts from a Chevy Colorado. The manual gearbox ended up running GL-5 75w-110 for a thicker gear oil, and it sure takes harder, spirited driving a lot better than typical GL-5 75w-90. Tried 75w-140 in the gearbox and it was way too thick, especially when the trans/gearbox reached operating temps. Aside from that, swapped in a 5.5 gen (14-15) SS 1LE hood, with the factory hood vent; and the thing keeps the engine very cool. You do have to remove the water deflector tray under the hood vent, however. A compromise would be water and other things getting into the engine bay; but we usually stick a big towel under the hood vent in the hood, when getting machine car washes. For upgrading the factory 18” inch wheels, it was easy to find some 6th gen Camaro SS 20” inch wheels. People sometimes sell 2 or 3 wheels from a damaged/salvaged set, so I helped him find the bigger wheels from the staggered set; this allowed us to run a wide square wheel/tire setup. 275 wide tires all around also helped performance tremendously. Only thing left is the measly open diff…. It’s not exactly the greatest, but it does the job… No plans to turbocharge or supercharge the car, although tempting. It’s fine as an NA car and suspension has had some multi-point braces added on the chassis, as well as strut tower bar and sway bar upgrades. Stock shocks and struts were also ditched for some nice adjustable coilovers, with manually adjustable damper controllers. The exhaust was kept rather quiet, as we installed long tubes and high flow cats with an X-pipe; and we didn’t want it to sound like a raspy tin can of bees… The niché V6 pony car community gets enough hate as it is; more negative attention sucks. It’s tuned on HP Tuners, as handheld tuners got phased out recently. Car is actually doing rather well, and is going to be getting an upgraded clutch and flywheel kit sometime soon. All badges have been removed, and interior has had SS leather seats swapped in; so this confused some folks who hated, thinking my friend is trying to create a fake replica of an SS V8 model…
I loved that car, I didnt want to trade it but son was awarded the car for his college grad, but he couldnt drive it, no matter how much I tried to teach him. It won many car shows several years ago.
Very nice, Thanks for subscribing. the 2011 and the 2012 are very different. Well, maybe the engine and the rear suspension is different. Lots of updates between those years. Still a badass ride though...!
@@tucoramirez9729 thanks. I have heard about timing chain issues and oil burning issues. Mine is at 52k right now, any preventive maintenance you suggest.
Get a 2012-2015 if possible; the LFX V6 engine is a lot more reliable and has revisions over the LLT V6 engine (10-11 RS V6 models). Is she into sports/performance cars? If so, the RS V6 models aren’t exactly the greatest to be driven hard and abused; unlike the popular V8 models like the SS. The car is decent for what it is, and doesn’t need much else from the factory. Although, if you’re a car enthusiast, you’ll eventually figure out what you wanna do with the car. Just don’t plan on getting out of it what you’d probably expect out of a V8 model, like the SS…
Congrats, I gave this car to my youngest son for getting his bachelors degree. He couldnt drive it (Manual) so we traded it where you bought it a few weeks ago. Enjoy it. BTW, I still have alot of parts for this car. Bra, factory wheels, factory intake, factory sway bars high capacity air cleaner for the factory intake. It uses 10-30 mobil 1 oil, make sure you drain the catch can every oil change. Remove the vitesse throttle controller, if you set the throttle sensitivity too high it sets off the check engine light and throws it into limbo mode. Car is set up for Track use (road course) but alas I never was able to. So it was just a daily.
@@tracktoys92695w-30* engine oil (typo) My friends who had this car, both with the 10-11 LLT and 12-15 LFX V6 engines, ran 0w-30 engine oil. It gives better cold start performance, and there’s also an ESP (emissions protection) specific formula as well.
**small car rant** haha
I helped a friend with a 2015 Camaro RS manual convertible, upgrade the brake and clutch hydraulics (ZL1 brake master cylinder/fluid reservoir, separate clutch master cylinder/fluid reservoir, and Cadillac CTS-V front BBK). No stainless steel brake lines, since the car isn’t going to drag raced or track driven a lot. Any high quality, racing DOT 4 brake fluid is also highly recommended.
For the engine, we stuck to 0w-30 engine oil, installed an oil catch can, and rigged up a custom engine oil cooler setup with parts from a Chevy Colorado. The manual gearbox ended up running GL-5 75w-110 for a thicker gear oil, and it sure takes harder, spirited driving a lot better than typical GL-5 75w-90. Tried 75w-140 in the gearbox and it was way too thick, especially when the trans/gearbox reached operating temps.
Aside from that, swapped in a 5.5 gen (14-15) SS 1LE hood, with the factory hood vent; and the thing keeps the engine very cool. You do have to remove the water deflector tray under the hood vent, however. A compromise would be water and other things getting into the engine bay; but we usually stick a big towel under the hood vent in the hood, when getting machine car washes.
For upgrading the factory 18” inch wheels, it was easy to find some 6th gen Camaro SS 20” inch wheels. People sometimes sell 2 or 3 wheels from a damaged/salvaged set, so I helped him find the bigger wheels from the staggered set; this allowed us to run a wide square wheel/tire setup. 275 wide tires all around also helped performance tremendously. Only thing left is the measly open diff…. It’s not exactly the greatest, but it does the job…
No plans to turbocharge or supercharge the car, although tempting. It’s fine as an NA car and suspension has had some multi-point braces added on the chassis, as well as strut tower bar and sway bar upgrades. Stock shocks and struts were also ditched for some nice adjustable coilovers, with manually adjustable damper controllers.
The exhaust was kept rather quiet, as we installed long tubes and high flow cats with an X-pipe; and we didn’t want it to sound like a raspy tin can of bees… The niché V6 pony car community gets enough hate as it is; more negative attention sucks.
It’s tuned on HP Tuners, as handheld tuners got phased out recently. Car is actually doing rather well, and is going to be getting an upgraded clutch and flywheel kit sometime soon. All badges have been removed, and interior has had SS leather seats swapped in; so this confused some folks who hated, thinking my friend is trying to create a fake replica of an SS V8 model…
my buddy bought this car it’s a nice car dude!!
I loved that car, I didnt want to trade it but son was awarded the car for his college grad, but he couldnt drive it, no matter how much I tried to teach him. It won many car shows several years ago.
I recently bought a 2011 RS/2LT 6speed synergy green camaro,,subscribed
Very nice, Thanks for subscribing. the 2011 and the 2012 are very different. Well, maybe the engine and the rear suspension is different. Lots of updates between those years. Still a badass ride though...!
@@tracktoys9269 👍👍
I just bought 2010 manual v6 synergy green
@gurpreetchatha7702 congrats!!
@@tucoramirez9729 thanks. I have heard about timing chain issues and oil burning issues. Mine is at 52k right now, any preventive maintenance you suggest.
Im thinking of buy a v6 convert with a 6 speed manual for my mom. How reliable was this car? The one im looking at is 55k miles
Get a 2012-2015 if possible; the LFX V6 engine is a lot more reliable and has revisions over the LLT V6 engine (10-11 RS V6 models).
Is she into sports/performance cars? If so, the RS V6 models aren’t exactly the greatest to be driven hard and abused; unlike the popular V8 models like the SS.
The car is decent for what it is, and doesn’t need much else from the factory. Although, if you’re a car enthusiast, you’ll eventually figure out what you wanna do with the car. Just don’t plan on getting out of it what you’d probably expect out of a V8 model, like the SS…
I own this car now
Congrats, I gave this car to my youngest son for getting his bachelors degree. He couldnt drive it (Manual) so we traded it where you bought it a few weeks ago. Enjoy it. BTW, I still have alot of parts for this car. Bra, factory wheels, factory intake, factory sway bars high capacity air cleaner for the factory intake. It uses 10-30 mobil 1 oil, make sure you drain the catch can every oil change. Remove the vitesse throttle controller, if you set the throttle sensitivity too high it sets off the check engine light and throws it into limbo mode. Car is set up for Track use (road course) but alas I never was able to. So it was just a daily.
@@tracktoys92695w-30* engine oil (typo)
My friends who had this car, both with the 10-11 LLT and 12-15 LFX V6 engines, ran 0w-30 engine oil. It gives better cold start performance, and there’s also an ESP (emissions protection) specific formula as well.
Do you happen to know what sound system is in the car? Was it the Bose or the base system?
Its a 2LT I think its Boston Acoustics, not sure.
Looking good !!! Cool car ! Sub'd
Much appreciated, thanks!
🔥🔥💪💪
nice pony car