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Old 05-27-2015, 03:36 PM
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I have money for one or the other, but not both right now. Its a 2001 coupe, just did catless long tube headers, and the car has a callaway honker and a titanium catback. What would be the most logical direction from here performance wise?

I have my heart set on the texas speed stage 2.5, 5.3 heads for around $1400, but I also have my eye on the 224/224-581/581 112lsa cam at texas speed as well :/
Car is an auto, and has stock converter (coming out next). Would I need tune work after doing just the heads or cam seperately if I have a good tune after my headers???
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Save your $ and do both at the same time (along with required supporting mods). I didn't do the heads and now wish I did. Plus you'll only need to get it tuned once.
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I say gears and converter first. Save up to do H/C at one time, later.
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What gears do you have? What are the goals with the car?
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Originally Posted by zeevette
I say gears and converter first. Save up to do H/C at one time, later.
The gears and converter will give you a very noticeable kick in the azz while you save up for heads/cam. That way, you'll only need to pay for, or diy, the breakdown of all the stuff that needs to come off once.

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