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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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Mojo. Oh wait a minute, you meant mods on the car.

This one is going to get my hand slapped.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Currently I am regreting installing a ProCharger. I too believe in doing it right the first time but it sure takes a lot longer on the front end. To prepare for FI I have done the heads/cam/intake/plenum/runners/fuel pumps/fuel injectors/water alcohol injection/long tube headers/crane cd ignition/high flow main cat/cat back exhaust/trans shift kit/trans oil cooler/DeWitts radiator/fuel pressure gage/boost gage and surely some other things I can not even remember.

I am getting close to having the head unit installed but I am having no luck in finding someone in the Dallas area to dyno tune it. If I knew then what I know now, I would build me a forged stroker and shoot the juice to it.

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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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kn filter,waste of money. no other mods.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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headers....the exhaust has leaks now and Im in CA to boot
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete K
The mod that aggravates me is Mr Mojo. Even though everyone else thinks he's teh best.




















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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by arandy
Mojo. Oh wait a minute, you meant mods on the car.

This one is going to get my hand slapped.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:22 PM
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Years ago I had an 86 coupe. I bought some of those black out "dot-decco" coverups for the front driving lights/turn signals and the rear tail lights. I drove her to work the next day and was thinking how cool I looked running down the Interstate!
When I got out of the car at work and did the usual "look back" I noticed that the right front one had blown off as did the outer left rear! I must have looked like a real dork!
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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Only mod I regret not getting was ZR1 Other than that no regret on my C4.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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In Oregon personal plates can be transfered to another car you own. Emmisions are tracked by plates! so when it come to testing my Corvette I transfer my plate to my Camery. pass every time.Go faster!!!!!!
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 87 crazy
In Oregon personal plates can be transfered to another car you own. Emmisions are tracked by plates! so when it come to testing my Corvette I transfer my plate to my Camery. pass every time.Go faster!!!!!!
Dont think I would brag about that online
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:50 PM
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I regret installing intake air foil and K&N air filter. I did it before I joined this forum. Both were waste of money
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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I regret not buying a ZR1
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 12:37 AM
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The only mods I regret are mods the previous owner put on.

I regret the air foil and the single mass flywheel he put on.
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Road Agent
Knowing what I know now and the thousands of dollars that i have pissed away, I would kept it stock!
I'm using you as a role model. I haven't done ch!t yet.
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 03:07 AM
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Years ago I painted the stock wheels on my car,I never thought 84 wheels could get uglier,but they did.
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 03:23 AM
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TB Bypass......

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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 08:16 AM
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Monza upswept mufflers. Cheaply made, started to rust after a month and they snapped, crackeled and popped when you stepped on it.
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Cold_B
The only mods I regret are mods the previous owner put on.

I regret the air foil and the single mass flywheel he put on.


I find cr@p all the time that I have to repair because of the previous owner mods. I just discovered after replacing a blown fuse that my car has an after market alarm I now will have to track down. It is loud!
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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I'll be in the minority here. I don't regret the airfoil since it cost me $10 and took 15 minutes to install. I sometimes have second thoughts about the Corsas. No complaints, but $1100 installed is a lot of money to pay for minimal HP gains (probably not a true statement if I had an L98), louder WOT and chrome tips.

I wonder if for about the same money I could have gotten decent LT headers and cats and gotten more HP. I suspect it would have cost me a lot more to do that mod right, though. Or, maybe I should have done the 410's. I bet nobody will complain about that mod. Unfortunately, at this point there's a limit on how much $$$$ I want to stick into a 14 y/o car with 102K on it.
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 10:08 AM
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I regret the cheap-a__ rotors from that botched group buy last year.

They didn't fix my vibrating brakes and I wasted a lot of time assuming that since they were new, rotors weren't the source of the problem. As it turns out, they were warped/uneven straight out of the box. Had them resurfaced, and I'll be going back to stock way sooner than planned.

Live & learn...
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