Free mods???
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Drifting
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From: Texas
Free mods???
My engine is just bout complete and was wondering if there were any freemods for an L98?
hp gains are loved or cooling effects or really anything
its a 383 with smog delete and port n polished heads
more will come as money comes tho so LT are on the way
thanks travis
hp gains are loved or cooling effects or really anything
its a 383 with smog delete and port n polished heads
more will come as money comes tho so LT are on the way
thanks travis
Heel & Toe
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Go get a big box o' spark plugs. Now, take a permanent marker and mark where the prong is pointing up. The idea is to have all your spark plugs uniformly facing up to give you the best burn possible. Just an old hot rodders trick.
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Free mods???
Do the cut lid with K&N for another 10chp.
Do the cut-back spark plug mod, details on my site.
Install a 160deg T-stat & fan switch.
What intake & exhaust are you running?
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Drifting
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I have done alot of free mods and some that were "unfree" or very cheap. You can go the intake route, which includes the cut lid (easy and cheap), remove screens on the MAF (if you have one), and port the plenum (remove the square thingies that are in the way). The air foil fits in with these mods I believe, regardless of whether or not just installing one of these shows up on the dyno. If I was air, I would not want to slam into the gap in between the throttle bores. If there was a way to smooth this out with a grinder, everyone would be doing it. Remove the cat if you have no inpection. I think there is some HP in knocking out some of your intake air temp. A throttle body bypass is free and easy, lowering your coolant by making sure your radiator and condensor are free of all debris, and add 2 bottles of water wetter, a lower intake air temp will give you a couple HP. That is almost free....
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Drifting
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From: Chewelah Wa
I have done alot of free mods and some that were "unfree" or very cheap. You can go the intake route, which includes the cut lid (easy and cheap), remove screens on the MAF (if you have one), and port the plenum (remove the square thingies that are in the way). The air foil fits in with these mods I believe, regardless of whether or not just installing one of these shows up on the dyno. If I was air, I would not want to slam into the gap in between the throttle bores. If there was a way to smooth this out with a grinder, everyone would be doing it. Remove the cat if you have no inpection. I think there is some HP in knocking out some of your intake air temp. A throttle body bypass,
lowering your coolant by making sure your radiator and condensor are free of all debris, and add 2 bottles of water wetter. A lower intake air temp will give you a couple HP. That is almost free....
lowering your coolant by making sure your radiator and condensor are free of all debris, and add 2 bottles of water wetter. A lower intake air temp will give you a couple HP. That is almost free....
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Drifting
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From: Texas
thanks powerpigz
i already have my intake cut open and my radiator is completely clean
i cant take the cat off til i get my LT (dads rule but i dont get it)
I want a Super Ram intake by Accel eventually so thats another thing im saving for so ill jus keep myself from screwing up the current setup with the intake.
Another noob question: how do you do the throttlebody bypass?
i already have my intake cut open and my radiator is completely clean
i cant take the cat off til i get my LT (dads rule but i dont get it)
I want a Super Ram intake by Accel eventually so thats another thing im saving for so ill jus keep myself from screwing up the current setup with the intake.
Another noob question: how do you do the throttlebody bypass?
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Drifting
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From: Texas
and i dont know what you mean by frisbie on the water pump?
Right now my exhaust is stock all the way to the cat then i have an aftermarket Y sionce mine was rusted out and then some mufflers
intake is stock besides K&N housing and filter
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Muffler elim is almost free if you can cut them off yourself and weld some pipe in place. This would also count as weight reduction which I would consider the best free mod. Cats, muffler, resonator, spare tire, jack, egr, A/C, radio, speakers, passanger seat, carpet, lighter wheels, etc.. You probably don't want to go that far but every bit adds up. Also anything you can replace for lighter parts. I believe it's every 100 lbs reduction = about .10 in the 1/4. There's a good bit of weight reduction just by going to headers and straight pipes.
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Drifting
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Muffler elim is almost free if you can cut them off yourself and weld some pipe in place. This would also count as weight reduction which I would consider the best free mod. Cats, muffler, resonator, spare tire, jack, egr, A/C, radio, speakers, passanger seat, carpet, lighter wheels, etc.. You probably don't want to go that far but every bit adds up. Also anything you can replace for lighter parts. I believe it's every 100 lbs reduction = about .10 in the 1/4. There's a good bit of weight reduction just by going to headers and straight pipes.
and spare and jack and all is already MIA