Then maybe a shift ****!
First mod?
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Got to start somewhere, but IMO a better first mod is new wheels/tires, new air intake or a cat back exhaust. But that is just my opinion.
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Put a C6 shifter with a C6 **** in. The whole setup is a big improvement.
Do it now because if you buy that ****, it will not work on a C6 shifter.
Do it now because if you buy that ****, it will not work on a C6 shifter.
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Here's the **** in my C5
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hurst...em180208572087
Had the Hurst shifter too but took it out, not much fun in stop and go traffic... Love the **** though, I cut an inch and a tenth of the top of the stock shifter and rethreaded it and the Hurst **** doesn't need the stock key thing.
Warning the MOD thing is a slippery slope... once you start, it gets addictive!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hurst...em180208572087
Had the Hurst shifter too but took it out, not much fun in stop and go traffic... Love the **** though, I cut an inch and a tenth of the top of the stock shifter and rethreaded it and the Hurst **** doesn't need the stock key thing.
Warning the MOD thing is a slippery slope... once you start, it gets addictive!
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Sure I would love to start out with a fully built LS7 layin down almost 600rwhp but let me hit the lotto first 
I already have a list of favorit mods but its going to take a long time before I can blow that kind of money. I just want something thats a little easier to deal with in the car other than the stock, oversized, ****.
RPM is building my stage 4 as we speek
I already have a list of favorit mods but its going to take a long time before I can blow that kind of money. I just want something thats a little easier to deal with in the car other than the stock, oversized, ****. RPM is building my stage 4 as we speek
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From: Hollywood Maryland
Add a hundred, get a C6Z06 shifter to boot
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From: BROOKLYN PARK MN
I would go in the for sale section and find a used blackwing intake or something. But the shift **** is something you will have you hands on. just get something that will make you happy