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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:07 PM
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Default HELP... The MOD BUG BIT ME BAD...
As soon as the car gets back from the body shop, I plan on installing the following parts waiting at home in the garage... if not more...

TPIS LT headers
Random X pipe with high flow cats
Z06 Ti catback exhaust
GMPP Red wires
NGK TR5's
stainless C5 exhaust tip accent plate
Coolant change
Oil change
Column Lock Bypass
Cold air kit

I may have forgotten something....

Tell me Doc's, is it bad?
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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Yea, it looks like you are terminal You're only chance of remission would be an immediate tune after those mods.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 4cRanch
Yea, it looks like you are terminal You're only chance of remission would be an immediate tune after those mods.
shhhh... don't tell the wife, that is on the "to do" list soon...
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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It's not terminal, but so far there seems to be no cure for the mod bug.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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This forums is a carrier for this virus. I bought my Z06 and told the wife " I probably wont mod this one" ....two weeks later I"m ordering the parts for a cam swap
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MawneeC5
told the wife " I probably wont mod this one"


The first thing my wife asked when I bought the car was.. " are you going to put $30k in this one too?"



I paid $15k for the 2000 Mustang GT I had and then put about that much in mods over the 7 yrs I had it. Boost, exhaust... tune, rims, tires, suspension, yata yata yata...
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:37 PM
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You got a great start on the slippery slope of no return on modding
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:56 PM
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looks like the tip of the iceberg lol
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You're fine, don't worry about it. If stuff starts piling up you might want to consider an addition to your garage, but your condition sounds perfectly normal to me.
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I'd add a skip shift eliminator, or program it out.
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Originally Posted by TN Vette
Nice job on the TPIS install. That's a nice set-up.
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So what cam are you thinking about?
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
It's not terminal, but so far there seems to be no cure for the mod bug.
There is NO cure. The car is never done, there will always be that 1 more thing.
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike98SilVert
Nice job on the TPIS install. That's a nice set-up.
I wasn't sure if I could do the Z06 Ti swap safely, but found a way of lifting/supporting the car safely.
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Doesn't look too bad to me... when you start swapping heads, cam, gears, wheels/tires things get expen$ive fa$t!
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by KorbenDallas
Doesn't look too bad to me... when you start swapping heads, cam, gears, wheels/tires things get expen$ive fa$t!
I have another set of rims already, just shopping for tires as soon as the current ones wear out.
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