What should I do?!
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What should I do?!
Hey guys, I have a dilemma. Well, not really but here it goes. I have a 2002 Corvette. I am doing two performance mods this winter for the summer. I just can't decide what to do, and what I will like the best. As of right now I have a SLP Loudmouth Exhaust and a Raptor XXL Intake. I am stuck between these four mods, and I can only afford two. I am either going to do a whole cam swap with the cam specs just like the TSP Torquer V2 cam along with all the goodies like the underdrive pulley, timing chain, springs, etc... and I was also going to get the Texas Speed Headers with 3" X Pipe, along with the tune. Or, considering I still have 2.73 gears in my car I was going to do a 3.42 Differential and a 3200 Stall converter with a tune. Which mods would you do, the cam and headers? Or the gears and TC? Give me all your opinions!! 
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Hey guys, I have a dilemma. Well, not really but here it goes. I have a 2002 Corvette. I am doing two performance mods this winter for the summer. I just can't decide what to do, and what I will like the best. As of right now I have a SLP Loudmouth Exhaust and a Raptor XXL Intake. I am stuck between these four mods, and I can only afford two. I am either going to do a whole cam swap with the cam specs just like the TSP Torquer V2 cam along with all the goodies like the underdrive pulley, timing chain, springs, etc... and I was also going to get the Texas Speed Headers with 3" X Pipe, along with the tune. Or, considering I still have 2.73 gears in my car I was going to do a 3.42 Differential and a 3200 Stall converter with a tune. Which mods would you do, the cam and headers? Or the gears and TC? Give me all your opinions!!
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My wife's Camaro SS is an A4 with Heads/Cam/Intake/Exhaust/Suspension and a 3400/2.2 STR converter. It gets pretty great gas mileage for a ~450 rwhp car, and the driveability with the TC is extremely fun!
EDIT: Also the TC and gears will be a huge difference, even more so IMHO, than a big cam on the stock TC/gears.
Last edited by Mr. Azrael; Jan 25, 2007 at 04:47 PM.
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Hey guys, I have a dilemma. Well, not really but here it goes. I have a 2002 Corvette. I am doing two performance mods this winter for the summer. I just can't decide what to do, and what I will like the best. As of right now I have a SLP Loudmouth Exhaust and a Raptor XXL Intake. I am stuck between these four mods, and I can only afford two. I am either going to do a whole cam swap with the cam specs just like the TSP Torquer V2 cam along with all the goodies like the underdrive pulley, timing chain, springs, etc... and I was also going to get the Texas Speed Headers with 3" X Pipe, along with the tune. Or, considering I still have 2.73 gears in my car I was going to do a 3.42 Differential and a 3200 Stall converter with a tune. Which mods would you do, the cam and headers? Or the gears and TC? Give me all your opinions!!
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considering I still have 2.73 gears in my car I was going to do a 3.42 Differential and a 3200 Stall converter with a tune.
