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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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I have 01 c5 100% stock, I was wanting to know what are some easy/cheap mods that can do to gain some hp.

Anything I can do to stock exhaust? etc


One other question HOw to I adjust the high of the headlight?
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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I have 01 c5 100% stock, I was wanting to know what are some easy/cheap mods that can do to gain some hp.
Put in a forged 454 iron block and three turbos.
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 02:39 PM
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The Corvette is much too nice a vehicle to play games with. My recommendation would be to spend a couple hundred bucks on an air intake system (Blackwing, whatever) and have it tuned.

There is nothing cheap about increasing power on a NA car.

The age old question is how fast do you want to go and how much do you want to spend?
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you have the good intake manifold already being an 01. You can get a blackwing style air filter but do not expect any drastic changes in performance. As far as exhaust, look into a Z06 titanium. It weighs like 24 lbs less than the one you have now and sounds great. If you can spend a little over a grand, get youself a set of XS power or TSP long tubes and find a set of Z06 mufflers then send your PCM off to East Coast Supercharging for a flash tune. That will make a huge difference.
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Heads, cam, longtubes and intake and you will be set.
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