Underdrive pulley? Need HP cheap. Please help.

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Feb 27, 2013 | 12:35 AM

Blake Gunderson

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Underdrive pulley? Need HP cheap. Please help.

I have just started to tweak my 02' vette. So far i have done these mods:

1. Vararam intake

2. MSD plug wires

3. Magnaflow X pipe

4. SLP loudmoth axle back

5. Diablo tuner I-1000

6. Throttle body bypass

I obviously have not gone into the motor and am not really ready to yet but I really would like some advice on more cheap HP. Any thoughts on an underdrive pulley? anyone had and gains they can feel out of one? Any other ideas? After i put ? on I'm have it dynotuned. I could really use some advice. I'm a newby. Thanks in advance.

Feb 27, 2013 | 12:48 AM

C5Natie

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An underdrive pulley is a nice way of freeing up 10hp or so but its a very involved job to do one on a C5. I would only do it if my stock pulley took a crap or if I was doing a cam swap. Other then that its not worth the amount of work it takes to change one out.

Feb 27, 2013 | 01:19 AM

Blake Gunderson

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Have any other suggestions? Other than the ones I have listed above?

Feb 27, 2013 | 03:36 AM

C5Natie

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Have any other suggestions? Other than the ones I have listed above?

Other then actually tearing into the motor? Headers should give you a nice gain especially with a tune. Other then that youre looking at cam, heads, intake or forced induction for real hp gains.

Feb 27, 2013 | 09:08 AM

Raiku898

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Other then actually tearing into the motor? Headers should give you a nice gain especially with a tune. Other then that youre looking at cam, heads, intake or forced induction for real hp gains.

+1 Headers are probably your best bet imo. Then a good tune with all the mods you've done so far.

Feb 27, 2013 | 11:47 AM

NukeC5

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Is the car an auto or manual? There are several non-power adding mods that can do allot more for you than engine bolt on's.

Feb 27, 2013 | 01:55 PM

3boystoys

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Funny, you want cheap HP after spending $2-3K on mostly worthless mods. 100HP shot of giggle juice would have been under $1000.

Feb 27, 2013 | 07:02 PM

Blake Gunderson

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I was given the exhuast from a friend, so that was free. Plug wires came with car. All actually paid for was the tuner $250, and the vararam $300. I'm going to sell the tuner *** soon as I get the Dynotune. So i really have not spent much actual $. My car is a 6 speed manual.