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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 09:29 PM
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I will be giving my car a nice christmas present and cant decide what route to go.

1 Headers, Hi-Flow CATs, Xpipe,and Tune
2 CCW 505A wrapped in BFG

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Old Nov 27, 2005 | 08:41 AM
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Either would be great.

I vote for #1

Nice sleeper looking car, with lots of get up and gone.
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Old Nov 27, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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I vote 2.
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Old Nov 27, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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Check your credit limit then get both
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by CamaroCane
I will be giving my car a nice christmas present and cant decide what route to go.

1 Headers, Hi-Flow CATs, Xpipe,and Tune
2 CCW 505A wrapped in BFG

any suggestions?
Depends on the wheels you have now.

Hard to pass up on the power!!!
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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#1 gets my vote. dont want to be labelled as "all show and no go". good luck.
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 10:49 PM
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Theoretically if you get bigger rims and tires they will be a nice "performance" mod. You will see improvement in handling and acceleration due to better traction than the runflats.
That being said i would add power first before i added wheels. With the power from those mods the stock rims with some good tires will still get you traction.
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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Performance ALWAYS comes first ...I vote for the Kooks header set up/tune.
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sorry guys got the wheels my reasoning as follows...

went to the track could not pull a better than 2.4 60' so on goes wider rear tires. plus I think I need to learn how to hook with the power I have now before I add anymore, but thanks for the input guys the power mods will come in due time


















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