My mods, your thoughts
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Burning Brakes
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My mods, your thoughts
06' going in to Straightline Performance after New Years, parts already ordered, here is what I'm getting, your thoughts?
1) stainless kooks headers
2) Corsa X-Pipe
3) Corsa sport exhaust
4) VaraRam air box
5) Ported / Polished Intake
6) Ported throttle body
7) Pro tune w/ before & after Dyno
What kind of HP gains can I expect. Are these good first mods?
1) stainless kooks headers
2) Corsa X-Pipe
3) Corsa sport exhaust
4) VaraRam air box
5) Ported / Polished Intake
6) Ported throttle body
7) Pro tune w/ before & after Dyno
What kind of HP gains can I expect. Are these good first mods?
Melting Slicks
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From: El Paso TX
*** Didn't notice the long-tube headers originally ***
Scratch the exhaust, spend a little more, and get some 3.90/4.10 gears.
Depends on what your future goals are as well.
Matt
Scratch the exhaust, spend a little more, and get some 3.90/4.10 gears.
Depends on what your future goals are as well.
Matt
Last edited by Viprklr; Dec 31, 2006 at 12:15 AM.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Excellent way to start modding. My 2c - I'd ditch the Corsa pipes and mufflers, get some $379 Flowmasters or $150 Magnaflow 14336's (like I did) and put the savings toward a set of 390 gears. The gears will give you more real performance gain and SOTP gain than any of the mods you are going to do by a factor of 10. They are worth about .3-.4 in the quarter and believe me you feel that in your daily driving.
Drifting
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i agree with ditching the cat back, there isn't that much power to be pick up...if you are doing it because you like the $1000+ sound who am i to judge. any ways, with all your mods and a GOOD TUNE, you should be around 390rwhp maybe a little more.
Last edited by cbrf4i1; Jan 1, 2007 at 03:34 PM.
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06' going in to Straightline Performance after New Years, parts already ordered, here is what I'm getting, your thoughts?
1) stainless kooks headers
2) Corsa X-Pipe
3) Corsa sport exhaust
4) VaraRam air box
5) Ported / Polished Intake
6) Ported throttle body
7) Pro tune w/ before & after Dyno
What kind of HP gains can I expect. Are these good first mods?
1) stainless kooks headers
2) Corsa X-Pipe
3) Corsa sport exhaust
4) VaraRam air box
5) Ported / Polished Intake
6) Ported throttle body
7) Pro tune w/ before & after Dyno
What kind of HP gains can I expect. Are these good first mods?
the only item i would question is no. 7. i know, i know, don't go stirring the pot but imo, a good tune is a hard thing to find. just ask yell03.
some argue a tune is required with headers, etc. but that has not been my findings. sure a good tune will help any car but you really got to be careful who you let tinker with your computer.
Melting Slicks
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Excellent way to start modding. My 2c - I'd ditch the Corsa pipes and mufflers, get some $379 Flowmasters or $150 Magnaflow 14336's (like I did) and put the savings toward a set of 390 gears. The gears will give you more real performance gain and SOTP gain than any of the mods you are going to do by a factor of 10. They are worth about .3-.4 in the quarter and believe me you feel that in your daily driving.
