Performance Upgrades
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8th Gear
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Performance Upgrades
Ok, I know there is several posts on this subject but i have got a 2008 vette on the way. Where do you start with upgrades....Exhaust??? Cold Air intake systems?????? Best Bang for the buck????
What cold air system the best??????
What exhaust system the best?????
Do these items void warranty???
Thanks
What cold air system the best??????
What exhaust system the best?????
Do these items void warranty???
Thanks
Burning Brakes
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Do these items void warranty???
Otherwise, this has been rehashed over and over again and giving the search function a little love will go a long way.
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You're safe with a cat-back exhasut but virtually any power enhancing modification will void vast portions of your new car warranty. If you're going to performance modify your new car make sure its worth it. 
Other than warranty considerations, see how you're going to be using the car before you start to modify it. I have a friend who was modding his C6 for the drag strip. Then I got him hooked on road racing. It got to where the mods for the drag strip weren't exactly aligned with what he'd do for a track car. He ended up buying a heavily modified C5 for track use and devoting his C6 to the drag strip.
Other than warranty considerations, see how you're going to be using the car before you start to modify it. I have a friend who was modding his C6 for the drag strip. Then I got him hooked on road racing. It got to where the mods for the drag strip weren't exactly aligned with what he'd do for a track car. He ended up buying a heavily modified C5 for track use and devoting his C6 to the drag strip.
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Voiding the warranty.............The Magnuson Law protects consumers on voiding warranty for unrelated changes. For example, if you mod the exhaust system, the warranty is still in place for the rest of the vehicle unless it can be proved the part that failed is directly related to the modded part. Common sense.
That being said, I would think if you changed the tune, the whole drive train warranty may be voided. Would that void the warranty for the water pump or A/C compressor? I doubt it would because the tune has nothing to do with those components.
That being said, I would think if you changed the tune, the whole drive train warranty may be voided. Would that void the warranty for the water pump or A/C compressor? I doubt it would because the tune has nothing to do with those components.
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Ok, I know there is several posts on this subject but i have got a 2008 vette on the way. Where do you start with upgrades....Exhaust??? Cold Air intake systems?????? Best Bang for the buck????
What cold air system the best??????
What exhaust system the best?????
Do these items void warranty???
Thanks
What cold air system the best??????
What exhaust system the best?????
Do these items void warranty???
Thanks
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Be honest with yourself and figure out what your long term goals are. If you are worried about a warranty you probably should not mod your car.
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Ok, I know there is several posts on this subject but i have got a 2008 vette on the way. Where do you start with upgrades....Exhaust??? Cold Air intake systems?????? Best Bang for the buck????
What cold air system the best??????
What exhaust system the best?????
Do these items void warranty???
Thanks
What cold air system the best??????
What exhaust system the best?????
Do these items void warranty???
Thanks
Cold air intakes will give similar results you can probably go with a cheaper priced one or used one and be fine.
Exhaust depends on you and whether you want louder than stock. Catbacks aren't gaining power basically all sound and youtube has plenty of clips so you can hear catbacks on C6s. Longtube headers are going to gain you power, so choose them if you are happy with the stock sound and just want some power gains.
Warranty issues differ from state to state and dealership to dealership. You can call a couple of local dealerships and ask what their opinion is on what mods will void warranty. I have a dealership that is further to drive to for me that allows intakes, longtubes, tuning and so on.
