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i got a 03 ssei about 2 months ago and so far i have a 3.3 pulley, 180 stat, CAI, took out the cat and resignator and pt in a straight pipe, and ngk tr55 plugs. i want to do lots of mods to it but i still want it to be a daily driver. was i was told from others is to get a intercooler, new cams, and i was gonna get a programer for my pcm instead of sending it in to get programed. does anyone have any suggestions on what i could get to make it faster but still be a good daily driver. i am looking at zzp for all my mods. they seem to have everything i would need. i saw that there are a couple different kind of cams. are they different brands or are they different stages of performance? i need all the help i can get. i want to make my bonni faster then all the ricers.
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Originally Posted by scoobydoo34
i got a 03 ssei about 2 months ago and so far i have a 3.3 pulley, 180 stat, CAI, took out the cat and resignator and pt in a straight pipe, and ngk tr55 plugs. i want to do lots of mods to it but i still want it to be a daily driver. was i was told from others is to get a intercooler, new cams, and i was gonna get a programer for my pcm instead of sending it in to get programed. does anyone have any suggestions on what i could get to make it faster but still be a good daily driver. i am looking at zzp for all my mods. they seem to have everything i would need. i saw that there are a couple different kind of cams. are they different brands or are they different stages of performance? i need all the help i can get. i want to make my bonni faster then all the ricers.
As far as your Cat delete is concerned, were you aware, that I can get a 'finder'* fee' simply for turning you in? It'* a Federal Regulation in the US (regardless of State) that you run one. Any shop that puts you up on a lift is in for some cash if they report you. I can tell you that you gained no more performance than you would have from a hi-flow Cat, and my preference is to do the right and legal thing (wherever possible). You may want to reconsider that one.
Back on to the real stuff, with a Cam, you'll want to look seriously at your intake and exhaust. Either PEM'* or Headers for sure.
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Youve only had your car for two months and got all thos mods already,
sounds like you got a serious case of the mod bug going on there scooby !
what kind of ricers do they got in your town ? with the mods that your runing ricers shouldn't stand a chance against you
you are going to get some KR with that small a pulley and your curent mods, so Im
with Will your going to need some headers and a high flo cat, and it seems like you got money to burn so don't mess around and get some TOGS !
Than save up your money till you can do a cam intercooler springs Double roller timing chain
pushrods roller rockers maybe some head work done ? but I would do it all at the same time! .
At least thats the way I would do it
sounds like you got a serious case of the mod bug going on there scooby !
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what kind of ricers do they got in your town ? with the mods that your runing ricers shouldn't stand a chance against you
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you are going to get some KR with that small a pulley and your curent mods, so Im
with Will your going to need some headers and a high flo cat, and it seems like you got money to burn so don't mess around and get some TOGS !
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Than save up your money till you can do a cam intercooler springs Double roller timing chain
pushrods roller rockers maybe some head work done ? but I would do it all at the same time! .
At least thats the way I would do it
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Having no catalytic converter, doesnt that take away from your want of a fast daily driver. I would think that your car is very loud and that you have thrown some kinda of code(*) to cause a check engine light. I wouldnt worry about some one turning you in as much as I'd worry about if you have a Check engine light on that your computer has put your car into a caution/safety mode and that hurts your performance.
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Originally Posted by asonofabeach69
Having no catalytic converter, doesnt that take away from your want of a fast daily driver. I would think that your car is very loud and that you have thrown some kinda of code(*) to cause a check engine light. I wouldnt worry about some one turning you in as much as I'd worry about if you have a Check engine light on that your computer has put your car into a caution/safety mode and that hurts your performance.
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EDIT: Mustafa is right though.. a hi flo cat will be better choice as the scavangin affect won't be that bad and you won't get low RPM stumble like I did
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I ran my bonneville without a converter for quite some time. It did give more power, but every time you come to a stop it will throw the check engine light for lean emissions and I had a huge problem frying o2 sensors. I would go with a hi flow cat also.
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no loights have come on yet and it has been on for like a month. it is kinda loud at low rpms but that that bad at high. i have a o2 simulator on it so i dont have a light for that either. any suggestions where i can find a high flow cat and a good exhaust system? i found a high flow cat and headers but i didnt find anywhere that had exhaust systems
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I picked up my 2k in February, got the Intense Level three kit, and ran a 14.05 about a month after that....I am really happy with the quality of their kit, and customer service. Just my 2 cents.
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A custom programmer for your PCM will really do great things for you. ZZP, among other places, is a distributor of the DHP PowerTuner, and it is quite a powerful tool. Look on ClubGP for more information about them, because a lot of people over there use them. If you are going to be modding a lot more in the future, this will be very helpful.
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