what should I get with my money
06-07-2006 | 02:40 AM
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From: washington
what should I get with my money
I want the most horse power out of my $1500. I would like lists and opinions. I know everyone got to have one on this. have fun. All I have right now is CAI.
06-07-2006 | 03:37 AM
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maybe an unpopular suggestion i know, but instead of putting your first chunk of change into underhood mods you should spend them elseware, to build a foundation for yourself.
obviously go ahead and do the full fluid service and tune up. at this time upgrade to an intake, NGK'*, and add a transmission cooler. replace the belts and hoses at this time. drop down to a 180 T-stat.
then get yourself a fresh set of brakes and get everything there in top condition. you shouldn't make it go faster until you've made it stop faster.
then, depending on how much money you have left, invest in a good set of perfomance tires. tires are the only part of your car that actually touches the road. nothing else will have such a drastic effect on all areas of your cars perfomance as good tires.
if you have any money left over after this, i would do a small pulley upgrade.
now you're not going to have earth shattering perfomance following my suggestions, but you will definatly have a sound base for later perfomance upgrades.
obviously go ahead and do the full fluid service and tune up. at this time upgrade to an intake, NGK'*, and add a transmission cooler. replace the belts and hoses at this time. drop down to a 180 T-stat.
then get yourself a fresh set of brakes and get everything there in top condition. you shouldn't make it go faster until you've made it stop faster.
then, depending on how much money you have left, invest in a good set of perfomance tires. tires are the only part of your car that actually touches the road. nothing else will have such a drastic effect on all areas of your cars perfomance as good tires.
if you have any money left over after this, i would do a small pulley upgrade.
now you're not going to have earth shattering perfomance following my suggestions, but you will definatly have a sound base for later perfomance upgrades.
06-07-2006 | 07:35 AM
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There'* a bit of work to do before the pulley, and the 2k brakes are already quite a bit better than the previous Gen. Most 2k'* stay with stock brakes for some time.
Make sure you set aside about 200 bucks for WCBF06 at the end of July. That'* money well spent.
That will give you the opportunity to see other Modded Series 2'*.
Make sure you set aside about 200 bucks for WCBF06 at the end of July. That'* money well spent.
That will give you the opportunity to see other Modded Series 2'*.
06-08-2006 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by chadow427
Do an intense stage 3 minus headers, substitue PEM'*, and BOOM! 13 second bonne. 
