$500 What Mod??? HELP!!!!!
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Re: $500 What Mod??? HELP!!!!!
If your cutout is under the passenger rear seat, be wary. I had an electric cutout dump there, and all the hot exhaust turned the metal black and started chipping the paint off. It also caused a lot of rattles inside the car. The best way to mount a cutout is the way a Borla exhaust is designed, so that the exhaust goes out the back of the car.
I'd get a spare set of wheels and some drag radials or slicks. If you do any bracket racing, you need to be consistent. And get a line lock too, so you can properly heat those slicks up. Your car doesn't need to be fast, just consistent.
I'd get a spare set of wheels and some drag radials or slicks. If you do any bracket racing, you need to be consistent. And get a line lock too, so you can properly heat those slicks up. Your car doesn't need to be fast, just consistent.
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Re: $500 What Mod??? HELP!!!!!
Originally Posted by robb4964
I kinda agree with you .
Lid/catback are a great combo as long as you get a really good flowing catback , youll see GREAT results from the 2 .
But I can tell your no mechanic . 3:73's are not gonna" BLOW " his rear end . Some auto's make it into the 10's and I have over 14 4th gen f-body guys in the loacal club deep into the 12's and high 11's beating their cars every weekend pulling 1.6-1.9 sixties in their auto's and have yet to have a problem with the stock 10 bolt...sticks are another story .
You wont be dissapointed with gears unless you are on the highway alot . If you are you wont get near as good gas milage with an auto .
As far as headers go ...Um....LT's are Great ! I dont care if they are painted or not . If he has the money for coated ones...great..fantastic! They are the way to go if you have the money . But uncoated headers will do pretty much the same job for ths most part . Most of my friends have done Uncoated and everytime had pretty much the same results as me and mine are coated .
And the FRA nets a good amount of HP . I have exp. this first hand . I helped more then one friend do this and the ported Mass air flow housing and seen more then 2 tenths on one occaasion at the track . It is more then 3-5 HP at the wheels . At is at elast 10 in most cases .Specially if you combine the lid/FRA/ported MAF. You see more of this with a stick then auto .
BTW , the Y-pipe comes with the headers .
I got my coated headers and Y-pipe shipped to my door for 300$
ANd you dont have to be a GREAT mechanic to put the cam in . You just need basic mechanical skills and be redy to spend some time researching and working on the car .
But Dollar for dollar you may be right about the lid/catback .
texas speed made 14HP to the wheels with their TSP catback and It sounds DAMN good too !
Lid/catback are a great combo as long as you get a really good flowing catback , youll see GREAT results from the 2 .
But I can tell your no mechanic . 3:73's are not gonna" BLOW " his rear end . Some auto's make it into the 10's and I have over 14 4th gen f-body guys in the loacal club deep into the 12's and high 11's beating their cars every weekend pulling 1.6-1.9 sixties in their auto's and have yet to have a problem with the stock 10 bolt...sticks are another story .
You wont be dissapointed with gears unless you are on the highway alot . If you are you wont get near as good gas milage with an auto .
As far as headers go ...Um....LT's are Great ! I dont care if they are painted or not . If he has the money for coated ones...great..fantastic! They are the way to go if you have the money . But uncoated headers will do pretty much the same job for ths most part . Most of my friends have done Uncoated and everytime had pretty much the same results as me and mine are coated .
And the FRA nets a good amount of HP . I have exp. this first hand . I helped more then one friend do this and the ported Mass air flow housing and seen more then 2 tenths on one occaasion at the track . It is more then 3-5 HP at the wheels . At is at elast 10 in most cases .Specially if you combine the lid/FRA/ported MAF. You see more of this with a stick then auto .
BTW , the Y-pipe comes with the headers .
I got my coated headers and Y-pipe shipped to my door for 300$
ANd you dont have to be a GREAT mechanic to put the cam in . You just need basic mechanical skills and be redy to spend some time researching and working on the car .
But Dollar for dollar you may be right about the lid/catback .
texas speed made 14HP to the wheels with their TSP catback and It sounds DAMN good too !
Where did you get coated LT'S and a Y pipe for 300? I live in an emissions area so i would need the cats on the y pipe. Thats more dough. In the end for LT's that you buy at tbyrne or so the cheapest ones are flowtechs for 269.99 uncoated and it does not mention a y pipe. It also doesnt mention anything about emissions equipment. Almost every egr compatable header is 600 plus. The Y pipe is also sold seperate. http://www.tbyrnemotorsports.com/ls1catalog.html
I have heard too many horror stories and witnessed first hand the 10 bolt takeing a dump with even 3:73's in them after 2-3k miles. It maybe different in your auto (shift points may be gentler on the rear?) but all the ones i have seen are sticks and the rears were swapped out around the 30-50k mile mark. Just do a search and listen to all teh board members who have had trouble. My rear is already on the way out at 71k miles. With almost no abuse.
The MAF i would do later when i decided what cam i wanted to put in etc.
EDIT:
Ok, i saw your post you have a lid and cutout, I would get then get LT's if you can find a set in your price range. Gears etc wont net any hp just take time off your et. Either that or a good stall. The only way to make an auto real fast is a stall no way around it. Gears would later follow but just be wary of your rear.
Last edited by LT-14me; Jan 24, 2005 at 11:15 AM.
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Re: $500 What Mod??? HELP!!!!!
Originally Posted by SSHORTT
I apoligize for not responding quicker! And to the last 2 people that responded, I already have a SLP Lid and a Cut-out that i run open all the time better than cat-back right??
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Re: $500 What Mod??? HELP!!!!!
Originally Posted by LT-14me
Where did you get coated LT'S and a Y pipe for 300? I live in an emissions area so i would need the cats on the y pipe. Thats more dough. In the end for LT's that you buy at tbyrne or so the cheapest ones are flowtechs for 269.99 uncoated and it does not mention a y pipe. It also doesnt mention anything about emissions equipment. Almost every egr compatable header is 600 plus. The Y pipe is also sold seperate. http://www.tbyrnemotorsports.com/ls1catalog.html
I have heard too many horror stories and witnessed first hand the 10 bolt takeing a dump with even 3:73's in them after 2-3k miles. It maybe different in your auto (shift points may be gentler on the rear?) but all the ones i have seen are sticks and the rears were swapped out around the 30-50k mile mark. Just do a search and listen to all teh board members who have had trouble. My rear is already on the way out at 71k miles. With almost no abuse.
The MAF i would do later when i decided what cam i wanted to put in etc.
EDIT:
Ok, i saw your post you have a lid and cutout, I would get then get LT's if you can find a set in your price range. Gears etc wont net any hp just take time off your et. Either that or a good stall. The only way to make an auto real fast is a stall no way around it. Gears would later follow but just be wary of your rear.
I have heard too many horror stories and witnessed first hand the 10 bolt takeing a dump with even 3:73's in them after 2-3k miles. It maybe different in your auto (shift points may be gentler on the rear?) but all the ones i have seen are sticks and the rears were swapped out around the 30-50k mile mark. Just do a search and listen to all teh board members who have had trouble. My rear is already on the way out at 71k miles. With almost no abuse.
The MAF i would do later when i decided what cam i wanted to put in etc.
EDIT:
Ok, i saw your post you have a lid and cutout, I would get then get LT's if you can find a set in your price range. Gears etc wont net any hp just take time off your et. Either that or a good stall. The only way to make an auto real fast is a stall no way around it. Gears would later follow but just be wary of your rear.
And about the gears ..all i was saying is I have friends with Auto's that have never had a problem . A stick would be quick to break a 10 bolt.
I am well aware of the mebers who have trouble with 10 bolts . You missed my point . Im saying an AUTOMATIC dont have nearly the amount of trouble as a stick and sometimes lasts until the 10's . If he has an auto Id do gears .
And yes gears WILL net you time in the quarter . Not one of my friends has done gears and not seen time from it . And the shift points have nothing to do with the rear end breaking at all . Its the take off . A torque converter suplies a steady application of power thrue the RPM band as to where a Clutch puts down a large percentage of the power all at one time not giving the rearend/ax;es time to absorb/disrtibute the energy and putting to much pressure on one point in the rear end thus snapping wichever part got to much energy@one time ....breaking it under the pressure . Like I said before I have over a dozen friends with automatic 10 bolts that beat the eyes out of them and Havent had any probs yet . Not saying they cant break but for the most part they should hold up fine . I cant sress enough there is a big diff between the way a stick and an auto puts down power .
I will see if I can find the place I bought my headers from . I posted it here on the forums when I firrst bought them so everyone could take a shot at getting them . Ill look and if I find it ill repost . The headers are GREAT and they fit perfect .
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Re: $500 What Mod??? HELP!!!!!
Originally Posted by Klypto
snapped my axle on stock power... but installed a spec clutch just before.. on nittos... pics in sig...
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I looked at my archives and found my old link I posted . I clicked it and I dont think they are in business anymore . I know it took alot of investagating at the time to find them . It was a little over a year ago . Prices may have also risen on the Pacesetters. It was a little over 300 shipped as they where offering some kind of a discount for a promotion to their web site . 
to bad! Ill keep looking .
to bad! Ill keep looking .
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Re: $500 What Mod??? HELP!!!!!
Originally Posted by robb4964
I looked at my archives and found my old link I posted . I clicked it and I dont think they are in business anymore . I know it took alot of investagating at the time to find them . It was a little over a year ago . Prices may have also risen on the Pacesetters. It was a little over 300 shipped as they where offering some kind of a discount for a promotion to their web site . to bad! Ill keep looking .
to bad! Ill keep looking .I appreciate it thanks bud.
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