Ok, its tax season and im going to be geting back about $2500.00.
I plan on spending every penny on my car. What im asking is where can i put the money where its going to have the biggest impact on performance?? Im thining the obvious...gears, cam and headers. Any advice would be cool

 

gears, converter, headers, cat back...probably more than your budget, but a you're thinking in the right direction.

 

cam, heads, 1.6 rrs, headers, converter, gears, dyno-tune .

 

for $2500?

 

http://www.nitrousoutlet.com/index.asp

headers, true duels, cai, gears, 100 shot

 

3.42 rearend = $100
Stall = 500-900 NEW 400 used easy.
Cam/heads 2k

There's your $2500. Save up another $150 for a mail tune and you have an 11 second car if you can hook (which you won't be able to.)

 

Save it for when something breaks.

 

soooo.....the headers i was thinking would be rather pricey cuz i want to get long tubes for sure but my car came with dual cats so i would have to have the rest of the exhaust fabricated....or is there a significant power difference between the shorties and the long tubes (ive never used shorties). Ultimately i would like to use the long tube and ditch the cats altogether, but somehow keeping the car emissions legal once a year for the smog test...or is this even possible? maybe swapping out the exhaust once a year? Sorry think i got off track there for a sec.

 

coated pacesetters go for $389 you can get the exhaust done for $300

 

stall 3600 and a 150 shot low 12's high 11's

 

Pacesetter LT - 380$ coated on ebay
Pacesetter Y pipe - 110$
Hooker Catback - 330$
Gears installed - 400$
Fuddle Converter - 400$
Tune - 250$
Sticky Tires - 300$
The rest on labor and beer.

 

And the mods listed above will set you up for a heads/cam swap next tax season .

Shhhh - If you go with LT's and can find an inspection "friend" you can get past smog. Shhhhh. Because headers are a real PITA to install and you wouldn't want to have to do a header job 2x a year.

 

The mods listed above should be good for high to mid 12s.

 

You guys are awesome, im really diggin all the suggestions
ok so you guys are talking about a head swap? What heads exactly should i put on? I wasnt really aware of any aftermarket heads except for the AFR and Edelbrock which im not sure would be a huge improvement, thinking of really getting the stock heads ported or is that a bad idea?
For the cam it seems the obvious choice would be the LT4 hot cam kit from chevrolet but i seem to be in the dark somewhat about the heads.

 

they are talking about porting your stock heads, and the lt4 kit isn't worth the trouble. your better off with a cc305.