is it very hard?

 

That's pretty hard to quantify. I'd say yes, it's "reasonably hard". Lots of work in tight spaces trying to get bolts tightened down, mostly. Then you're installing plugs and wires, which is never easy on our cars.

Dave

 

thanks a lot i still dont have a 4th gen but ill get 1 which one should i get in a range of 8k?

 

That's a REALLY open-ended question.

I'm going to assume you're talking about longtubes. Those are NOT a good "first mod" to install as far as difficulty. You'll have to either put your car on a lift (I couldn't find any garages that would let me due to insurance) or jack your car to high hell (ask xxSaint69xx about this, he has some insane pics on his site from his install).

Putting in my Hooker LT's was a piece of cake because my heads were off my car, and both of them literally dropped right into place from the top, no jacking required. But with the heads in place you're pretty much screwed into putting them in from the bottom.

--Trax

 

If you want to get power and be emission's legal get a 93-95Z single cat car the header options are way better for them if you want to stay emissions friendly. I personally would get a 95 they have the best parts from 93-94 and best parts from 96-97. I am not saying that because i got a 95 i just got lucky and found out all that stuff after i bought it.

 

if i get a 95 could i get 300+ with catback cold air and maybe headers? or airfoil?

 

with a 95 lt1 you should be right at 290-300 hp at the wheels if you do the cold air, good cat back (w/ cutout), longtube headers. you may have to do a ecm reprogram to really take advantage of the setup. seems i've read guys picking up 15hp over stock programming buy going to bryan at pcmforless. the reprogram is only $100 for obd1 (94-95) and has shown time and again to be worth the money.

 

Yes it is a major pain in the @sss. Really it is just time consuming & frustrating becaue you have to remove so much stuff just to install them.