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Old 12-16-2007, 11:13 AM
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i have a 2001 ta ws6 a4 car that i have been working on but i made a list of all the bolt ons i want to do if anyone can add anything please do also any suggestions about anything ?

lid
filter
ported MAF sensor
smooth bellow
ported throttle body
throttle body bypass
MSD wires
NGK plugs
synthetic motor oil
160 degree thermostat
long tube headers
good Y pype
stall converter
under drive pulleys
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ftra or ssra, catback, cut-out, tune, shift kit, !air
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a tune and air removal would be at the top of my list. it would compliment the stall, longtubes, and thermostat.
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yeah definitely tune, noticed a big difference in my car after longtubes, and i love the way it shifts.
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Underdrive Pully, you could change ur MAF to TSP's 100mm one when it comes out, Electric Water Pump, and MSD coil packs if you absolutely have nothing else to do and you have lots of extra cash. If youve got the stock 2.73's, some 3.73's would do you some good. And if you plan on doing H/C you could upgrade youre intake to a FAST 92mm and throttle body when it comes out, or you can just get the 90mm, shouldnt be too much of a big diff unless youre running big cam/heads
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msd coils are a waste of money and a 100mm maf is not needed till you get way the hell up into hp.
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you could bolt on a supercharger
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Originally Posted by sroach20
msd coils are a waste of money and a 100mm maf is not needed till you get way the hell up into hp.
true, but if has absolutely nothing else to do and a spare $620 to spend he could buy them which is a complete rip. and as for the 100mm maf he could get one if he plans on running a big H/C later on
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That 100mm maf is too ridiculous. Run a Delphi/ZO6 and that will hold down major power. I don't know why your talking about monster over-sized parts when the guy said that he could not think of any more mods and heads and cam are no where to be found in his post. Even then, it would take forced induction with 15-30#'s of boost to even think about changing....and at that point you would be looking at carburated setups and or BS3.
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2001 ws6 transam red A4
1970 GTO orbit orange Judge 400cid
1969 GTO black 400cid
1971 GTO blue 400cid
1970 GTO convertible red 400cid

I'd look into getting a custom made 400cid just to stay consistent.
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yeah good idea 400 cubic inches would even it out nicely lol
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tune it, bump stop mod, cat back, sub frame connectors, rear gears, ftra, and nitrous if you want to go farther.
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Originally Posted by FireSilverLullaby
you could bolt on a supercharger
and also a forged 346 or 383 when you blow your current engine from the supercharger
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i still say stick with the normal bolt on's, and gears like camaroz28aquino said...and get a tune, you will like where you are sitting..if you need more, then look into h/c...still need more..bigger cube or s/c that bird or both!
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400s make a lot of power i have a 406 in my basement im currently rebuilding =-)
parts are waaaaay to expensive for it though lol
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yeah i have looked for parts for stroker motors way out of my price range right now but the reason i didnt put heads and cam on there was because i was just thinking about bolt ons only
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set up a plan of mods man...gotta do it in stages if you are on a budget like the majority of us...start with one area, such as, engine, then break it down in stages...stage 1:exhaust, stage 2:intake ect ect..that is what i am doing
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My suggestion would be to lose the ported maf. My car gained 7 hp on the dyno from switching from my ported maf to a stock one that was only descreened. The dyno operator suggested it. So I went along and was glad he pointed it out. If you port or replace the maf ends your car it will not measure the incoming air correctly.
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Originally Posted by smokingfastws6
i have a 2001 ta ws6 a4 car that i have been working on but i made a list of all the bolt ons i want to do if anyone can add anything please do also any suggestions about anything ?

lid
filter
ported MAF sensor
smooth bellow
ported throttle body
throttle body bypass
MSD wires
NGK plugs
synthetic motor oil
160 degree thermostat
long tube headers
good Y pype
stall converter
under drive pulleys

I just did these the exact same mods except for the stall, I have an M6.
Deffintly get a dyno tune, I took mine to get dyno'd and my A/F Ratio was way off. It was between 17-18 and should be around 12.8 range.

My first run was 306hp/315tq! Bad, very bad, we did another run, same thing, then Mike tricked the MAF with some type of tuner and the car put out 350hp/355tq on the last run!

I am going back down today so he can do a full dyno tune. At first, I was trying to get away w/o having to do this, but after all this work, that 50hp diffrence is what it is all for. I know each car is different but the tune is a must do with the combo of all these mods. I had descreened my MAF and I think this was the possible culprit of my A/F messup, and if you ported yours, you may experience the same problem.
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Synthetic motor oil is now considered a mod????



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