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Old 03-23-2011, 12:11 AM
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I will have about $13000 my wife will let me play with after this deployment and I cant make up my mind if I wanna supercharge my car and paint it or put a head and cam package in it and do suspension,paint and new wheels. Kind of sounds like a no brainer but I wanna be able to drive this car thats why I was thinking about supercharging it. 02 SS A4 1 7/8 TSP LT no cats Flow pac and a worthless diablo programer. Any ideas?
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forced induction and some suspension... later on paint the car...
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thats the way I really wanna go. Ever herd anything from MTI?
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H/C might leave you with enough money to finish everything and itll still make a ton of power.




a few people here with 13k laying around.
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id go for more cubes...and a 12 bolt
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A good healthy does of spray, and you'll still have plenty of room for that paint job
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Just keep this in mind, any forced induction build gets pricey when all the little things start to add up but that's usually where the bigger power comes from.
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yeah the only reason that money will be around is cause of the deployment. Forced induction will be very expensive but the drivability would be great but on the other hand I really dont drive the car as much as I want to, so maybe Ill go with a mild head cam package,BMR,fresh paint and some sick wheels. Can anyone help me out with finding a good shop that maybe specializes in th ls motors?
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does anyone know of a good shop thats fair? I put my TSP LTs on myself I refuse to get back in that engine bay again.
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Folks will need to know what city you live in. And please don't say Hawaii the LS tuners here are all pre-custom OS tuners (for boost) and not very good. Also, folks don't realize that the money "made" from our deployments is mostly from being able to save it. Hostile fire and separation aren't all that and a bag of potato chips. Oh and the tax free. :-p
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Is there a tree growing somewhere that has 13k growing on it???? If so please PM me the location!
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/agree but at least this guy has a valid reason and an awesome wife.
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I would get heads, cam, Yank converter, full bolt-ons, wheels, koni shocks, strano springs, strano sway bars, and paint.
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Hi,
first a great big thank-you!!!!!!!!!!!we support our troops and appreciate all that you do..to answer your questions?????? You need suspension with either mods. Forced induction is great and gives 100/150 hp easily. However, a cam/heads/headers/exhaust will do about the same. Turbo will make big numbers with boost but remember!!!!!!!they like lower compression ratio engines plus stronger bottom ends. Just plan your build accordingly to avoid
being unhappy with your choices. Best of luck and may god bless you and your family always...capt'n jim
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driveability will be fine with a H/C setup. just find an excellent tuner.
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magnacharger. i got one for sale if interested




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