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Old 05-15-2011, 07:22 PM
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So ive had my 94 trans am for about 5 months and im finally starting to make extra money i can put in it!! That being said i was thinking starting with a cai, throttle body spacer, and full exhaust. I think thats a decent start..do yall have any recomendations on what throttle body spacer to get or would it be better to get a whole new throttle body?
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A throttle body spacer won't do squat and if you want a bigger throttle body port the intake to accept it
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Don't know of any throttle body spacers for the LT1, not to mention they would be worth ZERO in the HP department, so throw that out the window.

Start with full cat-back exhaust, CAI, then long tube headers. If you're an auto the next mod you should do is a 3600 stall, then gears, suspension.
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Suspension, stall, gears, headers, nitrous, tune. In that order
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There IS One throttle body spacer that can add alot of horse power
heres an example
http://www.jegs.com/i/Barry%20Grant/...0002/-1?CT=999
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Alright all that sounds good..Id like to get the exhaust, cai, tune, suspension, then maybe a cam at somepoint..thats prolly all I really plan doing performance wise..but thanks for the input guys! im gonna start shopping now.
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ebay ftw
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ebay ftw
Don't forget CL -- some great deals there as well!
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Originally Posted by Rainman_11
Don't forget CL -- some great deals there as well!
100% true. Thats where I found my car for a great price. You just have to be careful when buying from there...
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Originally Posted by Rainman_11
Don't forget CL -- some great deals there as well!
thats where i got my pacesetter headers and y for $80 and my ls1 frnt brakes for 40

cl FTW!!
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Originally Posted by Drak03
Suspension, stall, gears, headers, nitrous, tune. In that order.
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I wish I could finally build in that order, but I gotta fix a big clusterfuck of a mess first :/
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Originally Posted by RamAir95TA
Don't know of any throttle body spacers for the LT1, not to mention they would be worth ZERO in the HP department, so throw that out the window.

Start with full cat-back exhaust, CAI, then long tube headers. If you're an auto the next mod you should do is a 3600 stall, then gears, suspension.

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thats where i got my pacesetter headers and y for $80 and my ls1 frnt brakes for 40

cl FTW!!



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