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Old 09-30-2008, 08:06 PM
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I'm looking for some ideas on what i should do to my car next. my car is a 96 trans am lt1 m6.

current mods:
mac mid length headers
custom dual cat y pipe
slp lm catback
polished cai
tb bypass
short throw shifter

Im thinking of gears next, 3.73 or maybe 4.10, or LCA cause traction seems to be an issue. What would you guys suggest. Also anyone got any idea of how much hp im putting out with these mods, haven't dynod/tuned it ever.

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Old 09-30-2008, 08:16 PM
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gears would be a good choice and a little stall would wake the car up.. then after in the future porting the heads and intake to get it flowing more and better...that sould get you in the high 12's (also tune, tb, cam...)
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Originally Posted by fast414
gears would be a good choice and a little stall would wake the car up.. then after in the future porting the heads and intake to get it flowing more and better...that sould get you in the high 12's (also tune, tb, cam...)
Stall with an m6 ? Gears would be good.
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LT's, manual fan switch, 160*t-stat, EWP, Trq Arm, STB, DR's, Let's be honest there's alot you haven't done, just what are you looking for? How much money are you looking to spend? How handy are you with a wrench?
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Gears man!
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Gears but be careful you could snap the 10 bolt easily with the M6 and gears passed 3.73 with afew good launches at the track. have you done anything to the suspension ? UMI or BMR make fabulous products
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I'd say suspension next. Some LCA's would be a good investment to keep your wheel hop down and your 10 bolt alive. A panhard bar wouldn't be a bad idea either.




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