ATTN: Daily driver TA owners
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ATTN: Daily driver TA owners
What all do you have done to your cars? I have an 01 WS6 with hooker long tubed comp headers and flowmaster exhaust. I want a cam and stall but have a baby on the way and need to save money. Obviously my son will not be riding in this car, just want to get stuff done to it without spending thousands. I am just curious what everyone has on their cars that are daily drivers, how much it cost, and the difference it has made with performace, sound etc.
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i daily drive my 2000 TA. mods are listed in sig. basically boltons and almost full suspension. car is way quicker than stock. handles better, rides better, sounds better. a lot more fun to drive haha.
from bone stock to everything in sig i spent about $950 on mods. found most of it really cheap used and installed it all myself.
ditch the flowmaster and get a cutout mwahah
from bone stock to everything in sig i spent about $950 on mods. found most of it really cheap used and installed it all myself.
ditch the flowmaster and get a cutout mwahah
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2000 WS.6 M6
My car came with a K&N Filter and Magnaflow cat back. It was nice for awhile but I got bored. Bought an SLP lid for $90 and sent out my throttle body to be ported which was $65, and then bought an SLP Smooth Bellow. All these together made a nice seat of the pants difference which I am content with for now. I then bought a Short stick cause shifting with the stock hurst seemed to long and cumbersome, now it just takes a flick of the wrist to shift. I think it was $28 for the short stick.
I want to get an LS6 intake $495, SLP long tubes $1350 and a tune $450 when I save up enough, and for suspension, Koni single adjustables $851, Strano springs $275, Adjustable panhard bar $124, and Strano sway bar kit $369.
My car came with a K&N Filter and Magnaflow cat back. It was nice for awhile but I got bored. Bought an SLP lid for $90 and sent out my throttle body to be ported which was $65, and then bought an SLP Smooth Bellow. All these together made a nice seat of the pants difference which I am content with for now. I then bought a Short stick cause shifting with the stock hurst seemed to long and cumbersome, now it just takes a flick of the wrist to shift. I think it was $28 for the short stick.
I want to get an LS6 intake $495, SLP long tubes $1350 and a tune $450 when I save up enough, and for suspension, Koni single adjustables $851, Strano springs $275, Adjustable panhard bar $124, and Strano sway bar kit $369.
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i've got a 99 T/A that's my DD from March thru October. if it's one thing i've learned about modding any car. do it on a budget! don't cheap out, but spend your money wisely. did full exhaust on my car(in my sig.), for under $800. it's all about finding the deals.
good luck with the car...and the kid of course.
good luck with the car...and the kid of course.
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With just intake, LT's, cat-back, 3.73's, ~3500ss, LS6 intake manifold, and a decent cam you can put up some nice numbers for cheap. This is the route I'm going, but I've also put a lot of money into audio, suspension/chassis, and aesthetics.
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On the cheap..... I've got some pacesetters, ory, and hooker cat-back. It sounds alright, I get a little rasp, and I think my muffler has a broken baffle in it. If you get your stuff used on a group purchase off from a sponsor here you can save a couple $$ or so.
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I've Daily Driven mine since new. It's just a basic lid and catback car but with the new Strano Suspension Pkg it's been even more enjoyable.
Also nothing wrong with taking kids in an F-body, my daughter has been cruising Woodward with me since she was 2 months old.
She's almost 4 now and loves Daddy's Car.
Also nothing wrong with taking kids in an F-body, my daughter has been cruising Woodward with me since she was 2 months old.
She's almost 4 now and loves Daddy's Car.
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2001 Trans am WS6 black. H/C,90/90 TB/intake,long tube pace header with straight pipe 1chamber flow,Textralia OZ700and more 430/400 HP/TQ.
fill up gas every 3 weeks,(not really go anywhere just back and fort to work) Brought my new babygirl home from hospital last year,and no more mods since then and kinda getting lazy to wash or detail anymore, love spent the time with my babygirl.
fill up gas every 3 weeks,(not really go anywhere just back and fort to work) Brought my new babygirl home from hospital last year,and no more mods since then and kinda getting lazy to wash or detail anymore, love spent the time with my babygirl.
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i've got a 99 T/A that's my DD from March thru October. if it's one thing i've learned about modding any car. do it on a budget! don't cheap out, but spend your money wisely. did full exhaust on my car(in my sig.), for under $800. it's all about finding the deals.
good luck with the car...and the kid of course.
good luck with the car...and the kid of course.
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Your already at a good spot now with headers and a decent catback. if on a budget i would look into a lid and some gears and that will give you a nice seat of the pants gain. Next i would do an ls6 intake and a nice stall. A stall will give you the most bang for the buck going from stock to something like 3200+ for huge gain and street fun. Once you got these things done i would then look into a cam swap and heads while you got everything apart dont work backwards and do the cam first.
my suggestion.
my suggestion.