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Old 12-04-2009, 08:27 AM
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Question Mod's that made your car more enjoyable/fun

Which mods did you do to your car that made the car more enjoyable,fun and simply wanted you to drive the car more?

This can be anything from engine mods, suspension, wheels, tires, etc. I think it could possibly be a good thread, maybe we can see a bit of a trend in mods!
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numero uno on the list is EXHAUST!!!
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4.10 gears in my 6 spd made it WAY more fun to drive around town. Feels much more "peppy" That or Long tubes and true duals. But even with a stock car gears would be the first thing i would do.
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Id have to say Gears (4:10s). Did a cam and that just was a pain for about a month before I got the bugs worked out of it, but gears makes it fun..
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While speed is a blast, what would make my car more fun to drive would be better clutch hydraulics and a Pro 5.0 shifter. Nothing like really feeling connected to the car, and the car being predictable.
But yeah, who doesn't love the exhaust...
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I would have to say long tubes as well. After you get long tubes you don't feel like you are driving a stock car anymore. You can get a lid, intake, catback, or whatever, and the car still feels stock. Once you go to long tubes, its the first mod that really makes you feel like you are driving a modded car.
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3;73 gears made my originaly 2;73 geared car a lot more fun to drive .My new ZR1 wheels and tires will make me feel a lot better about the way it looks too.
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nitrous, stall and drag radials
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Strano Springs, Swaybars and Koni's
Theres nothing like a car sticking when it's hammered around winding roads
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exhaust is a must have.. and gears and a cam
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GEARS FTW..Espciacally if you have an orginally equipped 2.73... Just make sure you have some sticky tires because you will melt the rubber right off!
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well to the ws6 pretty much just basic boltons but i loved seeings peoples expression after i put in the t-rex cam and got it tuned. especially this mustang(03-04 GT) at the gas station. i pulled up and started pumping my gas and he pulled in and piped it a few times and i just smirked and as he was walking outta the station i started the ws6 and he just shook his head. LOL. then the guy next to me at the other pump was like wow. lol. pretty funny.
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[QUOTE=Juicy J;12578376]I would have to say long tubes as well. After you get long tubes you don't feel like you are driving a stock car anymore.
Agreeded!! after LT's & full exahust I didn't wanna turn the radio on LOL!

Originally Posted by drummydummy
4.10 gears in my 6 spd made it WAY more fun to drive around town. Feels much more "peppy" .
Also agree w/this one!..After about a year w/LT's full exahust Idid 4.10's
in my M6 car & OMG!!!! fell in love all over again!!

Originally Posted by Ice78Transam
While speed is a blast, what would make my car more fun to drive would be better clutch hydraulics
I'm still workin on this myself!....Funny I can melt tha tires off the back so i know the clutch holds but getting it to shift over 6000rpm is kickin my ***!!
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Cam...
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This thread is going great so far. I leave for an hour and 11 replies. So far im seeing exhaust and gears being the top 2.

I would like 4.10's but I dont know how my stock 10 bolt would like that. I dont race the car, I drive it around town, just cruise.
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I would say a nice set of shocks springs would make a great benifit from stock.

My car has a stall only and im really glad i chose this before gears which would be another fun mod thats relatively cheap.
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[QUOTE=TRANS-DAD;12578566]
Originally Posted by Juicy J
I would have to say long tubes as well. After you get long tubes you don't feel like you are driving a stock car anymore.
Agreeded!! after LT's & full exahust I didn't wanna turn the radio on LOL!


Also agree w/this one!..After about a year w/LT's full exahust Idid 4.10's
in my M6 car & OMG!!!! fell in love all over again!!


I'm still workin on this myself!....Funny I can melt tha tires off the back so i know the clutch holds but getting it to shift over 6000rpm is kickin my ***!!
The Tick master fixed that problem for me!
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ls1 swap

also the switch from white bench seat interior to black buckets with SS dash (round gauges with tach instead of rectangle speedo and dummy lights)
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Modified LS7

SPC UCA and LCA with ATX spindles, SKF C6 racing hubs, custom 600 # coils DA Varishocks all around, G-Link 4 link rear, DSE quick ratio steering box.

Low profile electric cutouts are a crowd stopper.
Hurst line lock great for smokey burn-outs



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Stall and sticky tires.



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