Considering some 2000 LS1 upgrades...

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Sep 27, 2016 | 09:03 AM

wannafbody

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Considering some 2000 LS1 upgrades...

Which would net the most gains? Upgrade the LS1 intake and throttle body first or swap a set of 243 heads first? Obviously swapping the intake and TB first is easiest.

Sep 27, 2016 | 09:05 AM

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What year car, and is it an automatic or manual transmission? What will be the primary use of the vehicle?

Sep 27, 2016 | 10:29 AM

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It's a 2000 LS1 TA M6, street driven car, for that reason, hogged out ported heads aren't really in the cards, looking for budget mods.

Sep 27, 2016 | 10:33 AM

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I would recommend starting with headers, ypipe, airlid, and tune. These mods will offer some nice gains and are really a big part of preparing for future modifications like an aftermarket camshaft, ported cylinder heads, etc.

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Sep 27, 2016 | 11:10 AM

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A tune can really help. FWIW my car's factory tune sucked a lot. After I put long tubes on I got it tuned and it ran great, but I had a high rpm knock for years that I should have had fixed earlier, even without the headers I'm sure it would have run better.