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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 10:55 PM
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i already have the Borla, MTI lid, and eibach springs with numerous other appearance mods (dont worry, no ricer ****!!). I would like to have the car up to about 500-650 streetable hp. Does anybody have suggestions on how i can do this with about 4k in the bank? it is also a M6 by the way <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 12:44 AM
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sup man ,

I dont know if 4k is gonna be enough for 650hp but you should get 500 with theses mods heads , cam , intake , ported TB,Headers off road y-pipe and a (Nitrous kit If you wanna go that way ) should do the trick depending of what shot and kit you go with ..thats my 2 cents
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Old Apr 17, 2003 | 04:54 PM
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dude,my heads and cam was $3,000,my headers were over $1,000 and the 12bolt (you will need one with any real hp)was $2,400 the mass air,lid,pulley,shifter and ported t-body was another $700.00.you will need all this and a n.o.s to make around 600hp.ow yeah,my new block was another $4,000.please dont think i'm being an ***,i'm just telling you it's alot.if you want to save alot just use n.o.s and all the boltons you will be in the 11's. goodluck to ya man.
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Old Apr 21, 2003 | 05:30 PM
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well looks like i need to save me pennies! so i should be able to get 500 with that. thats ok for now. ill be keeping the car quite awhile bc it only has 36000 mi on it. i may just save 8000 for the single turbo kit to make 600 hp. What the hell ill just move back in mwith my brother and eat his food to save my money hahaha! Ill probably get a cam or heads next. Which type of heads to get???? <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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