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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 05:53 PM
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Default can u tell the difference with a lid?
I have a stock 2000 camaro ss 6-speed and it has the optional exhaust and i was wondering if i were to purchase a lid and put it on would i be able to tell the difference with the seat of the pants feel?
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Yea, you should be able to. A lid is like the fundamental mod anyway.
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Old Feb 18, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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Yeah, I already had a cat-back on my car, and didn't notice a whole lot from the cat-back itself, but when I installed the lid there was a HUGE difference, especially up top. The stock lids on these cars suck and really hold the car back.
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no, no real diffrence.. it feels faster becuase there is a sucking sound.. but thats about it. i saw no trap or ET improvement
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It is mainly in your head, but I think a dyno will yield that you did gain something from it.
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my car had zero wheel hop before the lid. after the lid i couldnt keep the tires on the ground.

so then i had a field day on the spohn website, no more problems
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You got that much power from a lid? Did it come with a intake attatched to it?
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once you get into high rpm's you will feel a diference, not a SOTP, but something, but i think everyone will agree that it should be one of the first mods you should do to your car!!
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i felt ALOT more with my exhaust. The lid i really didn't feel antyhing. but i'm not saying it doesn't help , don'tget me wrong. the stocker is deff restricted
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i felt ALOT more with my exhaust. The lid i really didn't feel antyhing. but i'm not saying it doesn't help , don'tget me wrong. the stocker is deff restricted
You summed up my feelings well.
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It is mainly in your head, but I think a dyno will yield that you did gain something from it.
I agree there....I think I saw a thread where he gained 4 or 5 hp....
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no, no real diffrence.. it feels faster becuase there is a sucking sound.. but thats about it. i saw no trap or ET improvement
What sucking sound. I was mad when i bought mine. It was like i said 99 bucks for nothing.
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slight whistle on part throttle. ^^^


what filter and lid?
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I felt a difference with my lid
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you cant really feel a diffrence with just the lid, but the lid helps the other mods work better... a lid should be the 1st mod on an ls1 fbody....and i love the whistle sound BTW
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with the slp lid and a k&n (160$)i felt a difference on top,and better throttle response.porting the tb helped just as much
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felt more with headers, maybe because my lid was on when i bought the car!
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Personally, I didn't feel a diffrence. I definatly could hear a diffrence though. But, without a doubt should be the first mod you do.
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Originally Posted by dpw41285
felt more with headers, maybe because my lid was on when i bought the car!
You're going to feel alot from the headers, esp. after a good tune. A lid is the first fundamental mod IMO. I felt a little difference, but nothing that would blow you away.
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