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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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I was looking into buying the shift kit, hogan downpipe, and flipped motor mounts, but cant find them nowhere. Can anyone provide links for me, and tell me if these 3 upgrades will make a power difference on my car????? Also is anything else needed when installing any of these parts?????

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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Shift kit - zzperformance.com but you can get an HP tuner and do it electronically
hogan downpipe - hoganperformance.com - Call or email them if you don't find what you are looking for
flipped motor mounts - DIY look towards the bottom of this post

A little research goes a long way
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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man when i say i appreciate this man you have no idea THANK YOU, I JUST ORDERED THE DOWNPIPE 1 DOWN 2 TO GO
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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Were all in this together. Kurt at Hogan is a great person, and the quality product he delivers is 2nd to none, you'll love it. But it will trigger the check engine light after 3 days or so. An HP Tuner (HPTuners.com) will make quick work of that, and will make your 5.3 purrrrrrrr
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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i hear that man yea i jus ordered the DP7S downpipe i hope i feel a difference. The hp tune will it be able to upload to my Diablo Sports applicator or will i have to do something else. THat link you sent are you sure that was for the flipped motor mounts????? It looks like springs of somesort for the engine or am i wrong also?????
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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Ya from what i understand you either wanna firm up the tranny with mechical part or through a tunner not BOTH.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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kool man thanks
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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Mike - Thanks alot - I'm digging yours as well. The painted rims looks awesome - not to mention 22's - nice.

Bugzy - If you look further down that post, you'll see people start talking about the flipped mounts, keep looking down. Also I'm not sure about the Diablo, the HP Tuner plugs directly into the car OBD port under the sterring wheel and you have complete control over the engine, tranny, emmisions, etc...

Start another post about the Diablo / HP Tuner question.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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Ok i read it sounds easy enough, I just need to get the parts now, as for the diablo tune it is the exact same as the HPtuners, i would hope when i install the pipe nothin happens though. thanks again for everything you guys are the best
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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No parts needed for the motor mount flip - You are just turning the existing mount 90 degrees. Once you take the old mount off, you'll see why. You'll need a long wrench and alot of wd-40
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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wwhhooaa got it that will be my weekend project thanks man.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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There you go, it'll be a good Sunday morning project with coffee, then you'll be ready to burn tire during your Sunday afternoon cruise.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Still need to flip my mount
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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Here is more dicussion on the flipping of the mount -figured I'd add it here:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-front...ount-flip.html
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