LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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underdrive pullies
throttle body coolant bypass
electric water pump
valve springs
roller rockers
160 thermostat
programmer
cold air intake
catback
high flow cats
long tubes
off road y-pipe
air foil
elbow
a.i.r delete

is there anything missing or does that about cover all possible free and bolt on mods?

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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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thats a pretty good list, but u cant have highflow cats and a ORY, and I would add gears and stall/clutch.
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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A/C Delete
Power Steering Delete
Weight Reduction
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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good info guys keep it coming, yeah i dont kno why i put high flow cats and offroad y on the list i was going to buy bullet style cats for the off road pipe where i live in maryland we have emissions so if i use long tubes i have to use cats obd 1 cars have to go on the treadmill
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 12:26 AM
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a tune... pretty much it.. what about fuel injections??
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 01:02 AM
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A few more:
-Bigger TB
-High flow fuel pump
-Bigger injectors
-Gears
-LCA's
-LCA relocation brackets
-PHB
-SFC's
-DR's
-Stall, if your an auto

Also, save your money with the programmer, and just get a mail-order tune. It's a fraction of the cost, and you'll see better gains.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 02:42 AM
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Bigger injectors arew worthless on a bolt on car and would probably hurt performance without a retune for them.


I would only do them of you plan on a decent size cam or head/cam pkg down the road.


Same for a "b igger fuel pump" thats a supporting mod, not a power mod.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 03:34 AM
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http://lt1howto.com/articles/lt1boltons.htm

http://lt1howto.com/articles/lt1freemods.htm
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Weight loss plays a key roll as well
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I said it before, I'll say it again...

!front swaybar!!!!
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by RamAir95TA
I said it before, I'll say it again...

!front swaybar!!!!
Which I'm trying here soon
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by RamAir95TA
I said it before, I'll say it again...

!front swaybar!!!!
^^Great for the strip, *sometimes* not so fun on the street...don't ask
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by irocurpony8489
good info guys keep it coming, yeah i dont kno why i put high flow cats and offroad y on the list i was going to buy bullet style cats for the off road pipe where i live in maryland we have emissions so if i use long tubes i have to use cats obd 1 cars have to go on the treadmill
im in MD aswell, but I have ODBII car so I get off easy, Ive got lucky in the past with no visual check, so hopefully they wont look now lol
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by dilatedpeoples28
im in MD aswell, but I have ODBII car so I get off easy, Ive got lucky in the past with no visual check, so hopefully they wont look now lol

yeah they never do a visual check on obd2 cars the just hook a scan tool the the dianostic port and if theres no codes you pass. My girlfriend lives in st.marys county i might register my car there because they dont have to go to veip
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Elliott's94Z
Weight loss plays a key roll as well
you have a link with a list of stuff i can toss or replace with lighter parts. Right now the only weight loss i id was took the cushion under the dashpad and the spare tire and jack out.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by tspence45
A few more:
-Bigger TB
-High flow fuel pump
-Bigger injectors
-Gears
-LCA's
-LCA relocation brackets
-PHB
-SFC's
-DR's
-Stall, if your an auto

Also, save your money with the programmer, and just get a mail-order tune. It's a fraction of the cost, and you'll see better gains.
bought the programmer when i first bought the car because it was a 2.73 car someone put 3.23's in it so the speedo and shift points were off i just got it to fix those problems i would never use the hypercrap tune.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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Also:
LT4 KM
Short shifter (many would consider this a bolton)
Spark plug mod(read about this somewhere)
Free ram air mod
Ls1 lid conversion
Cutouts
Ported MAF(I wouldn't do it)
MSD opti
MSD coil etc.
Seafoam your car
locking gas cap(SMART MOD!!!!)
I guess a fan switch could be a bolton
Bigger brakes
LT1 Scanmaster(not common, but very handy)
Would a ported intake manifold be a bolton??
Some people consider roller rockers boltons...then again some people consider nitrous a bolton
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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160° thermostat
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by brucealmighty744
Seafoam your car
locking gas cap(SMART MOD!!!!)
? ??????? ??? have you ever tried to put a hose to get gas out of our tanks? Last year during Hurricane Ike i did and there was no way it would go in. There is something in there that wont allow it
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Originally Posted by brucealmighty744
160° thermostat
Useless without programming!
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