transam600hp

the car is almost stock. it has a kn c/a/i on it. what are the frist mods i should do to it. or the best to start with.

Armyman2445

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Headers, and exahust.

Oso Vega

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just skip to the 150 shot and get it over with.

FASTFATBOY

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Throttlebody airfoil

Throttlebody bypass

Single in single out muffler on catback

Headers

Roller rockers

TUne


David

SpeedDensityZ

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+1 Then after that gears and sticky tires.

Oso Vega

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I guess I am the only one that isn't a believer in buying stuff that he is eventually going to get tired of and replace

infinitebird

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why would you get tired of headers, rockers, a tune, exhaust, or gears?

sure you can step up to nitrous later if you want to, but boltons will always help.

Bones Z28

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headers, exhaust and ignition and pcm tune.

AnthonyConstant

I think he means. Come up with a plan, and checklist. Ultimate goals.Not wasting a couple hundred on items that will need to be replace to upgrade.

nesqwick_05

+100000000000

nothing better then setting out a plan of what you want for the car before anything else...

and avoid hp goals, focus on ETs (could be purely opinion but ive always gone by this)

Super28Sport

Don't listen to this guy.

Cat Back

Headers/Y-pipe

Tires

infinitebird

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Ah, well I would agree with that. Since his other post was "just skip to a 150 shot" I thought he was basically saying it was pointless to do small mods since you would just get sick of them and want something major.

Oso Vega

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That's what I was getting at. Sorry, I didn't get my point across very well.

The 150 shot thing was a slight joke also....kinda.

AnthonyConstant

I understood you perfect....

My first mod was actually a 150 shot, then tires.....

revtime

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I agree with the guys above in that you need to sit down and think about what you want to do with the car and then make a plan.
I started out listening to the Fbody masses and did what most others were doing at the time. Very few of those parts are still left on my car. Most were sold or given away and replaced with hardcore drag racing parts. The way my car is setup now is what I should have done in the first place. Alot of money and aggravation would have been saved.

Suggestions are fine but ultimately you will have to decide what the car is going to do and work toward that goal.
Don't be afraid to look to circle track, dirt modifieds, or even the tuner market for parts and ideas.

Make the car your own, not a clone.

1badzee

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headers, intake, cutout, air foil and or larger tb, 4.10s and tires [:

is it an a4 or m6?

moehorsepower

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Also do a search on types of bolt ons, so you do not waste your money, such as headders, go Long tubes,(10+ HP) shortys (3-5 HP) over stock manifolds, Air Foil,(1-3 HP if any) if you are looking to get every ounce of HP then OK, but we have performed Dyno test on these and other products.

FASTFATBOY

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I will take 3 hp for $15 ALL DAY EVERY DAY!

Airfoil is proven, was proven WAY before the 4th gen. TPI engines proved this mod along time ago.

Up to 450 hp, nothing wrong with a set of MAC shorty headers and Y pipe. My car with a six speed made 380rwhp with a set with a 355 and a small cam(225-230) through a full SLP 2OTL.(6 speed) I had no ground clearance scraping brain damage either.


David

moehorsepower

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I agree, But back when the airfoils first came out there were like $35-40 and on stock engines we saw from no gains and up to 1-3 hp on modded cars. As far as on the shorty, again we dynoed a car with stock manifolds, then installed shorties and there was only like a 3 HP gain, then went Long tubes and the increase was around 10-12 HP on a stock motor. but it does all add up eventually, so if you can pick up a couple of horses here and there for a REASONABLE price then go for it...

qwk93ta

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I would also look into replacing the cheap stock shifter, I like my Pro 5.0.