good mods for low budget
good mods for low budget im looking for some mods for my 95 formula LT1 with a low budget...little things here and there that will give me a lil more horse...i recently got the bbk crank pulley set....would the air flow booster for the TB be a good one???
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3.73's if auto. 4.10's if 6spd
won't create more power, but best bang for the buck 10x over. knowing what I know now, gearing would have been the first thing I did to my car, not the last.
won't create more power, but best bang for the buck 10x over. knowing what I know now, gearing would have been the first thing I did to my car, not the last.
Spend your money on a nice CAI, and you can find a nice used catback on here for pretty cheap. Those were my first mods and they helped with the kick in pants feeling. It depends on how small your budget is. Dont forget the free mods also.
PS your car looks good.
PS your car looks good.
BUY USED!!
Don't get a catback. Get a cutout. Cheaper and flow more. Plus you can quiet it down if you want. best of both worlds.
$100 INSTALLED
Buy an intake (CAI) I have one used for sale that has 2k miles on it. Others sell theirs all the time. So BUY USED!
$100-150 You install
Try to find someone parting out a 6 speed locally and buy their rearend. 3.42s are better than 3.23/2.73s. I got one for $100 or $150. Don't remember but you can't buy just the gears for that cheap. Plus labor install for yourself or someone else is bypassed as well.
$150ish plus you install
If you have an auto then get a cooler and a stall. <----absolute best bang for the buck in the auto world. Beyond nitrous.
$500-700 YOU install
With these mods you SHOULD see LOW 13s for about $1k. Piecing it together one at a time.
Almost forgot. Mail order tune. Made my car feel totally different. It felt so CRISP after. Definitely woke the car up.
Don't get a catback. Get a cutout. Cheaper and flow more. Plus you can quiet it down if you want. best of both worlds.
$100 INSTALLED
Buy an intake (CAI) I have one used for sale that has 2k miles on it. Others sell theirs all the time. So BUY USED!
$100-150 You install
Try to find someone parting out a 6 speed locally and buy their rearend. 3.42s are better than 3.23/2.73s. I got one for $100 or $150. Don't remember but you can't buy just the gears for that cheap. Plus labor install for yourself or someone else is bypassed as well.
$150ish plus you install
If you have an auto then get a cooler and a stall. <----absolute best bang for the buck in the auto world. Beyond nitrous.
$500-700 YOU install
With these mods you SHOULD see LOW 13s for about $1k. Piecing it together one at a time.
Almost forgot. Mail order tune. Made my car feel totally different. It felt so CRISP after. Definitely woke the car up.
Last edited by LSWHO; Apr 19, 2008 at 09:42 PM.
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Get some rockers too. There's a guy on the board here selling 1.6s for $75. Get some brand new GM valve springs good to .560 lift for $60 and they come with valve seals, locks and retainers. Less than $150, a couple hours in the garage, and you've gained nearly 20hp. Good luck.
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160 stat and a hypertech tuner buy in ebay for $100-150 used an unlocked 160 stat is like $25 a cooler car makes more power. Gears a must, auto 3.73 m6 4.10 you wont regret it. Underdrive pulley, tb bypass, maf, cutout you feel the difference!
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for first mods, i would honestly do a cam and cutout right away. it's rediculous when u have a shiity, beat up LT1 pull up next to u and beat you because he did engine work right from the get-go (for relatively cheap now-a-days, too). in my case though however, i get over it quickly because with everything i have done, my car is MUCH nicer, both inside and out haha.
and after u get the cam in, get 4.10s/3.73s for cheap, an aftermarket short-throw shifter and drag radials. you'll need a tune for all these, too. believe me, you'll be just about top-dog in your area. you'll have the best of all 3 worlds: 1) traction with the tires, 2) better breathing with the cam/cutout, and 3) incredible shift speeds so you don't lose any of that new-found momentum. the only thing is, you may still have some trouble with the LS1s around, because we all know there's no such thing as a stock LS1 anymore... haha
oh yea i almost forgot... if you want to go *****-to-the-wall, get nitrous on top of all that, as well.
all of those mods are cheap, too! talk about tight-budget performance...
and after u get the cam in, get 4.10s/3.73s for cheap, an aftermarket short-throw shifter and drag radials. you'll need a tune for all these, too. believe me, you'll be just about top-dog in your area. you'll have the best of all 3 worlds: 1) traction with the tires, 2) better breathing with the cam/cutout, and 3) incredible shift speeds so you don't lose any of that new-found momentum. the only thing is, you may still have some trouble with the LS1s around, because we all know there's no such thing as a stock LS1 anymore... haha
oh yea i almost forgot... if you want to go *****-to-the-wall, get nitrous on top of all that, as well.
all of those mods are cheap, too! talk about tight-budget performance...
me too, start from the rear and work your way forward, and do all the free mods!
going from 3.42 to 3.73 wouldnt be worth the money spend IMO. Go with 4.10s or keep your stock gears. I maybe lost 1 mpg when switching to 4.10s and its a heck of a lot more fun to drive.
Throttle body bypass is where you take the coolant lines running through the bottom of the throttle body and connect those two hoses together to bypass running hot coolant through the bottom of the throttle body so it doesnt heat the air coming in
Throttle body bypass is where you take the coolant lines running through the bottom of the throttle body and connect those two hoses together to bypass running hot coolant through the bottom of the throttle body so it doesnt heat the air coming in
the new torque arm? If your looking for budget mods torque arm isnt really a budget mod. A good chassis mounted torque arm is gonna run you 400+ but in my experiences made the single biggest difference in my suspension with respect to traction. If you wanna get into some budget w/ suspension your best bet is relocation brackets. They will run you from 60-80 and gave me more bite. I wouldn't waste money on LCA though...they did nothing for me.