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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:02 AM
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ok so i just ordered a umi ajd. panhard bar, lt1 pro kit, and kyb agx. also have black zr1s on the way and will be getting bfg's. once im ready for more mods what should i do. im thinking lt1s, x pipe and bullets dumped. or lts ory and magnaflow. or maybe hollow sways? was thinking of getting 3.73s installed (3.23 right now), but i dont know if its worth to do to the 10 bolt because ill be getting a moser 9" in a couple years. just give me some suggestions of little things i can do.
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def start with simple stuff like CAI, LT's,ORY, Catback or exhaust of your choice. As for the gears, i went from 2.73's to 3.73's. Talk about a night and day difference. But if your planning to put a 9" i might wait. FWIW magnaflow with LT's and ORY sounds sick!
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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def start with simple stuff like CAI, LT's,ORY, Catback or exhaust of your choice. As for the gears, i went from 2.73's to 3.73's. Talk about a night and day difference. But if your planning to put a 9" i might wait. FWIW magnaflow with LT's and ORY sounds sick!
i wish i couldve seen your face when you drove it for the first time with gears lol.

to OP you never stated what mods you currently had, so its hard to give and opinion.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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^^^well here is as close as i can get....
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Originally Posted by lt1noob
ok so i just ordered a umi ajd. panhard bar, lt1 pro kit, and kyb agx. also have black zr1s on the way and will be getting bfg's. once im ready for more mods what should i do. im thinking lt1s, x pipe and bullets dumped. or lts ory and magnaflow. or maybe hollow sways? was thinking of getting 3.73s installed (3.23 right now), but i dont know if its worth to do to the 10 bolt because ill be getting a moser 9" in a couple years. just give me some suggestions of little things i can do.
Well if you are looking to finish off the suspension I would do a UMI torque arm some sway bars or even some subframe connectors. Don't forget about the tower brace too. I put all this on my A4 by UMI and my rides on rails

BTW...gears "3.73" will make you **** yourself. They are a great mod.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:19 PM
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I would do full exhaust and some LCA's with relocation brackets. By lowering your car your about to mess up the suspension geometry the brackets will give it back to you and along with the LCA's will increase traction pretty noticibly.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:21 PM
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k&n in stock airbox, and flowmaster right now. ill probably pick up a cai, but ive heard you can get water in the filter if you drive in the rain so...idk.
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how much would doing 3.73s cost total ( an estimate ) with installation?
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k&n in stock airbox, and flowmaster right now. ill probably pick up a cai, but ive heard you can get water in the filter if you drive in the rain so...idk.
Ive never heard that maybe if you drive in a flood. I ran a Moroso CAI for a couple years on my old car and I drove that thing rain or snow didnt care and no problems.

Gears are just under $200, plus installation of $250-400 including fluids, plus and installation kit your looking at roughly $500-700. I paid close to $600 personally.
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oh ok, not bad, sounds good. hear any good thing about lingenfelter cai?
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oh ok, not bad, sounds good. hear any good thing about lingenfelter cai?
For the price I would get that CAI hands down over any other brand. I have never heard a bad thing about it.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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good, because i like the price, and quality wise it doesnt look any different from k&n and moroso
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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i figured that was the case because lingenfelter makes great products.
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Moroso, K&N, and lingenfelter all make great products...some times it just boils down to user preference and how much you wanna spend.
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well, looks like i have no choice but to buy one, i had a sucking noise coming from my engine lately. so i just looked at it...a big crack in the elbow going to the throttle body, and the coupler going to the filter is fucked. i dont even want to know how much **** already got in the cylinders, so its going to be garaged until i buy parts. so if anyone knows anything about elbows, is this good? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-L...ayphotohosting and would both of the little (yea im a noob) wire things connect directly to this just like the factory elbow?
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Old May 9, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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^^My buddy has that one and likes it. When I busted the elbow on my old car I just got a GM 1LE elbow that appears stock put doesnt have that donkey dong on the bottom of it and I believe it may flow a tad better. You can order one from your local dealer.
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yea, i hate the peice of **** hanging off there anyway. so bascially the "donkey dong" is pointless, and dont need it?
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:03 PM
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gahh...gotta go to work, thanks for all the help dude.
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i replace mine with the trick flow ceramic coated elbow and moroso unit...works very well and very easy to install.
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yea i was thinking a like solid elbow, but for some reason i like the fact of it having a little flexability.
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