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Old 12-31-2008, 02:53 AM
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I have a bone stock 2000 formula, i need suggestions for upgrades, i have 1,000 bucks or so, give or take a few hundred, can i get some help? thanks in advance! AUTO
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Stall, exhaust, cam, gears in that order id say. Then suspension.

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ima say a lid and headers and a cat back my buddie has one for a hundred bucs i hear the jegs one is decent. yo should have about 400 left after this ....maybe tired id say
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It's an auto? Stall it.
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cam..then save for stall and stickies
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best possible upgrade would be n2o....would be the biggest boost in power for the smallest cash spent.

but for bolt ons its simple...air in, exhaust out, power transfer

lid, headers, catback, stall, gears, suspension

those would be over $1000, but that gives you some options. if you buy used you can save some serious coin.
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I would do lt's, ory, cut out, lid and n2o
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lid, exhaust, 4.10s, anything left over goes to the new tire fund...and all free mods
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Originally Posted by dan stewart
it's an auto? Stall it.
+1 on the stall!!!
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definitely stall!! but that will eat up your whole 1,000!!!

id say get a lid, and some pacesetter headers and a cutout or used catback, and some drag radials.. that will be a big performance boost..then get a stall and cam!!
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4400 stall, drag radials and 4.10's or 4.56's it will be slightly over a 1000 if you can install yourself if not you would be lucky to afford the converter alone.
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thanks for all the replys, i am not too smart in the exhaust area, mainly because everyone says a different setup is better lol, so SOUND ASIDE whats the best full exhaust?

can someone please tell me? another thing, whats free mods?
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Best as in most power? ARH Long Tubes with TSP X pipe but that will run around $1500.
If you want to do it on the cheap and still make power, pacesetter long tubes, ory and a dynomax bullet bumped right off of the y pipe, around $500 brand new. Free mods are port throttle body, tb bypass, descreen maf and there might be a few more
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If it's an auto, nothing is going to make it go faster down the track for a $1000 than a converter.
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Originally Posted by teke184
best possible upgrade would be n2o....would be the biggest boost in power for the smallest cash spent.

but for bolt ons its simple...air in, exhaust out, power transfer

lid, headers, catback, stall, gears, suspension

those would be over $1000, but that gives you some options. if you buy used you can save some serious coin.
agreed..........
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I say stall it then look into a exahust.




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