98RedBird

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alright, i have $1,000. I have a 98 T/A with a Cat Back, and a Lid with a K&N. what should be my next mods. I have been thinking about a ported TB and CAI, but maybe i should do headers and ypipe, and new Cat back? i dont know, what do you guys think??

lilstephsls1

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headers and y pipe most definitely. what catback do you have now?

98RedBird

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magnaflow, but the guy who had the car before me just used a magnaflow muffler, and just welded a bunch of pipe up from the manifolds back, so i dont know if that is being restrictive or not, but i cannot use it as a cat back, i have to buy a new one.

formulajunky

If its a A4 i would go with converter good bang for the buck

orange01z28

SFCs, LCAs, and a Panhard...especially SFCs

ss rally red

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Pacesetter headers/Off road Y pipe/5177 kit 100 shot.Thousand dollars,300 headers 150 y-pipe/556 for the 5177 kit,this is right out of Summitt....140 rwhp easy. 1.5 secs of stock ET EASY plus 10-15 mph trap speed......you asked.

98RedBird

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yea, i think ill do exhaust, and im getting alot of people saying put her on the bottle. as far as the exhaust goes, the previous owner left the manifolds, got rid of the cats, and then it appears that he just took pipe and welded it back into a magnaflow muffler, and then out the back, everything is placed right, but it doesnt look like he bough a y pipe and then a cat back, could this be hurting my performance??

ls_101

suspension!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, it helps more than u can imagine

blkZ28spt

The most performance gain you will get for $1k is with a high stall converter. Get a new converter, shift kit, temp gauge and tranny cooler. Should also get drag radials and subframe connectors. That can easily run over $1k, so you will have to choose parts wisely and self install would help a lot. Nitrous would add more but it's not avaiable 99% of the time. I highly recommend your first mods be something you get a benefit from each and every time you hit the gas.

But be cafefull and treat the tranny nice. Don't let it get hot, don't get on it over 200* tranny temps, don't go WOT in fourth gear and severely limit WOT downshifts, especially into second gear.

I wouldn't get nitrous. For one, it costs more than $1k to do it right. Buying a bare bones $500 kit and running it with no tuning or way to monitor it is NOT the right way to do it, especially with a large shot.

I personally did the exhaust before the converter because I was all about the sound, and I'm still not sure if I made the right decision in getting headers/duals before converter. If you decide to get the exhaust first you can get coated pacesetters with an off road Y-pipe from TSP for $500, and then your choice of cat-back plus the little/random things. Or you could go with duals.

natronathon

long tubes and duals... thats the way to go. you dont get better sound from the converter, but you do get both power and sound from long tubes and duals. get the converter next if you are an A4

StealthZ06

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Lowering Springs (a MUST for all Fbodies IMO) + Headers

blkZ28spt

Lowering springs? I strongly dissagree. If you lower your car you end up having to worry about every undercar modification affecting your clearance and it screws up your suspension dynamics as well.

StealthZ06

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You don't have to go super low like that. I had a 1.5 inch drop and never had clearance issues. I hate the 4x4 factory look.

blkZ28spt

1.5" drop? What exhaust system were you running? Did you have an added capacity transmission pan? Subframe connectors? Did you run at the track, if so how were your 60's?

Things to consider before lowering. That's when I'm glad I got the ground effects package on mine, it doesn't look as high but I still get good clearance and don't mess up the suspension.