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Old May 23, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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I know we all like to go fast but i need some advice here..My interior is not in the greatest shape and that honestly bothers me. It bothers me more than being slow believe it or not. I have roughly 355rwhp with an ls6 cam and full exhaust. Now, should i

A. Get an ls6 intake manifold , g5x3 cam, all valvetrain parts and a tune. (very expensive because i dont do labor)

B. Get sick leather seats and fix other interior

Idk if its worth to get a cam. I'll just get sick of the power in 3 days and it doesn't stop. My last car had 550rwhp and it was slow after a week...Alot of people feel that a ok looking 9 second car is better than a beautiful 11 second car. I dont know if i feel that way..
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Old May 23, 2008 | 05:37 PM
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sounds like your car is plenty fast enough right now (even though you can never be too fast!) i would go with the interior. i'm the same way with my car.
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Old May 23, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Definitely go with the interior dude
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Old May 23, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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interior...

if your gonna be regular speed might as well look good doing it
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Old May 23, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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first of all, nice avatar!

second, go with the interior if it bothers you more than being slow.
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Old May 23, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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I agree.. You can always do the MODS to the motor later. make it look nice.
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Old May 24, 2008 | 12:53 AM
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id say spend some good money on the interior, your car can be fast, but if you feel terrible sitting in it it wont matter.
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Old May 24, 2008 | 01:00 AM
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Is there a place i can bring my ripped seats to, to get them re-done? Some kind of an upholstery shop?
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go fast and clean it up later...........but thats just me. leather wont beat the cobra in lane one.


but if racing is not your thing. shes fast enough. Good luck with whatever you do.
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Old May 26, 2008 | 08:34 AM
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a local upholstry shop fixed the leather drivers seat out of my truck $140.
i pulled it and took it to them after the estimate.
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