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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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I got a lot of help when I was choosing gears on here so mabe you all can help me with this. I have a 02 A4 Z28 with 47k miles. I have exhaust, lid, and 3.73s and Im really lost on what to do next. I was looking into cams but apparently it wouldn't be worth it with stock headers. Then theres a stall. And then there is some nitrous as well. This car is my daily driver but my ride is short. My original thought was a cam but then the whole stock headers thing. I dont have the money to do both. And nitrous is like a little devil on my shoulders. Im just a little afraid of the nitrous. But if its done right there shouldn't be problems with a 100 shot right? I just don't know......

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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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a 100 shot wouldnt be too harsh, esp with your miles. its not as bad as you hear it to be, nitrous that is. maybe go get headers now and port your intake manifold since you have the ls6 and then next time you are getting ready to mod again, you can cam it!
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 08:10 PM
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porting ur ls6 intake will not get u anything....go for the stall, i'd go yank, may b atleast a 4000 if its gnna b seeing a lot of track time
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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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nitrous doesn't hurt engines, the people that use it do... its all about being responsible with it. yea there are freak accidents (ex window switch malfunction) but for the most part it can be a relatively safe mod as long as its used properly.
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nitrous doesn't hurt engines, the people that use it do... its all about being responsible with it. yea there are freak accidents (ex window switch malfunction) but for the most part it can be a relatively safe mod as long as its used properly.
+1 ....i whould also get some headers.....nitrous is a great mod if u knw how to use it properly...there are many lsx's spraying with well over 100,000
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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 07:25 AM
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my vote would be headers or a stall
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