What Direction To go, $1k>?
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What Direction To go, $1k>? Looking to spend right around 1000 more dollars on this car and then calling it quits for THIS car. Wondering what kinds of direcetions you guys would go. I know 1 g isn't too much. But just curious what you guys think
Originally Posted by strobelite
Looking to spend right around 1000 more dollars on this car and then calling it quits for THIS car. Wondering what kinds of direcetions you guys would go. I know 1 g isn't too much. But just curious what you guys think
LOL, ok probably funnier to me than you. But what you go so far.
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Originally Posted by strobelite
Looking to spend right around 1000 more dollars on this car and then calling it quits for THIS car. Wondering what kinds of direcetions you guys would go. I know 1 g isn't too much. But just curious what you guys think
Maybe Turbo or Nitrous
but I think that would be a little more than a grand.. I dunno..what doesn't your car have? 
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Originally Posted by strobelite
Looking to spend right around 1000 more dollars on this car and then calling it quits for THIS car. Wondering what kinds of direcetions you guys would go. I know 1 g isn't too much. But just curious what you guys think
Nitrous?
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If I were you I spend the $1000 dollars on a gold plaque with the enscription "That's it for THIS car" on it 
That way you can sit back and laugh hysterically at it in the years to come after you find out exactly how far you're going to wind up going lol !
That way you can sit back and laugh hysterically at it in the years to come after you find out exactly how far you're going to wind up going lol ! Trending Topics
Originally Posted by Racehead
If I were you I spend the $1000 dollars on a gold plaque with the enscription "That's it for THIS car" on it That way you can sit back and laugh hysterically at it in the years to come after you find out exactly how far you're going to wind up going lol !
That way you can sit back and laugh hysterically at it in the years to come after you find out exactly how far you're going to wind up going lol ! So what all do you have Jake? A stall & nitrous, do you have headers yet? A set of DRs, correct? There are so many things you COULD do. I guess it depends on what you plan for next year. Buy something that will build on that. You can never have too many suspension parts. Not only do they help the car hook up, they also keep it from twisting into a pretzel.
The basics are let the air in, and let it out. For an LS1 that means a lid, K&N filter, ported tb, headers & cat-back. Then you can start thinking cam & intake. If you do a cam, you should also get a new opti spark, so that is probably more than $1k. LS1 brakes would be good too. I dunno.....too many choices.
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Ya know it's funny, My first day at the track i was in awe at how fast a 12 was. I told myself and others that someday i want to run a 12, to tell you the truth a 12 isnt too damn fast, its too damn slow
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Originally Posted by strobelite
Ya know it's funny, My first day at the track i was in awe at how fast a 12 was. I told myself and others that someday i want to run a 12, to tell you the truth a 12 isnt too damn fast, its too damn slow
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Originally Posted by mykdiver
And the faster you go the faster you want to go. You go 11s then they are not fast, then 10s, 9s, etc...... No matter how much hp you have you end up getting used to it.
Yep, what he said...There will never be enough...the faster you go, the faster you want to go..It's just a continuous viscous cycle... 
Actually, what I would do is take some of that money and find out why it's not performing off bottle... 
Me and Ellis still want to know what the deal is....I would hope that mid to low 12's @ 108 to 110 mph trap speed, would be the result on engine only.
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Me and Ellis still want to know what the deal is....I would hope that mid to low 12's @ 108 to 110 mph trap speed, would be the result on engine only.
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Originally Posted by jimbob
Actually, what I would do is take some of that money and find out why it's not performing off bottle...
Me and Ellis still want to know what the deal is....I would hope that mid to low 12's @ 108 to 110 mph trap speed, would be the result on engine only.
Jimbob
Me and Ellis still want to know what the deal is....I would hope that mid to low 12's @ 108 to 110 mph trap speed, would be the result on engine only.
Jimbob
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Originally Posted by jimbob
Actually, what I would do is take some of that money and find out why it's not performing off bottle...
Me and Ellis still want to know what the deal is....I would hope that mid to low 12's @ 108 to 110 mph trap speed, would be the result on engine only.
Jimbob
Me and Ellis still want to know what the deal is....I would hope that mid to low 12's @ 108 to 110 mph trap speed, would be the result on engine only.
Jimbob
Originally Posted by strobelite
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