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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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So good shops in houston or do you guys want to have a tech day?

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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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g-force is closest to me but i dont know were you are

HPE also gets alot of good comments from guys here
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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g-force is closest to me but i dont know were you are

HPE also gets alot of good comments from guys here

I am out in Conroe. So i plan on just coming to Houston. Not much around here
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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i used fastlane performance
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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what kind of exhaust does the car have now?
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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longtube headers. is the car an auto or manual? if its a manual, get an aftermarket shifter.

dynotune got me 30hp after my header install, but you might want to wait till you get done with all the basic boltons that affect fuel/air before you pay for a tune.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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longtubes headers and a pully
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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trust me when I say put a stall on it before anything that's what I did when it was bone stock and well the rest was hella fun and history now Hell I will even help you put it in...
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by no_more_z28
trust me when I say put a stall on it before anything that's what I did when it was bone stock and well the rest was hella fun and history now Hell I will even help you put it in...

Do you have a part # or a brand I can start looking for?
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by osvaldo
what kind of exhaust does the car have now?

SLP loud mouth
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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D1SC PROCHARGER

Also heads and cam, but not before you get that cutout I told you about.. Screw catbacks they are expensive and don't have the gains of a cutout.

PS, Get a tune else that bitch will be a TUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURDDD!!!!
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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Do you have a part # or a brand I can start looking for?
vigilante or a yank converter I've owned both and had no problems with either one and I dogged the crap out of them...
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