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Old 01-10-2008, 03:22 PM
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Since i JUST got my SLP LM1's i was thinking of getting BBK Cold Air Intake, and when income tax comes in, get a new midpipe.

is cold air best thing to get next?
 
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Old 01-10-2008, 03:26 PM
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CAI wont do anything but waste your money. Id go with gears/ tuner, or long tubes/ midpipe. Dont waste your money on those little stupid mods.
 
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Old 01-10-2008, 03:34 PM
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What he said
 
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Old 01-10-2008, 04:27 PM
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ouch, k..
 
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Old 01-10-2008, 07:16 PM
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Comon on now....they look good at least and you get a little HP from them!


Originally Posted by 03gtmustang
CAI wont do anything but waste your money. Id go with gears/ tuner, or long tubes/ midpipe. Dont waste your money on those little stupid mods.
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 05:47 AM
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Your best mod for the intake is pull the intake silencer off the stock airbox. Its the rubber part that is on the plastic airbox and goes into the fender. It just pulls right off. Take that off and get a K&N drop in filter from ebay used will cost you almost nothing and just get a cleaning kit for them and do that. Intakes add very little as the stock setup isnt that bad.
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 03gtmustang
CAI wont do anything but waste your money. Id go with gears/ tuner, or long tubes/ midpipe. Dont waste your money on those little stupid mods.
+1
4.10's FTW!
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 10:09 AM
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lol, lets say i wont be doing much mods to my car anyway...would CAI be an ok mod or is there something else UNDER 200 that would benefit my car better...

i got my Exhaust for christmas, and i got an extra 200 right now...prolly wont be getting another mod til income tax (midpipe) and prolly wont be getting many mods often, maybe every few months...
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 12:06 PM
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Cant save your money? Already addicted huh?
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 12:50 PM
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lol, well its hard to save... not making too much money ATM, and a girlfriend, and gas is like 3.15 a gallon ((gt kinda guzzles it down like beer))

so wanted to try to find a good mod for under 200...lol
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 01:51 PM
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Save the cash till you can do the gears. You'll love it.
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 02:38 PM
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Get a K&N or JLT....don't waste your time with BBK
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 03:57 PM
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Buy the gears...just wait on the install
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 06:11 AM
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ya...think imma just save for SLP catted O/R Xpipe and buy a handheld tuner...with the free tune, get it tuned for my SLP1's and Xpipe, then start saving for gears/install and then get a new tune after that...(over the coarse of a year )


sounds like a good plan to aim for?
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 07:00 AM
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Lower control arms from MM are $250 and though they won't give you more power, you'll be able to put more to the road and be able to handle better. Also, have you though about upgrading the little things like your clutch quadrant? How about the shifter (if it's manual)? Intake elbows are around $100 if you want to go that way. Otherwise, I'm w/ everyone else and just save your cash for better stuff.
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 08:35 AM
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my above post basically is what everyone else said (Xpipe, Gears and a tune)

and nope, cars an automatic.
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 09:30 AM
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Cars are like "CRACK" one bolt on and your hooked. Next thing you know youre at the blood bank selling blood to get underdrive pulleys. Knocking over 711's to get a turbo. GOTTA LOVE IT!!! Get some gears.
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by m0nkeh
my above post basically is what everyone else said (Xpipe, Gears and a tune)

and nope, cars an automatic.
You can still do a shifter. I had a auto and put a B&M hammer shifter in it. Way cool shifter.
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 10:58 AM
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so would u prefer shiftkit over the 3 mods i listed? lol, i dont plan on doing Tuner+Xpipe+gears and install within next month...im thinking over a few months...

but cant wait
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 11:45 AM
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No, I was just saying you can get a cool shifter for an auto. Its not a shift kit, its a shifter.http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...45773_-1_10517
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TUFF 4.6
Cars are like "CRACK" one bolt on and your hooked. Next thing you know youre at the blood bank selling blood to get underdrive pulleys. Knocking over 711's to get a turbo. GOTTA LOVE IT!!! Get some gears.

I know what you mean man...started a year and a half ago...with a CAI....8 grand later...HERE I AM!!!
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 03:09 PM
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BBK blows!!! Dont buy anything BBK! CAI is ok, just buy one thats reputable and actually does add performance gains (maybe 5rwhp). C&L and JLT are the only ones I trust.
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by spartacus
BBK blows!!! Dont buy anything BBK! CAI is ok, just buy one thats reputable and actually does add performance gains (maybe 5rwhp). C&L and JLT are the only ones I trust.
hmmm...their LT headers have been known to be quite good.
 
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Old 01-17-2008, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by spartacus
BBK blows!!! Dont buy anything BBK! CAI is ok, just buy one thats reputable and actually does add performance gains (maybe 5rwhp). C&L and JLT are the only ones I trust.
Pretty sure the BBK CAI is the one with the 90* bend right before the MAF, no?
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 12:23 PM
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I believe Densecharger is the one that has that.
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 03gtmustang
Pretty sure the BBK CAI is the one with the 90* bend right before the MAF, no?
Yes, BBK's is like that.
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 02:58 PM
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save for some gears. is my 2 cents.
 
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