as some of you may already know...... earlier this summer i blew the #4 cylinder. well i put the car back to stock and got it covered under warranty. i've been driving this car in completely stock form for almost a month now and well...... i'm having a little bit of modification envy. i dont want to go too crazy on the re-modding of this car because i am going to be putting my car up for sale pretty soon. but i really want to make it faster while i still have it. if it doesn't sell then i'm just going to keep it. i dont want to go nuts with it again, because i'm sure thats why it blew up. so this is my short term, cheap modification list:

3.0" ZZP pulley
stage 2 belt
GM 42lb injectors
1 step colder plugs
air box mod
custom magnaflow exhaust (either axle-back or cat-back, not sure yet)
dyno tune

what do you guys think?

 

sounds conservative. You should have too many problems. May I suggest some cooling mods, not necessarily to help make more power, but just to stay on the safe side. Front mount h/e and hatrickstu ice box would be plenty.

 

well the reason i was only going with a 3" pulley & 42s was so i dont "have" to do the cooling mods. like i said above, i'm going to be putting the car up for sale soon. so basically i dont want to dump too much money into before i sell it. just enough to make it fast enough to personally satisfy me until it's gone and i get something else.

but i guess adding a cobra h/e wouldn't cost too much money.....

 

It's up too you, but I'm just suggesting it because it will be even "safer".

 

cool, thanks for the heads up

 

why not add a CAI?

 

$ reasons..... i'm not looking to put alot of money back into my car. so doing a really good air box mod will be perfectly fine. i'll save roughly $150.

 

true. but i like whine too much to waste any, haha.

 

oh yea i love the whine with a cai on it, but with an air box mod i'll be able to hear it good enough. right now with the stock air box on it i can hear it.

 

so if i ran a 2.8, 1 step coolers, shorter belt, and 42#s, it would be safer to just go ahead and do some cooling mods with it?

 

i would prefer to run 60's with 2.8 and lower. please do cooling mods for any pulley smaller than stock even with stage 2, do at least dual pass option b.

 

i was thinking zzp heat exchanger... that be ok then do 60#s instead

 

you could do either or. with a 2.8 your really pushing the injectors, but if you dont drive hard you'll be ok.

the HE can oly help you, i would suggest doing it first, and building up after that, if you're going in stages.

 

ok thanks... so this is how it will work,: First thing first: Heat exchanger,,, 2.8, 1 step coolers, 60#s, smaller belt,... Who can give me the best tune?

 

holy thread jacking batman

just a little piece of advise MBM........ go with 2 step colder plugs

 

a custom dyno tune via HPTuners is the best, canned tunes suck.

 

sorry rally... slips away into the corner...

 

its not your fault :points at MBM: it's his