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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:22 AM
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I have a new air intake, GM exhaust, and S2 supercharger kit and i was wondering what you guys thought would be the next best thing to put in my car. I found really nice Headers and Downpipes without a cat so i think im going to get that, but im still open to hear what u all think
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiki
I have a new air intake, GM exhaust, and S2 supercharger kit and i was wondering what you guys thought would be the next best thing to put in my car. I found really nice Headers and Downpipes without a cat so i think im going to get that, but im still open to hear what u all think
pretty much ur on the right path..a full exhaust is a really good upgrade on the balt...hp gains are between 15-20hp if not more
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:35 AM
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also has anyone heard of anything about the BORLA CAT-BACK EXHAUST SYSTEM, was looking at it, sounds good but who knows if it really performs

or any of the Corsa ones, they look pretty nice to
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 04:07 AM
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As I always say when someone asks these questions. COOLING MODS. Even stock you'll see huge gains. TRUST ME I KNOW. You are definitely beyond the limit of the stock heat exchanger, definitely get a cobra on there and meth injection would help quite a bit too!
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 04:08 AM
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As I always say when someone asks these questions. COOLING MODS. Even stock you'll see huge gains. TRUST ME I KNOW. You are definitely beyond the limit of the stock heat exchanger, definitely get a cobra on there and meth injection would help quite a bit too!
danm im i need a cobra exchanger..prolly explains why my car goes into limp mode after 150mph
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 04:11 AM
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GEESE! 150! Is there a need to go that fast? lol. I only race to what I trap. Those races with the wrx and gsx that I posted in the vids section I went to 105 cause I'm betting that's what I trap now. My meth is installed and working and I bumped the timing 5degrees. I still need a tune though.
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 10:18 AM
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look at the cti header downpipe and exaust.... its sexy lol

i have the cti header and downpipe and its nice as hell
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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how much is the heat exchanger and wahts it do, and do u see good gains from it, does it need to be tuned or anything?? thanks guys
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 10:31 AM
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smaller pulley... but exhaust first imo...
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ralliartist
As I always say when someone asks these questions. COOLING MODS. Even stock you'll see huge gains. TRUST ME I KNOW. You are definitely beyond the limit of the stock heat exchanger, definitely get a cobra on there and meth injection would help quite a bit too!
Where would be the best place to get the meth/water injectors and the cobra heat exchanger?
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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The borla is just as good of a system as the corsa however personally I like how the corsa sounds.
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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get a 2.9" pulley from nate its like $50 wont get cheaper pwer than that
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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Where would be the best place to get the meth/water injectors and the cobra heat exchanger?
ebay is where I got both of mine. But you can get on mustang boards and find those guys ditching their stock heat exchangers for bigger aftermarket ones. The stock cobra heat exchanger is already much bigger than ours and you just mount it like a FMIC. Looks great and drops IAT's like 15-20degrees which EQUALS more power!

Water/meth you can find on ebay or you can just google it and find all kinds of kits. I use cooling mist kit and it is boost activated. I have mine set to activate at 6psi. when I launch and it activates, you can tell cause it will make the tires break loose again. Kind of like nitrous lol. But what it does is drop the IAT's another 50-70degrees, which will make LOADS more power, and you can tune more aggressively since it ups your octane. I put 89 octane in my car but with the meth kit I'm probably at like 95 or so. I use alky in my meth kit. 3rd gear pulls like a raped ape now. Plus the boost comes on faster and I hit 12.5psi easier now. I don't have to ring the car out so much. Denser air will do that for you though. Pm me for more details.
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Iv heard from a few people that a meth kit requires someone with a LOT of experience with it, did any of you find this to be true also? or is it fairly easy to install and set up
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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ive heard alot of you talking bout nate whose that and where do you order that 2.9 pulley from
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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ive heard alot of you talking bout nate whose that and where do you order that 2.9 pulley from
Link to his pulleys made to fit the GM Stage II hub...

He makes his own hub too, check out his other listings for that if your car isn't already Stage II'ed.

He ships the same or next day from Minnesota, you'd get it in Wisconsin in two days max...
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 09:56 PM
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THANKS just ordered my 2.85
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 08:27 AM
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This is the first time I've ever used meth and it was really easy to install and It is really easy to use. I haven't got my tune yet, but just from adding the meth, the car pulls crazy up top now. MUCHO faster than even my 101 traps.
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 09:37 AM
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Really Cobra H/e's work much better as a compliment to a dual pass aftercooler. My stock H/E never got warm or heat soaked until I did a dual pass, then I did the cobra H/E and it doesn't get heat soaked anymore.

You could look into that. But your best bet is probably one of Nates pulleys.
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 11:44 AM
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I've got the Borla, I love it. Not too loud, not too quiet. But i've never heard the Corsa so i dont know how they compare
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiki
also has anyone heard of anything about the BORLA CAT-BACK EXHAUST SYSTEM, was looking at it, sounds good but who knows if it really performs

or any of the Corsa ones, they look pretty nice to
Gmpp exhaust is borla.(it even says it on the instructions) I have the touring one and it sounds awesome quite a deep tone.
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