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Aug 9, 2002 | 01:36 PM

Mr Zipps

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Easy Mods

Are there any easy mods that dont cost much to make the car tl-s faster. Without losing weight.

Aug 9, 2002 | 01:40 PM

paxus

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Nothing is really easy and cheap. Meaning, you could get new wider tires like 225's and be faster. Not much work there, but tires are expensive. You could get a Cold Air Intake, but I for one think this has a moderate amount of work involved for a do it yourself type of project. This is coming from a guy whose first mod will be a CAI w/ bypass. Just about everythig else is heavy on the price side like Headers. I wouldn't waste time with an exhaust system -- doesn't add much HP for the amount of money spent.

Aug 9, 2002 | 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by paxus
Nothing is really easy and cheap. Meaning, you could get new wider tires like 225's and be faster. Not much work there, but tires are expensive. You could get a Cold Air Intake, but I for one think this has a moderate amount of work involved for a do it yourself type of project. This is coming from a guy whose first mod will be a CAI w/ bypass. Just about everythig else is heavy on the price side like Headers. I wouldn't waste time with an exhaust system -- doesn't add much HP for the amount of money spent.

Yup... I think that pretty much sums it up.

The only thing I can think of is getting a new air filter (K&N or Comptech - about $45) and removing the resonator (free). Probably good for a HP or two.

IMO if you're going to go through the trouble of removing the resonator, just buy and install the CAI and get the full 5-8hp gain. Still not much, but better then 1 or 2......