wcgman

OK - the dealership is going to tell you blah blah blah about warranty. Do a search on the forums and you'll see this is a constant gripe. Legally, they cant void your warranty because of a modification. So mod to your hearts delight. They can however deny a warranty claim if they can prove that a modification you've made to the vehicle caused the problem. You can have authorized dealers install superchargers, etc... and maintain your 3/36 factory warranty (i.e. http://www.brenspeed.com/10-1607-b11313.html)

I'll put this in the plainest language I can...I'd first take the 3k and make it look bad@$$. Look at American Muscle, find the appearance mods that catch my eye and slap dat blankety blank. Oh yeah, she'd be dead sexy when I was done. I could blow 1500 bux like that there and be good with the way she's lookin...then maybe blow some coin on sweet muffler deletes. Now she sounds totally sick. Oh yeah...you hear me comin. Now the 10k hits my bank account...I'd call Brenspeed and say yeah, I'll pay my travel up there and parts, but you're gonna install for free so you can use my sweet 11 as a test bed for your first SC install on a 5oh. Oh, that's only gonna run me about 6k when its done? Well, how about headers and cams while you're under there.

I just had a relative hit the jackpot recently (seriously) and get about 150k. The first thing she did was run out and buy her a Harley F150. Then a bike. Then a boat. I figure she's probably down around 75k by now. Hard problem to have. Yours is a bit smaller scale, but I think you'll find if you contact the experts at Bren and AM, they are the real pros and many of us have trusted them to help us make the right decisions based on our wishes and our budgets. Im sure Doug and his boys would be happy to help you part with your 13k real quick and turn your car into a striped @$$ ape even more than it already is!

rydeordie

If you go performance, just get a supercharger right off the bat! That way ur performance fix will be over and done with. No need to nickel and dime with some performance mods. In the end you will end up with a S/C anyways, so just get it over with now, lol