ORIGINAL: Butters

PI heads, thats what everyone will suggest for your first or atleast a close to first mod. It'll improve vastly as the Non PI heads are really sucky.

ORIGINAL: Butters

PI heads, thats what everyone will suggest for your first or atleast a close to first mod. It'll improve vastly as the Non PI heads are really sucky.

ORIGINAL: bsteen81

Well the first thing you are gonna want to do is figure out what oute you want to go. i.e Supercharger, Turbo, Nitrous or N/A=no forced induction. Once you figure that out it wil be easier to pick out what you are going to need. A supercharger will run you from 4-6k installed, maybe more. Turbo would be like atleast 7k I think, and Nitrous kits are around 500-700. If you want to get a supercharger or turbo, dont do a pi swap unless you have alot of money to rebuild your motor with forged internals. If you want nitrous you can do the pi swap and run about a 100 shot on the stock block. PI swap is about 1k-2k depending on where you get it installed. You may be better off swapping the motor for a remanufactured '99 or up. It will probably cost about the same. After you get the motor done, you can move on to the smaller stuff, or visa-versa. Gears are going to be your next very noticable mod. The problem is if you dont have your mods planned it could cost you in the future. Lets say you go with a supercharger or turbo set-up, you would want to get 3.73's, or if you end up with a big shot of nitrous. If you run a 100 shot or less or stay N/A you can get 4.10's. Gears run between 300-1000 installed, really depends on who istalls them. The exhaust is a more personal preference pick, they all pretty much give you the same performance, sound is what you will be going after here. Personally I like the flowmasters because they are inexpensive and sound great. If you like loud, loud, super loud raspy sound then go with the slp loudmouths, eww. The H-pipe will give you a good deep sound and a little less hp than the X-pipe. There is also a pro-chamber which is a combonation of the two, its about 100.00 more than the other two-250.00. Headers are a little more important, long tube headers with a ceramic coating are the absolute best for making hp. They can run from 450-900.00 and cost a pretty penny to install. Short headers and mid-length are really only usefull with forced induction and should not be considered if you dont go that route, but they only cost like 300-400. Intakes are the next huge debate. A CAI will only net you a few ponies but is important to the breathing of your car. Anything that is plastic or heat disbursing is better than metal. There are two types of cai, ram air and fender well. You could go on and on about which is better so do a little research and make your decison. The throttle body and plenum are next and just as long as you get a 75mm, you will be fine with any one you get. Supposidly the accufab are the best but I dont see any difference except for the price, about 250.00. Of course underdrive pulleys should be mounted, they help extend the life of your accessories and free up some hp. They can run from 75-200.00 Steeda are supposed to be the best. A shortshifter will help you throw quick shifts and are around 125-275.00 again steeda. There are also cams which are called the brain of your motor, they are expensive but help you tremendously, 500-over 1000.00. Computer chips are great for when you have alot of mods so you can tune the motor to run at peak. They are about 200-600.00 plus you should get a professional dyno tune which is usually 100-200.00. There are alot of little things I am leaving out because this is probably the longest post ever, but do some browsing on the sponsor sites to get an idea of what is out there and come back and ask any questions you have, you will have a million different opinons but they all help. Good luck!

i noticed its an automatic..i recommend a shift kit..

ORIGINAL: sstang

+1, or a tuner to firm up shifts, or a PA valve body...