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Old 06-25-2009, 06:46 PM
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I'm going to go a different route and say Save it. Put it towards Heads, Cams or FI
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Old 06-25-2009, 08:35 PM
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gears or save for a s/c
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Old 06-25-2009, 08:42 PM
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Auto=4:10
5 speed =3:73

I would do gears first
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Old 06-25-2009, 10:14 PM
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suspension mods
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Old 06-25-2009, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Mustang3GT07
I'm going to go a different route and say Save it. Put it towards Heads, Cams or FI
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Unless you can afford to buy a good set of tires with your gears. All of you guys that just say "gears" are really doing this guy no help at all. Gears are more or less a pointless mod without a good set of tires.

Like Jazzer said, suspension. It will also play an important part in getting the full benefit out of your gears.
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Old 06-25-2009, 11:20 PM
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Id say find yourself a used tuner and buy some lowering springs as your car probably sits like a truck right now.
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Old 06-25-2009, 11:33 PM
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Save it. When you $1000 come back and let us know.
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Old 06-25-2009, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by black35th
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Unless you can afford to buy a good set of tires with your gears. All of you guys that just say "gears" are really doing this guy no help at all. Gears are more or less a pointless mod without a good set of tires.

Like Jazzer said, suspension. It will also play an important part in getting the full benefit out of your gears.
I agree on suspension mods, but dissagree about the gears! Even on stock suspension and street tires, it was much easier for me to hook with my 3.90's. With stock gears it was either bog too much or spin too much! It was then harder to correct once i was rolling. A steeper gear will allow you to get into your powerband faster, and modulate your grip better. This obviously takes a little practice, and getting used to, but does work better imo.You just can't slam the pedal as quick as before, because that will make them spin much worse than before!
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Old 06-26-2009, 12:34 AM
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nitrous nx plate kit , 1 step cooler spark plugs and use 93 octane, i wouldnt do gears, gears will just make traction harder to get imo unless you get tires too


save it for good tires if you are going to need tires any time soon
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Old 06-26-2009, 07:23 AM
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There is a plate kit in my sig for cheap. I recommend something like that or gears.

I spend $1200 on my car in the last 2 weeks and it didn't even gain any power.
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