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Old 03-02-2010, 01:19 PM
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well so far the only things performance wise done to the car were done by the PO. the car has an O/R H-pipe connected to the stock header and flowmasters(im guessing its a catback but im not positive). also a couple other minor things like an MSD cap(yea only the cap n rotor). my plans are just a relatively mild build with HCI(trickflow twisted wedge heads, custom cam, trackheat intake), full exhaust(listed above), and other minor bolt ons like ignition upgrades, cai, u/d pullies, and all the odds and ends needed to make it all work.
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Old 03-02-2010, 02:08 PM
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well if you are going to do the heads, cam and intake you might as well do that all at once. it sux doing things more than once. just get the track trick flow hci kit then at a later point and just do the exhaust for now.
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Old 03-02-2010, 02:22 PM
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yea i hate doing things twice especially since just doing the intake manifold and cai wont net me very much power without doing supporting mods like heads and cam which would in turn beg for bigger injectors.

im gonna wait till the poll is finished and then take all the comments and poll results into account and decide whch would be the best option for me at this moment
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Old 03-02-2010, 04:56 PM
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yea it sux. im swapping intakes like 6 months after my hci.. there is another $70 in gaskets..
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Old 03-02-2010, 07:51 PM
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yea i know i hate spending extra money when i dont have to lol.

also ive been doing some digging on youtube and looking for vids of 5.0s with LM1 and LM2 and i think im gonna go with the LM1 cause it just sounds more aggressive on the 5.0s than the LM2 does
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Old 03-02-2010, 09:20 PM
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type 'stangman' into youtube should be the one with the red fox not sure if they are LM1 or LM2 tho..

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Old 03-02-2010, 09:35 PM
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that fox sounds awesome and his description is pretty detailed so i dont think he would leave out the 2 if it were an LM2 so im betting its a LM1
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Originally Posted by nacanitihs
type 'stangman' into youtube should be the one with the red fox not sure if they are LM1 or LM2 tho..
LM 1, his car sounds EPIC!!! wish there were more clips than just that 1 flyby...

and if you want an exhaust, get a real style X pipe, the BBK makes it sound kinda blatty.

Summit makes a good OR X really cheap actually. i had it on my car and cut it to fit my longtubes, and it sounds WAY better than a BBK IMO...
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any recommendatioins for an x-pipe for long tubes that done need cutting because i really dont feel up to cutting pipe shorter
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Old 03-02-2010, 10:07 PM
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arent the summit brand exhaust bbk exhaust?
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