best power mods for 1 grand to spend on.. whats your opinions...
go any way on parts. just want good thoughts and ideas.

 

used exhaust and spacer

 

Driver Mod

 

buy used exhuast, spacer, and intake

or buy new exhuast.....

 

arc oil cooler

 

lets start with the obvious

what year is your car?

 

I ended up spending $1k on exhaust and testpipes alone . You could do a cheap knockoff Xo2 exhaust , or some top speed maybe, spacer, and testpipes for 1k very very tightly. But yeah, we need to know the year of your car before we can recommend anything .

 

I went with the major power adders. Test pipes/plenum spacer. Other than that, the only way to go is force induction. Also, good tires are nice to have as well.

 

Suspension...

 

Lightened crank pulley, test pipes, pop-charger, and plenum spacer should come in at under a grand.

 

plenum spacer + 3.9 FD

 

Nitrous. Best bang for the buck. Be a Sleeper. = )

 

Gas and rubber (I can't seem to keep tires)...use these to practice/hone your skills.

 

+1...

 

Downpayment for a used Supercharger

It should get you a third of the way there.
Go to the classifieds here and see what members have to offer.

PZ

 

Save it and go FI, there really isnt alot worth buying for a grand or under besides a motordyne spacer and maybe a popcharger.

 

UR pulley

 

ATI ProCharger $2700 (Clicky)

Yes, seriously, just go FI.
Too many folks have regretted spending all this $$ on NA mods and "Bolt-Ons" when they could have gone FI for the same amount of money and fuss.

PZ

 

^ Word. Had a popcharger for 2 days 22Miles and then ordered my SC.

 

This is what I did for my first mods:

Injen CAI ~230 (Christmas present 06)

Month of Aug:
Megan Headers ~130 (new off Ebay, installed myself)
TurboXS Test Pipes ~125 (vendor on here)
1/2" Motordyne Spacer ~230 (vendor on here)
Iso-thermal upgrade ~50 (Motordyne website)
Polished MREV2 ~300 (RebelinRI private sale, last of his polished plenums)

Sept mods:
UpRev's Osiris ~700 (www.uprev.com)
XO2 Exhaust ~600 (vendor on here)


Have a few more things up my sleeve but those are what I would start with.