Originally Posted by
Slumhustler
Hey guys....Just bought a 04 GTP Comp G a few weeks ago and have been searching and thinking about what to do with the new blank canvas.....As far as I can tell (it has been raining/snowing the past two weeks so I have not been able to crawl under her) it is all stock....basically I am going for a daily driver that will have just a little more behind the gas....because well what is the fun of it if you can't tear it apart....so here are my thoughts...any advise/suggestions would be appreciated.....
First already planning on the basics....ie stage cooler plugs and wires flushing out the radiator and all of that good general making a mess out of my driveway stuff.... don't do cooler plugs until you've dropped pullies. you'll find that on the old 3.4 setup most guys run autolite 104's with good results
Cold air intake.....ok have heard both sides of this...from what I have read with the 04+ cars the intake was good enough provided I give it a good filter to breathe through....so would the fender intake be worth the hassle/bread fenderwell intake = colder air temps, short ram intake= more airflow. i personally opted for more airflow
Colder T-stat.....I live in maine and as I am planning on having this be my daily driver and it can get cold during the winter I am kind of thinking about running stock... just run stock, there's no advantage to dropping it unless you've got alot of power... let the flaming begin, i know you all hate this
Headers....well because you just have to spend your money on something.....Leaning towards S&S over the zzp headers but from what I saw S&S is a single piece....I could be and if that is the case are they a pain to fit in or am I just being paranoid.... SSAC are the most popular for their value. 350$ shipped
cat back exhaust.....I don't know here.....kind of like how the stock pipes sound and I would rather have the cop pull over the ricer with the coffee cans instead of the grocery getter.....and from what I have read they really dont do that much in the way of horses so why fix what ain't broke.... stock exhaust is supposedly good till 350 whp. you definitely don't need it
porting the tb/sc from what I have read it seems like the 04+'s had the latest and greatest here so it was not really necessary..... i'm not so much help here
finally the pulley.....It sounds like a drop to a 3.6 would be comp to a 3.4 in pre 03's so with my goals in mind....keeping it a daily but with a little bit of a kick...would it be worth it or should I just stick with stock..... with headers, intake, and a tune you'll probably be good with a 3.6. Just make sure to scan for KR
anything more ie rockers/cams/intercoolers seem like it would be a step more than what I would want to do but you never know if I like the way the car is going I could cross that bridge down the road..... I said the same thing... but now i'm just gonna wait and do it all at once: headers, cam, tune, pulley drop
so yea......any input you guys could throw me I would appreciate it....hopefully this sounds a little bit less annoying than a hey I just put a 3.2 pulley on my sc but I got a killer cat back exhaust.....
