Thread: 2005 GP build...

Hey there,
I have a 2005 GP that within a little over a year i am going to be putting a decent amount of money into. It has just over 84k miles right now. It is completely stock on a fresh oil change. The first thing i am going to do is have the car wet sanded, sprayed black and re-cleared again (headlights as well to get the clear shine on them), just to have it shinnying again. Then i am going to drop the tranny and have it completely rebuilt with some goodies in it. Then I'm going to tint the headlights, fog lights, and tails all black.
I have it tinted with my name across the front windshield, and i have red l.e.d. map lights in the front to match the gauges and radio, white l.e.d.s in the back over the seats.
after i redo the paint and tranny, i will build the 3.8 naturally aspired, no supercharger. i am getting decent mpgs right now, but i want to build it up. so what are some good starting mods that i can do to start boosting power? thank you for helping!
here is the car right now. 1472964_10151936152101026_576855808_n.jpg

Hold on there. An 05 that needs paint at 84K? Dude, I can claybar, buff and wax my 00 GT and it will shine really nice. If you want to throw some money around maybe just take it to a professional detailer and pay the $100+ to have it done up. I'd be willing to bet that it will shine up better than any Earl Shibe paintjob.

On the headlights, just replace the entire housing. The plastic discolors/clouds with age/UV exposure. Easy fix.

Since you plan on boosting the N/A V6 that is in it now, I'd go turbo for sure.

And before you go turbo, go get a transmission from Dave over at tripleedgeperformance.com. He will be able to build it will all the "goodies" that you want and then some, and will actually hold up.

As far as starting mods, I'd be sure that all the mechanicals and suspensions components are good to go and start from there. No sense building up a car for power if the factory parts and starting to rot.