Thread: My 2002 GT

SSAC headers or pacesetters, cheapest ones that i know of, and ER rockers along with hv3 insert and a tune, get the insert last out of all of them cause if u get it first (like i did) u wont feel anythin, then get ur tune

Originally Posted by GrandprixGT01

Really? I was going to go CAI, Mufflers, HV3, and tune route but do you recommend the headers as well?

yea headers is a nice addition, but hv3 is setup to go with ER rockers and a tune, and its prolly best mods to get on a N/A car next to top swapping and a cam, and yea do mufflers (i recommend SLP cause on mine it sounds real agressive) and for headers thats up to u i just suggested SSAC or pacesetters cause there cheap and get the job done

take 160 out.

throw in garbage.

Install 195.

Carry on.

Mufflers? Ha! Don't bother. Anything other that stock sounds terrible and will net you 0 ponies.

CAI is a waste. Make your own open cone.

Royal Purple is a sham. They were designed to run on conventional oil. Not fancy crap with purple in it. Go to Walmart and buy Castrol.

Ceramic pads? What for?

HV3 is good after rockers.

Tune is must after any mod.

Problem is with a really low-temp-open tstat the coolant just rushes thru all the time and you end up with overheating issues cause it doesn't stay in the rad long enough to cool (in layman's terms)

A tune (not a tune up, two different things) is the "parameters" if you will within which a motor will operate. It's written into the computer, which obviously controls what the motor does.

Originally Posted by Steel Armadillo

Tune is must after any mod.

Wrong. He can get away without a tune with what he could be doing. If he wants to take full advantage of what the car can do, then a tune will do him good.

Stock Knock sensor dont turn on till 160º. Those are very important, so running that cold is a problem, also mpgs will suffer.

A stock 195 is what the car likes. You can go to 180 if you please, but its not needed.

A tune can control things like air/fuel mixture, ignition timing, electric fan operation, trouble code reporting, transmission shift points, speed limiters and many other things.

Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch

Wrong. He can get away without a tune with what he could be doing. If he wants to take full advantage of what the car can do, then a tune will do him good.

I agree, but as far as I'm concerned, wasting my time and money on a mod and then not taking full advantage of it is, well, a waste.

IDK who does tunes in Jersey

Originally Posted by getsumi shin

Ceramic pads cut down on brake dust.

And rotors.

I guess I clean my car so often I've probably forgotten what brake dust even looks like.lol