I have been saving for a month or two and i have about 400 dollars to spend. What is the best mod to use this money for? I was thinking that I should get the Injen CAI and then maybe start saving for something big like the supercharger. What do you guys think?
Which mod?
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i would do exhaust over intake personally...would add more gains than an intake...intake is mostly engine noise but I guess I will be doing both and several other things so I would first go exhaust..
I am personally going for ride upgrades first...like wheels and tires and sway bars , springs, etc
I am personally going for ride upgrades first...like wheels and tires and sway bars , springs, etc
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1. Tires
2. Save for supercharger if you want more power.
3. Anything else to make the car handle better.
It's a total money waste to buy an intake if you plan to get the supercharger. The intake will be useless after the sc install, so you'll be selling it at a loss. The intake will not make a significant difference in power, the sc will. Some intakes have been shown to actually reduce power.
It's up to you, but IMHO, you'd be better off either saving for the supercharger or putting better tires on the OEM wheels. Wheels and tires are even better, but they cost a lot more money.
2. Save for supercharger if you want more power.
3. Anything else to make the car handle better.
It's a total money waste to buy an intake if you plan to get the supercharger. The intake will be useless after the sc install, so you'll be selling it at a loss. The intake will not make a significant difference in power, the sc will. Some intakes have been shown to actually reduce power.
It's up to you, but IMHO, you'd be better off either saving for the supercharger or putting better tires on the OEM wheels. Wheels and tires are even better, but they cost a lot more money.
I'd get a "Type-R" sticker, 3 or 4 of those bad boys should get you like 30-40 extra HP. Jk, how about a lightweight flywheel? I think it may be around $400 give or take $100. I think it'd be a better idea to do a suspension upgrade before going with the SC. Actually, make that a handling upgrade, then SC: tires, suspension.
Yeah thats always good. haha.
Get tires. the stock ones are not very good at all, actually there kind of sh1tty. and if you add more horsepower to the car with stock tires then you handling is going to be for sh1t.
the CAI is not a good mod in my opinion. ecspecially for a first mod. i would definitely get something were you actually feel the deference.
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You should probably do wheels and tires or at least better tires on the stock wheels first. Then sways and shocks and springs (or coilovers).
From wikipedia:
A sway bar (also stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar, roll bar, or anti-roll bar, ARB) is an automobile suspension device. It connects opposite (left/right) wheels together through short lever arms linked by a torsion spring. A sway bar increases the suspension's roll stiffness -- its resistance to roll in turns, independent of its spring rate in the vertical direction.
From wikipedia:
A sway bar (also stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar, roll bar, or anti-roll bar, ARB) is an automobile suspension device. It connects opposite (left/right) wheels together through short lever arms linked by a torsion spring. A sway bar increases the suspension's roll stiffness -- its resistance to roll in turns, independent of its spring rate in the vertical direction.
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