There has been threads lately over what mods one should do to a car.. Here is my suggestion
The first mod one should do is PLAN!
Before you touch your car one should plan on what route they take. That includes F/I, Nitrous, or just staying N/A
After you decide what plan... STICK to it. :yes
IMHO one should do the necessities for any route you go. That means SUSPENSION MODS, TIRES, and beefing up the transmission, and getting a tuner. IT MAY NOT BE COOL BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE POWER MODS however I can launch insanely well and will walk my buddy's TransAm from 0-90 MPH because of proper suspension and proper tire set up. He has 100 RWHP OVER ME!
It gets very expensive trying to go backwards to go forwards.. Im a perfect example of this... As some know, my original plan was to go turbo.. somewhere down the road i bought nitrous, long tubes, O/R H pipe, and 4:10 gears.. While my car was fast I was never satisfied with the car. It wasn't the route i wanted to go. First I lost money on the parts I sold, and had to pay for labor TWICE, once to put my mods on and once to take it off.. Im over a thousand in the hole...
If ones route is turbo, do mods that will benefit for the future. As an automatic car, MY FIRST mods should have been a stall converter, shift kit, transmission cooler (amazing way to keep your transmission from failing, and if you don't have a stall or shift kit is still recommend one still buying it), and a tuner to work with this. From there plan your budget and keep going forward.
Many don't realize that the amount of money that is poured in for going N/A is very close to the cost that many guys here have invested in a form of F/I.
If ones goal is going supercharger, bolt ons work well with them... In this instance one can get gears, long tubes, O/R H pipe, etc etc. because it makes it more efficient. Superchargers need RPMs to make power.
If staying N/A, one should then do the mods that will benefit them. All the bolt ons.
If one doesn't want to get stuck on their build and don't want to lose money, planing is the way to go. I hope this helps people with their question on what route to go.
The first mod one should do is PLAN!
Before you touch your car one should plan on what route they take. That includes F/I, Nitrous, or just staying N/A
After you decide what plan... STICK to it. :yes
IMHO one should do the necessities for any route you go. That means SUSPENSION MODS, TIRES, and beefing up the transmission, and getting a tuner. IT MAY NOT BE COOL BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE POWER MODS however I can launch insanely well and will walk my buddy's TransAm from 0-90 MPH because of proper suspension and proper tire set up. He has 100 RWHP OVER ME!
It gets very expensive trying to go backwards to go forwards.. Im a perfect example of this... As some know, my original plan was to go turbo.. somewhere down the road i bought nitrous, long tubes, O/R H pipe, and 4:10 gears.. While my car was fast I was never satisfied with the car. It wasn't the route i wanted to go. First I lost money on the parts I sold, and had to pay for labor TWICE, once to put my mods on and once to take it off.. Im over a thousand in the hole...
If ones route is turbo, do mods that will benefit for the future. As an automatic car, MY FIRST mods should have been a stall converter, shift kit, transmission cooler (amazing way to keep your transmission from failing, and if you don't have a stall or shift kit is still recommend one still buying it), and a tuner to work with this. From there plan your budget and keep going forward.
Many don't realize that the amount of money that is poured in for going N/A is very close to the cost that many guys here have invested in a form of F/I.
If ones goal is going supercharger, bolt ons work well with them... In this instance one can get gears, long tubes, O/R H pipe, etc etc. because it makes it more efficient. Superchargers need RPMs to make power.
If staying N/A, one should then do the mods that will benefit them. All the bolt ons.
If one doesn't want to get stuck on their build and don't want to lose money, planing is the way to go. I hope this helps people with their question on what route to go.
