Any Performance Mods To YOUR Car?

2012 Camaro 3.6L V6 323 HP stock w/dual exhaust
Injen cold air intake
Ported throttle body
High flow catalytic converters
MRT axle back exhaust (for a V6 it sounds awesome)
Added console gauge cluster and billet shift handle
Estimate engine pushing roughly 340HP
SS stripes added

I have stopped the mods since I have enough into it and there is nothing more I really want to add. I drive it year round in the rain, sleet and/or snow doesn't stop me. Car is fun to drive and as hard as I drive it now and then it gets great MPG.
 
The Driver said:
Well, apparently gas mpg is effected a considerable amount. I would almost compare it to a swimmer or runner shaving their legs.
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If a slick surface makes a difference it is so small that it could not be measured due to other variables.
Head wind tail wind tire inflation driver habits will make the biggest difference in MPG.
 
All I have is a 2006 Suzuki Aerio (try finding hi-po parts for that sometime). I DID custom build a functional RAM AIR system that you can feel in the throttle response once your at highway speeds. Other then that it's stock except for the custom lead foot on the go petal. ;)
 
You guys would have loved me when I was younger. 1996 supra turbo full HkS exhaust, boost management system with three push button setting stock plus , street and race. Never did have enough money to get the suspension to the level to deal with the horse power but that was because it was the electronic adjustable suspension and nobody figured out how to deal with it at that point.

Car had the targa roof and it would twist and creak at every turn. Because of that I kept it bolted in place most of the time.

Fun car, but it did not last long as the added boost coupled to a 17 year old driver caused it to die a death of issue after issue. It turned into a bone stock 300zx and I left that alone. It lasted until I fell for a 1988 m3 and I also left that bone stock. My early years of modifying cars taught me that if you can't fix it yourself, don't mess with them. Now I try to buy em ready to go out of the box and leave them alone.

There was a place in my area called hot rod Burger King. Lots of American muscle. Me in my rice rocket supra. Had some fun, some failure. Lost my clutch and got laughed at and had a long, long night. Ended up leaving the car there, it was towed and someone wrote all over the glass. Buy American in lipstick.

In hind site funny, then, not so much.

Lesion learned by being forced to walk home on many nights. Sometimes pushing the car to the side of the road

Moral of the story, don't modify your car, it will get written on in lipstick.
 
JSFM35X said:
You guys would have loved me when I was younger. 1996 supra turbo full HkS exhaust, boost management system with three push button setting stock plus , street and race. Never did have enough money to get the suspension to the level to deal with the horse power but that was because it was the electronic adjustable suspension and nobody figured out how to deal with it at that point.

Car had the targa roof and it would twist and creak at every turn. Because of that I kept it bolted in place most of the time.

Fun car, but it did not last long as the added boost coupled to a 17 year old driver caused it to die a death of issue after issue. It turned into a bone stock 300zx and I left that alone. It lasted until I fell for a 1988 m3 and I also left that bone stock. My early years of modifying cars taught me that if you can't fix me yourself, don't mess with them. Now I try to buy em ready to go out of the box and leave them alone.

There was a place in my area called hot rod Burger King. Lots of American muscle. Me in my rice rocket supra. Had some fun, some failure. Lost my clutch and got laughed at and had a long, long night. Ended up leaving the car there, it was towed and someone wrote all over the glass. Buy American in lipstick.

In hind site funny, then, not so much.

Lesion learned by being forced to walk home on many nights. Sometimes pushing the car to the side of the road

Moral of the story, don't modify your car, it will get written on in lipstick.
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Back in my younger days I had pretty much the same experience that you did but I knew what the problem was but I could not afford to build it right.
I built the current engine that is in my Vette the winter of 99 put it in the car in April of 2000 and 14 years later I have had zero problems with it.

A few years ago they was several fast Supra's around but they could not stay together long enough to last a night of street racing.
Not only could I kick their ass but I drove mine home while they had to be towed. :rofl
I prefer bulding a car rather than buy what thousands of others bought right off the show room.
If done right it will be faster than the factory hotrod and still last but it takes a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$.
 
Zelfiris said:
2010 Genesis Coupe 2.0T - No longer own it
- 550cc Injectors
- Synapse BOV
- MXP catback
- 10fintec downpipe
- 10fintec custom intercooler system
- Custom Performance (CPE) Intake
- HSD Coilovers
- Custom Tune on a dyno

Made 227 WHP and about 200 TQ. I was actually disappointed in the numbers compared to my peers.

2011 Lexus I250 - pending sale
F-Sport axleback
Megan midpipe
K&N Intake

The Lexus ISx50 series is not really tune-able. I actually sold all the parts last month

I will report back on the next car ;)
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Picked up the next one!

2008 Lexus ISF
Borla Exhaust
Sikky Headers
K&N Intake

Others with the same mod dyno'ed for 404WHP and 382 TQ. Loving everyday drive to work :D
 
I'm about a week or so away from upgrading my 03 Cobra Vert.'s Factory Eaton Supercharger to a Gen2 TVS along w/ the supporting mods ,injectors etc.. Been a long time coming since I made my mind up to go for it back in Oct. Paying cash for everything sure as heck takes me longer ,feels like forever lol , however it does feel pretty darn good knowing I owe nothing . These next few nights will be restless to say the least lol

Daren
 
Any Performance Mods To YOUR Car?
I have no idea what you talking about?

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I probably posted this before, but at my age I suffer from CRS (Can't Remember Stuff).

I have a 2006 Suzuki Aerio (which they really don't make any mods for) but I have a custom true Ram Air intake with a K&N filter and a custom under-drive pulley. The pulley can really be felt at take off since the engine isn't quite as bogged down by the accessories and the ram air makes itself really well known on the highway. PLUS between the two, I got a 2-3 mpg increase in fuel economy. Win-win.
 
New header coming in!!!!
My car sounded like it had an exhaust leak from the front of the engine, so I took apart the heat shield and sure enough there was a crack right down the middle of the header. So this means one thing: New header!!!!! :dance2

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benz already has a supercharger. I've never done anything with the Solstice because the wife drives it 90% of the miles. years ago I bought a new ford focus ZX3 and put a 50 shot of nitrous on it, but didn't really do many other mods so I had to be careful using the NOS. we clean a lot of fast cars, like today we did a Viper and a 1964 Shelby cobra.
 
I just swapped out my 331's for 373's on my 13 Shelby GT500, holy crap! Car is a monster!


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Wonder if that's a weak spot on that particuar exhaust manifold design? Oddly it's not in one of the V's which is where manifolds frquently crack. Have you seen if other owners have reported a similar failure? Guess it doesn't really matter with a nice header replacing it. Whose header is that and is the header ceramic coated?

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New header coming in!!!!
My car sounded like it had an exhaust leak from the front of the engine, so I took apart the heat shield and sure enough there was a crack right down the middle of the header. So this means one thing: New header!!!!! :dance2

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GearHead_1 said:
Wonder if that's a weak spot on that particuar exhaust manifold design? Oddly it's not in one of the V's which is where manifolds frquently crack. Have you seen if other owners have reported a similar failure? Guess it doesn't really matter with a nice header replacing it. Whose header is that and is the header ceramic coated?
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It came from racing gears I believe, I bought it off of eBay and it's stainless steal headers.
They just came in today when I got home!!!
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My 2009 S60 2.5t has new SS Motetec touring exhaust, 3" SS downpipe, EST cold air intake, Snabb 3" intake air piping and SS brake lines. The list of mods to come include: ARD tune, new suspension to lower 1.25 inches, new wheels and tires, possibly 16t turbo and FMIC. Just trying to make it a fun sleeper.

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