Thread: Too mod or not too mod...

Originally Posted by grilledcheez

Hi,

Looking for some opinions on mods for my gc. Really, I have no idea what I'm doing, but I have a friend that is good with this kind of stuff, he's modded numerous cars before.

I was thinking about putting a in bigger turbo, but I don't know what I'd be doing it for as I'm NOT a racer or anything, just thought the extra power would be a little more fun, since my Dad told me he'd rather have seen me got the V6 GC as oppose to the 2.0T that I bought. I was looking at the ATP GT3071R. Assuming with that I would need new intake, turbo back exhaust, fmic and pipping, blow off valve, injectors, and a tuning device.

Was also looking at some body kits too, and rims, to make the car look a little sharper. Even if I don't get a bigger turbo, making the car look sweeter would be cool. Then again, why make the car look like it goes faster when it doesn't? Dumb asses in their sadfires will be trying to race me all the time. Happens as it is, with my car now, and it has no mods. lol.

Thanks for any opinions...

Bigger turbo is a big project as well as expensive... I thought about that but discovered the CMD, maybe something you should look into if your not racing and just want the extra boost here and there. I also thought about replacing that mid pipe to get rid of that pinch as well as going with a new muffler. I would have like to do a turbo back but didn't want to set off the CEL.
Body kits are a must

Meg, there's no CEL with CPE's downpipe with converter. How are those CMD maps working?

Originally Posted by Pmastron

Meg, there's no CEL with CPE's downpipe with converter. How are those CMD maps working?

Really? so it must be close to stock in order not to give a CEL, so not much power comes from it, any more flow than stock from the cat will throw CEL that I've seen. But that would be awesome if they give more power and found away to keep that light off, something else for me to do...
But I haven't installed yet so sad.... no time but I know someone who has a dyno in his garage and im just waiting till I have some free time. Im thinking on changing the mid pipe and muffler first then installing CMD with dyno too. Ill let you know as soon as it happens, when ever that maybe....