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Old 08-26-2006, 10:31 PM
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Any Ideas for a Cheap performance upgrade

I've got a stock 6 speed that i've put a light kit on and took off the muffler and put a y-pipe in, and i'm just lookin for ideas on sumthin that is equal to or less then around 5 or 600 that i can put in. Any ideas would help. Thanks
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depends on what characteristics you want... loudness, tone qualities.... greddy would probably work well for you.

edit: i originally thought you were looking for something to replace the y-pipe, but now im not so sure. no matter what, there arent really any performance options in that price range...

do a search to find virtually all of your options.

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performance for 500... iono. if you get a canzoomer maybe...still would need to tune it though.
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intake, pullies, flywheel, nothin major tho
Old 08-27-2006, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Moonrover333
intake, pullies, flywheel, nothin major tho
id consider a flywheel to be major..... alos... you can buy the flyhweel for cheap.. but make sure you have an extra 5-700 bucks lying around.. labour isnt cheap..
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Lose the lights, it will make you lighter. Also get either RB or AEM intake, and the Agency Power pullies.
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$500 for emanage ultimate, $200 for harness. Ultimate will give you direct control over fuel injection and you can get 15-25 hp gain with it.

You can go cheaper with emanage Blue for about $200 + harness, but it has had issues with LTFT. I know MM had some fixes for blue, but I didn't pay enough attention to know if it resolves LTFT or not.

Aside from fuel management, there isn't anything south of $800 that will give you real world performance increases.

Flywheel will not give you more power, but it can free up hp... similar gain to a catless midpipe though - and the midpipe would be a lot cheaper due to install costs of the flywheel.

Intake and catback will give you nice sounds, but the gains are trivial and not really worthwhile if you want something tangable.
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no such thing as cheap performance, cause that's all you will get...cheap performance. why don't you spend some money on a car that you've spent money on buying. don't cheapen a nice car...
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high flow cat or midpipe
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Go on a diet
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get the new racing beat flash for the ECU, its 300 (of course you need to have a 2004 6 speed)
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eh.... ok from me to you... 600 bucks....
pulley (see the diy for installation) 200 maybe depending on brand
canzoomer dont get emanage. learn canzoomer and do it right

or for the whole amount

racing beat exhaust is 520 at Good-Win-Racing.com
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ok thanks
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Cheap Performance



It doesn't get any cheaper than this.
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Cold Air Intake (RB, AEM, Mazdaspeed).

Flywheel (for manual only). If Auto, Auto Transmission Fluid Cooler and 2nd Oil Cooler ( for older Autos and some M/Ts).

Flash ECU

Tune engine.

NOS (depends on the type of guy you are, or save for supercharger).

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Old 08-31-2006, 02:29 AM
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hey you could try going to a track and take some driving school, learn to maximize what you have
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