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In an ideal world where I simply didn't care about money, I would buy the Corksport 2.5" downpipe, and I would get a full custom 2.5" exhaust back with a hi-flow cat (because I don't like my eyes watering at stop lights, not because I care about emissions), a magnaflow resonator and muffler...

The stock cats (there are two) will not fit on the vibrant but any decent muffler shop should be able to weld in an appropriate sized cat for you. That's really the only way to go. Figure $200 for a 3" cat and $100 for the labor. If he was running catless, you might also want to see what he...

You can get just the CHRA for the stock turbo for $700. That is your best bet. Or you really want to go cheap and don't want to get another 160k miles out of her, then look for a used one in the for sale section. Plenty of people have upgraded before they needed a replacement. The GT28 is...

The stock tune is alarmingly bad because the PCM will remain in closed loop until 4200rpm even under full throttle/boost. The PCM is also very slow to react in closed loop mode with a full second between cycles. A lot can happen in a second, and I've seen my fairly stock car hit 18:1 AFR...

A lower tstat doesn't really make any difference once the car is warmed up. The only actual benefit I can see is for drag racing since you can let the car cool down below the stock t-stat temp between runs. Other than that, it will just make the car take longer to get to operating temp. Most...

3rd engine in the last year? Something is definitely wrong. The cooling fan trips at 205 degrees. I know I'll come in from some spirited driving and than fan will only turn on if I let the car sit in the garage for a while, meaning that even driving like a hooligan in Arizona it doesn't break...

+1. Unless you are literally only using the car as a track car, there is no reason to go "full" standalone. And even then the only benefit is the 12oz of weight savings you get from removing the stock ECU. For 99.99% of MSP owners that want a properly tuned daily driver, you want a parallel...

Read the F/IC thread. It will have exactly the same behavior. Many people claim that ECU's "learn around" piggy-backs without really understanding what that means. AEM at least put some youtube videos online to help, but somehow even the people that designed it are misinformed and there are a...

I actually did some back to back pulls with my exhaust removed from the J-pipe back. There was no difference at all. What that means is the bottleneck is our S and J pipe. So the exhaust isn't going to help at all until you get a larger downpipe. I've read a few posts that claim otherwise...

Maybe a little bit, but rememeber this is a powdercoated tubular show version. OEM's typically switch to cast iron and certainly don't ceramic coat anything for production.

No matter how much you pay it is going to crack. I spoke with a company that makes manifolds for the evo and srt-4, and now has a Camaro SS TT kit. They said they no longer use anything but cast iron prior to the turbo because tubular manifolds always crack and often soon enough to piss off...

I am pretty sure just a properly tuned MSP would be 200hp at the crank, unfortunately that's easier said than done. The SSAFC is probably the quickest and cheapest way, but it is far from perfect and expect inconsistencies. A CAI is good for a few HP, and at least an SMIC is necessary to not...

The MAF signal has to be divided correctly, and then adjusted within the software because the MAF signal is not linear. When you connect your laptop to the FIC and load the software, you'll click connect. If the current open tune does not match the one on the FIC itself, it will ask you which...

Yes I am well aware what tires do, but that is a very very big if. I usually pay more attention to trap speed anyway. It correlates very well with HP, while the ET is more dependent on available traction and the driver. I've spent more Friday nights at the drag strip than I care to admit...

I talked to him afterwards, and he claimed he was still under three grand in modifications including the M/T slicks. It was actually an older guy, probably in his 50s who said he drag raced muscle cars for decades. He said it took a while to get over the fact it was a Neon but the SRT4 had...

My first night at a drag strip ever, I was literally destroyed by a SRT-4 that ran a 12.2 at 116mph.

Do not get the Ron Davis. Mine started leaking when it was two years old and they would not fix it, and offered me 25% off another one. Who in their right mind would spend $500 on a radiator and after it starts leaking in two years, buy the same radiator for $400? I didn't want to block my...

To actually answer your question, the answer is no. The stock computer will be in closed loop until 4200 rpms attempting to maintain 14.7 AFR no matter how much boost you throw at it. There is no extra fuel at that point to keep combustion temps down and you send a rod through the oil pan...

You'd have to fool the EGR boost sensor into thinking the EGR is working for the PCM to not throw a CEL. I gave it some thought, because I would like to get rid of EGR as well, and while anything is possible, this one might be kind of hard. The manual states exactly what pressure it is looking...

Weird, I actually wrote that the day he opened the thread. I must have not submitted it and just kept the tab open and randomly submitted it last week. Glad it was something simple.