minor mods for auto P5??

[p5stockr]

just wonderin if anyone can recccomend some easy mods for my p5? its an '03 automatic, I bought the AT cuz i originally intended it to be jus a daily beater( 50 mile round trip to work an back) since i got such a killer deal. But now afterr a year of driving it kinda grown on me an wouild like to get a lil more go from it..the auto is ok for highway an cruisng town with a drink in me hands but totally limp when it comes to getin somewhere in a hurry, noticibly more since i work right on a major highway so I constantly have to pull out into 60mph traffic full of retirees an loaded logtrucks! and waranty doenst really bother me much since I do lotsa body work for the local dealer(i work next door) an on top o that my dads the service manager there.......
appreciate any help or advice

 

[Dreeza]

i have an auto sedan....i have an injen cai, just got on my mp3 axle back, and getting my header installed sometime....

and welcome to the forums (hi)

 

[Bijou-MP5]

Intake:
AEM short ram Intake
Injen Cold Air intake
K&N Typoon Intake
Exhaust:
Mazdaspeed sport exhaust
HKS axle back exhaust
Racing beat cat back
Greddy Evo cat back
Greddy Sp2 cat back
Magnaflow Cat back
JIC cat back
Skunk2 Cat back
... there's alot, it's all depends on how much you want to spend your money..

 

[SciFiMan]

..the auto is ok for highway an cruisng town with a drink in me hands but totally limp when it comes to getin somewhere in a hurry, noticibly more since i work right on a major highway so I constantly have to pull out into 60mph traffic full of retirees an loaded logtrucks!

That's not the automatic, it's lack of horsepower. I autox with my auto sedan and always win my class (H stock) by several seconds, and many much faster cars have runs slower than mine. But in a straight line race, well..... Auto has some inherent lag and energy waste at shift points but once it's hooked up it's basically the same as a clutch. I agree, you should look at getting a CAI and a good cat back exhaust and header. Better intake and exhaust on our engine is the biggest gain you can get without going into serious horsepower mods ($).

 

[p5stockr]

I forgot to mention i alreay aded a K&N filter( dropin) and it helped mostly after up to cruising speed( high gear, 45mph up) , i sem to have mor power without the trans downshifting as easily or soon and RPMs on the highway sem to be lower by a few, uses less as on highway trips too. It revs quicker from stop thr first but really lags once in second then picks up again in third, so I figure just a slight bump in HP wil get me over that hopefully! (burnout)

 

[dmex1831]

i added a injen cold air intake and it helps geting over that 2 gear bump (headbang)