[xxxBlakexxx]

Acidskie:

There has been some great advice on this thread. Good to hear from Godstang, he has been quiet for a while.

Look at it this way...what is the bottle-neck in your performance and that's where you should start your upgrades. On a stock GT, most would agreee (I think) it's the intake. Upgrading something like injectors (which no one told you to do) is worthless, because the stock ones can handle much more than 260 HP.

Some mods will pay dividends now while others will pay-off later. Some work well with others and some...not so much.

I think if all you did was some intake work, 4.10's, and a Cat-Back you would have a car that was quicker and sounded better. Can you ask for anything more?

Look at all my mods. My car is no faster today than when I got it. Why? My tires suck....all they do is spin. Once I launch the car in first (easing off on the gas so they don't spin) and as the rpms increase to about 4,000, the tires break loose again. I used to be able to hit 60 feet in 2.1/2.2 without any mods, now it's 2.3 and I should be just below 2.0.

My quarter mile times have actually increased too (according to my g meter) a little. I ran 14.7 this evening at 99.7 (1600 feet elevation). My bottle neck...TRACTION. Stock I ran about 14.5 at 96. I feel I should be 13.9 at 101 or so.

I welcome any comments on these times BTW, especially my estimates as far as what I think I should be doing.

I am doing no more power adder mods until I fix the traction issue. I have new tires on order (Kuhmo Ecsta 712). They should be stickier cus their new and I am going with 285's in the rear. But far from a drag tire (I am running on worn Sumis).