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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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I got about $800 to spend...What should i do? Im going to order my underdrive pulley this week so that will leave me with prolly about about 500 left..The mods i have right now are.. Intake, MTI tune,Aero-Turbine muffler,Flowtech cut-out and thats it.I want to add the underdrive pulley and should i do a shift kit then?I cant think of what to do next? Should i maybe instead of the pulley go ahead and buy a cam and have it installed? but then id have to beef up the tranny.

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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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With that amount you are looking at maybe a cam or a used Nitrous system. After either of those you will need to look into some trans work.

**edit** I see your sig "Bottles are for Babies" Maybe a cam is what you need!
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:09 PM
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With that amount you are looking at maybe a cam or a used Nitrous system. After either of those you will need to look into some trans work.

**edit** I see your sig "Bottles are for Babies" Maybe a cam is what you need!

well see thats what im wondering..if i do go the cam route do i need to get some new springs?..im thinkin the easiest route is underdrive pulley.
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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well see thats what im wondering..if i do go the cam route do i need to get some new springs?..im thinkin the easiest route is underdrive pulley.

Honestly the pulley will not net you any real HP. I would consider some long tubes before the pulley.

Cam/spings if you can swing it.
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go with the pulley and headers. Then when the headers come in chop off the cats. Should see some great gains with those mods.
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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go with the pulley and headers. Then when the headers come in chop off the cats. Should see some great gains with those mods.
what header's should i go with? i dont really want to spend $1200 on dynatech even though id love those.
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what header's should i go with? i dont really want to spend $1200 on dynatech even though id love those.

The PaceSetters seem to be getting some good reviews. You could also throw some $$ at the 500 and get the AZSM long tubes. Remember there will be some welding involved too. They do not just "bolt" on and go!
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by BlownChevy
The PaceSetters seem to be getting some good reviews. You could also throw some $$ at the 500 and get the AZSM long tubes. Remember there will be some welding involved too. They do not just "bolt" on and go!

see as much as id love to do that i dont think im gonna go that route.Gotta keep in mind that i gotta try and keep this from my dad aslong as i can haha so i think like a 01' ls6 cam would be a good cam to go with and maybe the pulley also because you can get a ls6 cam for pretty cheap right?
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BlownChevy
The PaceSetters seem to be getting some good reviews. You could also throw some $$ at the 500 and get the AZSM long tubes. Remember there will be some welding involved too. They do not just "bolt" on and go!
I agree very highly!
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by desTRUCKtive
I agree very highly!
the ls6 cam and pulley sound good to me id love headers but ill prolly do that this summer.

Whats a typical gain with each mod? 20 with the cam and 10 with the pulley? Would i need to get the truck tuned agian with the cam in?

when i got the truck tuned was 250 hp and 263 tq so id be around 270-280 hp and 290-300 tq?
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