sk187

I just bought a stock 2000 c5 and that drained most of my money. Im wondering what are some inital cheap upgrades I can do to the car to add a little more horse power at the track?

Is adding a chip to one of these cars a option? What options are there that will add some more power for a low price.

Im not looking to break the car in half just a little somthing to get my times up.

'06 Quicksilver Z06

http://www.z06vette.com/forums/showt...threadid=29243

Mitch C

The cheapest mod that will give you the most power would be to get a less restrictive air intake. The least inexpensive way to get more air to your engine would be the zip tie mod. Remove the cover from your air box and use a zip tie to hold the filter in place.

David426

I added a K&N to my zip tie mod. not that it matters too much, however the main point is that the stock airbox is a major joke. You will definately feel a difference in performance.. Also keep an eye on the C5 Parts on this forum. You can find some really good deals on stuff. I bought a Hypertech programmer for $100, which I though was a pretty damn good deal. There are no chips on these cars. You have to re program the brain which runs everything using a programmer,or have an LS1 done by a speedshop, which is really the way to go, however this may run $300-$400.. Keep your eyes peeled for a good deal

Bob Chapman

If you are looking for "cheap" mods - you bought the wrong car.

fsuforever

mdhmi

Some form of air intake (Blackwing or K&N + Zip-Tie) is about it for inexpensive mods. You could do an LS6 intake, but, I don't think that'll gain you much at your HP level.

Mark

Joe’s Z06

You got that right.

Icemanskis

High performance hood seal - 15rwhp ($15)
blackwing intake - 10-15 rwhp ($230)

END OF CHEAP MOD LIST

Barry Hanna

I just put a Z06 air cleaner lid on (about $50.00) and I can tell the difference, you may want to do the zip-tie mod, but I was concerned about it being too open to water injestion since I don't have the hood seal in yet.

LS9

you are joking, right ?

JeremyMSG

You should at least put a or a or even maybe a after that to let him know you are kidding.

SGT. PYLE

Hood seals do practically nothing at all! I have one and I still get plenty of dirt under the hood. May keep a little water from dripping straight onto the air box assembly but that's about it.

LS9

sk187

I know nothing is cheap on a vette but I was looking more in the under 1000$ range. The zip tie mod looks great and I will deffinetly do it but I was thinking more about getting the computer re-programed and mods like that.

BTW does anyone know how much I will gain from getting the computer re-programed?


Thanks for all the suggestions, going to deffinetly get a 15+ HP hood seal (I learned that joke very fast )

Ron H

A good dyno tune will pick up about 25 HP. You can look to spend around $500 unless they offer a forum price.

Joe’s Z06

My engine gets dirty too with my hood seal on also.

fsuforever

i would definatley get an Ls1 edit done to the car but why waste your money on an edit to the pcm if all you do is put on a catback system go ahead & do all your modding that u are gonna do & then go have it edit & dynoed then every mod that you put on should be working in optimum performance thats my 02 cents on the dyno route

Ranger

For about 10 rwhp and 15 rwtq for $100...check out the ad in "C5 parts for sale" for a Halltech Tric that will fit your 2000.

It's the intake I run.

Ranger

Ikester

No such thing as cheap mods for power.