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Old 07-30-2014, 02:09 AM
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ok guys an gals share some of your performance upgrades. anything u did to make your car faster, better handling, or better gas milage.
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Old 07-30-2014, 08:33 AM
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ok guys an gals share some of your performance upgrades. anything u did to make your car faster, better handling, or better gas milage.
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Old 10-24-2014, 10:44 PM
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Diablo tuner,Flowmaster axle back exhaust,Magnaflow cats and K&N filters. made a difference in power.
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Old 10-24-2014, 11:49 PM
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Power/Speed
• Airaid Intake
• Vmax CNC Ported Throttle Body
• Fast 102 Intake
• Tune / RPM Motorsports of Garner NC
• LPE GT11cam
• Kooks LTH & X-pipe
• Borla Exhaust

Handling
• Z51 Anti Sways, Front and Rear
• Z51 Brakes
• Z06 Brake ducts
• Koni FSDs
• Dropped 1.25 inch on stock bolts
+ building up a good amount of track time.
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Old 10-25-2014, 04:56 AM
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Installed the viram wedge made power ,installed vira-ram intake and lost power and removed it and installed the stock air cleaner.
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Old 10-25-2014, 07:11 AM
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Skip shift eliminator.
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Old 10-25-2014, 08:17 AM
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Corsa Sports, that's it. Well theres the full length spoiler too... does that count?

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Old 10-25-2014, 09:41 AM
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Road or drag racing?
This works for both.
Tires - 80 treadwear.
Lower the chassis 1/2 inch.
Remove weight.
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Old 10-25-2014, 09:48 AM
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Take a guess!



.............and a lot of time!
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Old 10-25-2014, 01:40 PM
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Just bolted a snail on the block and then upgraded the suspension

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Old 10-25-2014, 02:29 PM
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Texas Speed 1 7/8 with ORX
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just recently remove stock cam upgraded to a Stage 2 blower cam from Arun@CCP.
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Old 10-26-2014, 12:22 AM
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Or a Callaway SC 652....
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:14 AM
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I put new caps on the valve stems and Wow it's faster and gas mile improved also.

Sorry I couldn't resist
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:58 AM
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Heads, cam, headers, CAI, tune. 525 RWHP. 2006 Z06.
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Eforce 1591 w K Bell BAP, Kooks headers, Borla ATAK, Halltech Beehive CAI, DRM v6 Bilstein shocks, MTI Big Red swaybars, Michelin pilot sports, Billet tech 170 amp alternator, Dashlogic to monitor.
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