I have 500 bucks to spend and I need some extra help on what performance mods i should get for my money. I wanna get the most for my money so your help is greatly appreciated.

 

intake, and pulleys?

maybe header and pulleys?

 

Header, S-pipe?

 

wow...500 dollars? thats 500 hundred Frosties...before tax.... lol Pully and Intake

 

pulley is the biggest bang for the buck
header maybe next?
intake and exahust are marginal, but will make more of an audible affect than anything

 

personally i would go with an intake and header, i don't trust pullys too much (while it's never happened to me from what i gather can mess up your car)

 

NST pulley kit and Injen cold air intake

 

pulleys, although highly debated, arethe best bang for the buck, seconded by headers...


however, headers will cause noise problems, even on stock exhaust...

good luck

 

Pulley for best performance gain and then an exhaust to make it sound pretty :-D

 

CAI, NST Pulley set, Ingalls ETD, and Header...if you have enought for everything.

 

if you can get another $50-100 you can get intake + exhaust

 

for sure get 50 dollars more. and then get MMW headers+spipe in sponsered classifieds. HOLLA!

 

Ummm he wants best bang for the buck.....exhaust doesn't get much hp for the price.
Its like $150/hp

 

umm i would get the pulley kit MINUS the crank pulley because should anything ever happen every dealer on the face of the earth will immediatelyl blame the crank pulley. Next I'd get the CAI and S pipe

But apparantly all of you forgot what a ported and polished head costs.... 21 whp untuned with factory intake and exhaust... sorry fellas bank for the buck goes to head work hands down

 

odds are he can't do the head removal/install himself. so unless he knows someone to help him he's going to be looking at a nice install bill

 

Plus roughly another hundred gets a flywheel installed; does much more than a pulley.

 

I would like to edit my early post


I would say Pulley, Header and Engine Damper. Pulley for full power band gains, header for high rpm HP (4-1), and Engine damper b/c it is the first thing you should ever do to an engine that moves as much as ours does. Get the Engine damper before the header or any other exhaust work...IMO.

You might need about 600 or just a hair more for this. Maybe save up the extra 100 and then buy?

 

NST crank pulley- $110
Belt for pulley- $30
Megan header - $190 (i got this price shipped. EBstores on ebay)
Spipe- $130-150 range.

This totals up to less than $500, and will definitley make you faster. The header will make you louder and semi-raspy though. Save the intake and axelback for when you can afford decent ones (intake $200+, axleback $250+)

 

get an intake. dont get a header, it voids your warranty. or get exhaust. i have both and am very pleased!

 

how about a twm stage 2 short shift kit.....