Hello,

My name is Daniel and I helped by brother Garrett buy a yellow Monte Carlo LS recently. It's an '02 with 71,000 miles on it. It has a sunroof, upgraded stereo, & the race appearance package. We bought it in Dallas for $7000. I thought that was an incredible deal. With the 3.4l v6, I would like to get more power out of it without spending a ton, like maybe $1000. What do you guys think of like a K&N Cold air intake and new exhaust system? What about a computer chip? I would appreciate help.

 

 

well the the exhaust what you do is

get rid of the cat for a high flow one
u-bend delete
resonator delete
and then put whatever mufflers you want @ the back, i left the stock ones though...and the sound is pretty good

that will give you about 10 more hp


as for the cold air intake some people say the k*n one doesn't fit, i would think it does, but you can make your own fenderwell intake fairly cheaply and they work pretty good from what i've heard.....but i'm sure the k&n system will work

as for a chip, chips dont do anything really, you can get a programmer by superchips or i think there's a few other companies out there...and i think they help a bit too


welcome to the site

 

Forgive me for repeating myself. But if it's the same 3.4 that's in the 99-05 Grand Am's, Alero's, and various gm minivans, pay extra attention to your seals and gaskets. Especially thelower intake manifold gasket.We found the bolts had a tendency to loosen off. Some of us decided to use a drop of loctite on the bolts.

The K&N filter intake kit was a very common mod on the grand am forums, and worked out well performance wise. Money well spent. Didn't see as many chip changes though. Free-ing up the restrictive exhaust will give you a noticeable boost too.

Good luck, and happy modding.

 

Welcome to the MC forum Daniel. Hope you can get all your questions answered here. Make sure you check out the search engine for past posts on subjects.
A CAI is always the best place to start.
Wayne
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