New to forum :)
Monte Of The Month - February 2010
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 11,981
From: Pittsburgh, PA
man, you just bought a great car, i'm jealous! welcome to the forum and congrats! first off, you have to post pics and a little more info about yourself! since it is a limited edition model, keep it as is! but if you make changes, keep everything that you take off! the members here are the greatest and will give you the best info and advice possible! goodluck and we can't wait to see some pics, thanks!!
Welcome to the MCF
Explore the forum & use of search engine for subjects of interest.
How many miles on your TS ?
How's the condition ?
How many owners ?
Look forward to seeing pictures.
Wish you safe/fun/ trouble free miles.
EnJoy & check back to see what mod's member's post...
My first `mod would be a Cold Air Induction : )
Monte Of The Month -- August 2007
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 5,231
NICE TS edition Monte!
Welcome to the MCF family.
#1 mod, and do it NOW, replace the restrictive air box with a cold air intake (CAI) or a fenderwell intake. Search the threads for that, as that's a hot issue. Point is, I drove 1,200 miles on mine, and averages 22.5 mpg. I put a K&N on and it immediately went to 24.5 mpg with no ther mods or change in driving. With 118,000 miles I've put on my Intimidator SS, the K&N has paid for itself several times over in gas savings. Do the math.
From there it's a matter of what your goal is, but there is a "U-bend" in the exhaust that needs to go away, and there's 3 ways to get rid of it: put in a piece of straight pipe, put in a new downpipe w/hi-flow cat, or just go to headers and be done with it, with the 3rd option by far the best.
With a few other basic mods, you can start dropping pulley sizes (carefully and with tunes), but it's pretty easy to go from the stock 240 hp to 300-350 hp, and if you want a cam, maybe 400 hp quite easy.
The ONLY real problem I see is the wheels. IF they are heavy, you're going to quickly start breaking your tranny.
Welcome, and do some searching, and you might have to do an advanced google search in this forum to find things better.
Welcome to the MCF family.
#1 mod, and do it NOW, replace the restrictive air box with a cold air intake (CAI) or a fenderwell intake. Search the threads for that, as that's a hot issue. Point is, I drove 1,200 miles on mine, and averages 22.5 mpg. I put a K&N on and it immediately went to 24.5 mpg with no ther mods or change in driving. With 118,000 miles I've put on my Intimidator SS, the K&N has paid for itself several times over in gas savings. Do the math.
From there it's a matter of what your goal is, but there is a "U-bend" in the exhaust that needs to go away, and there's 3 ways to get rid of it: put in a piece of straight pipe, put in a new downpipe w/hi-flow cat, or just go to headers and be done with it, with the 3rd option by far the best.
With a few other basic mods, you can start dropping pulley sizes (carefully and with tunes), but it's pretty easy to go from the stock 240 hp to 300-350 hp, and if you want a cam, maybe 400 hp quite easy.
The ONLY real problem I see is the wheels. IF they are heavy, you're going to quickly start breaking your tranny.
Welcome, and do some searching, and you might have to do an advanced google search in this forum to find things better.
