What is "CAI"? How much would it cost to do that to my carand how much faster can I expect to get with that?

 

CAI = Cold Air Intake. There is a thread in the General Monte Carlo section that I wrote pinned to the top entiteld "FAQ: Exhaust and CAI".... read all about it

You could pick up 7-10 hp from it at the most.

 

I am scheduled to get my CAI ordered & installed by early next month. Eventually I want to get some Magnaflows.

What other mods do you recommend?

 

hm.... computer tune. ask around in some other sections about that. theres some company that makes a tuning program for that car.

 

Save your money if you are only doing them for performance. You will gain nothing from them performance wise...


CAI, and a hell of a tune, you can see 275+ HP at the wheels...there are a few guys on this forum that are already doing it... and guess what? there's a new turbo kit that just came out for the 5.3... you can be smoking some more cars in NO time =)

Just takes a little money and dedication! =)

-Keegan

 

The first GXP turbo dynoed again last weekend, and made 500whp.

 

The Magnaflows are mainly for the sound effect when I hit the gas.Based on what I saw on youtube the Flowmasters are a little too loud.

If I put a turbo kit on the car and do too much other stuff, won't I eventually get to the point where I have too much power for my tranny to handle?

 

Yes. That's a given, unfortunately. Even with RWD cars, camaro's, rustangs, transams, etc. Transmission is ALWAYS a weak point...

 

i always found that with anything if i let it roll off for a second then hammer it, it goes a lot better than from a dead stop, so i always ease into it for a car length or so then hammer it and can blow most things away with the new v8

 

Yeah those goats are that fast....too heavy. Nice kill!