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Old 04-02-2018, 05:41 PM   #1
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What mod’s with a $3.5k budget

Thinking about getting the below for my ‘17 2SS A8

Long tubes
CAI
Full exhaust
DYNO tune

Would you do anything differently? If so, suggestions?

Thanks in advance and please excuse the newbie question. Lol
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Old 04-02-2018, 05:55 PM   #2
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Flex fuel is gonna be the best bang for your buck mod if you have e85 in your area. Especially if you plan on dyno tuning.
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Old 04-02-2018, 06:03 PM   #3
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Flex fuel is gonna be the best bang for your buck mod if you have e85 in your area. Especially if you plan on dyno tuning.
Great to know. I just checked gas buddy and looks like there are 20 plus stations within 15 miles. Thanks a bunch!
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Old 04-02-2018, 06:05 PM   #4
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do you want to keep your warranty or no? lol
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Old 04-02-2018, 06:12 PM   #5
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do you want to keep your warranty or no? lol
Would be nice but I want mods worse. Lol
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Old 04-02-2018, 06:37 PM   #6
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You also might want to add a Pray ported intake and throttle body.
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Old 04-02-2018, 06:40 PM   #7
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You also might want to add a Pray ported intake and throttle body.
Ah ha! Great suggestion and will add to the list. Thank you!
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Old 04-02-2018, 06:40 PM   #8
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Ported T/B, Ported Intake with a RotoFab.
E85 and a tune.
Looks like stock and I bet you'll get 40hp+ for 2K.
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Old 04-02-2018, 06:53 PM   #9
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Ported T/B, Ported Intake with a RotoFab.
E85 and a tune.
Looks like stock and I bet you'll get 40hp+ for 2K.
That sounds even better and saving 💰💰
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Old 04-02-2018, 07:02 PM   #10
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Yea, do the longtubes/exhaust, ported intake/tb, and flex fuel with tune.

Then later you can do an intake, pulley, and retune. Seems like that is the best mod path for these cars, if you're staying NA
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Old 04-02-2018, 07:10 PM   #11
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Yea, do the longtubes/exhaust, ported intake/tb, and flex fuel with tune.

Then later you can do an intake, pulley, and retune. Seems like that is the best mod path for these cars, if you're staying NA
Thank you. Sounds like a great plan. I do plan to stay completely NA. With all of that done, I should be easily in the 11’s

Thanks again!
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Old 04-02-2018, 07:54 PM   #12
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Old 04-02-2018, 08:14 PM   #13
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Don't buy exhaust there is no power gain...just get ca performance cat deletes(10whp) or long tubes(20whp) and keep the factory NPP. Take the savings and get the Pray ported IM/TB(15whp) and a Rotofab dry(5-10whp). With Flex fuel E85 tune(25whp) you should see 60 whp gain overall. Then if you want more do Prays ported heads and gain another 30whp. ATI under drive balancer is worth 10whp as well.
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Old 04-02-2018, 08:22 PM   #14
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Don't buy exhaust there is no power gain...just get ca performance cat deletes(10whp) or long tubes(20whp) and keep the factory NPP. Take the savings and get the Pray ported IM/TB(15whp) and a Rotofab dry(5-10whp). With Flex fuel E85 tune(25whp) you should see 60 whp gain overall. Then if you want more do Prays ported heads and gain another 30whp. ATI under drive balancer is worth 10whp as well.
Very good advice and thank you!
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