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06-10-2008, 10:11 PM
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Hey Im new and dont really know my way around yet. Are there any free mods that I can do to my GTP? Or is there a list of what to do and what NOT to do to these cars?
Thanks!!
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06-10-2008, 11:53 PM
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Harry Stone
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Free? not too many, several cheap tho... FWI, get rid of the exhaust U bend. 180 Tstat for starters. Not recommended, smaller pulley before supporting mods. I'm sure more will chime in here. Oh BTW, Welcome!
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06-11-2008, 12:32 AM
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Chris Bores
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well you could port and polish the tb (throttle body) and other things like that
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06-11-2008, 01:25 AM
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Is that worth much?
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06-11-2008, 01:40 AM
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Ed McGrath
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There are very few things that are truely free; and the closest to free you can come is some porting and polishing of the LIM, Supercharger & heads and exhaust manis. Those will only cost you some gaskets, bits for your die grinder or Dremel.
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06-12-2008, 01:41 PM
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Thanks guys. I was guessing porting the tb would be about it for this car. I was looking mostly just for simple bolt ons. I would like to put a pulley on and get some injectors and a tune, but this is my daily driver and I want to keep it tame. My cousin said the tranny on these cars tend to freak out with many upgrades and his tranny went on him right after he upgraded the pcm. I dont know if this was just an isolated incident or what. But I already have a fast car just want to make my DD "peppy" and get it in the 13's without tearing it up. Anything you guys reccomend???
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06-12-2008, 02:21 PM
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Harry Stone
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As I mentioned in my first post, the 2 best things you can do cheaply, especially for a 97, is replace the intake(gutting on a 97 is worthless) and getting rid of the U bend.
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06-12-2008, 02:44 PM
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Chris Bores
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there is a lot of write ups on this and other grand prix forums on how to make your own intake... i made mine and love it plus i saved a lot of cash
where are you located in ohio?
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06-12-2008, 02:48 PM
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PAU's don't have the U-Bend...
Gutting the intake on my 00 really woke it up. What is different on the 97? Same body style. Did they use a lousy box worse than the 00?
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Originally Posted by 1Hot97
As I mentioned in my first post, the 2 best things you can do cheaply, especially for a 97, is replace the intake(gutting on a 97 is worthless) and getting rid of the U bend.
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Last edited by n0dih; 06-12-2008 at 03:46 PM.
Reason: Took a picture of my 00 PAU
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