wondering about cheap ways to increase power
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SuperHO
Mental Patient
i've always run with gutted cats in the stock y pipe, and when i switched from the stock catback to a custom bent 2.5" single out with a flowmaster, i noticed quite an increase in both low end grunt and high end pull. right now, after the 3.2 swap, 1st gear's useless after 5k at WOT.
frosho
WOLFMAN
Hey *******, pay for an ad if you want to sell something. And quit making shit up. There are no "outstanding" airflow improvements to be had with a cone filter, let alone a drop in panel. Post some data to support your BS claims, or just keep yer trap shut.
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Bob Gervais
Wut?
+1. Thanks Matt.
As a lot of other people have said in this post, there's really no cheap power mods for the SHO, but that also adds to the fun of owning one. Anyone can buy a Mustang, Camaro, whatever, bolt on $1k worth of parts from Summit and add 100hp.
As mentioned already, get your maintenance up to date, and look for performance stuff that goes along with the maintenance you're doing if you can. Front and top 60k service, and if you can swing it, throw in some underdrive pullies, a decent y-pipe and catback, and you'll be happy with things. There's always time to add more later.
DDakRT
New Member
sho_sc
New Member
Hint to the wise: Don't do burn outs! You will be looking for a transmission if you do.
BlackonBlack89
SHO Member
You need better tires.
I know even with 245 ultra-perf. all season tires it would spin in 1st, anytime rolling. Both were good tires, however they were not extreme summer tires. I should get the 89 new tires....it deserves them
DDakRT
New Member
SHOstuff
SHO Member
Where can I purchase an equal length ypipr uprade with high flow cats?
zblackbeast
SHOtarded
frosho
WOLFMAN
It's well worth it!
Thanks!
We will have them in stock very soon. They are being fabricated very soon and we should have them in, proabably this week.
jayro
SHO Member
Like everyone else said...get a y-pipe. After that (assuming all maintinance is done) you may want to look into suspension and brake mods. These can make the car alot more fun to drive. Try being able to take a corner at 50mph that you used to only be able to take at 35mph (do this safely of course). Something else that can improve performace is to reduce the weight of the car. If you do a search you will find all kinds of info on this. It all depends on how drastic you want to get with the weight reduction.
Jeremy
Jeremy
Well, speaking from experience with Cat-less and Y pipes. Unless you're one **** of a welder, finding an exhaust shop to do the work will be hard. And being in CA, you are going to have a hard time passing inspection.
But, as the Low End / High End debate goes, since I cut mine out and put a nice Y pipe in (the guy who cut my cats off also made a really nice "Y"), I noticed that above 3k RPM, it really breaths better and is good and loud on full throttle.
As for low end torque, I can still roast my tires with the best of 'em! Mind you I have a Gen 2 95 ATX, so I don't know how it will affect the 3.0 MTX, but I took some time off my 60 time.
As for mods, I would say to get some more performance out of the motor, do the basics first and go from there.
Plugs, Wires, upper 60k, clean the MAF, pull the silencer cone, maybe cone filter it. The Idle Air Bypass (i think that's the name), clean that. Make sure the butterfly's are opening right.
Clean the O2 sensors, pull the intake off and clean all the crap out of that.
By doing all that, I got mine running damn good, and have some kills under my belt. Not too bad for a 187k.
But, as the Low End / High End debate goes, since I cut mine out and put a nice Y pipe in (the guy who cut my cats off also made a really nice "Y"), I noticed that above 3k RPM, it really breaths better and is good and loud on full throttle.
As for low end torque, I can still roast my tires with the best of 'em! Mind you I have a Gen 2 95 ATX, so I don't know how it will affect the 3.0 MTX, but I took some time off my 60 time.
As for mods, I would say to get some more performance out of the motor, do the basics first and go from there.
Plugs, Wires, upper 60k, clean the MAF, pull the silencer cone, maybe cone filter it. The Idle Air Bypass (i think that's the name), clean that. Make sure the butterfly's are opening right.
Clean the O2 sensors, pull the intake off and clean all the crap out of that.
By doing all that, I got mine running damn good, and have some kills under my belt. Not too bad for a 187k.
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And if you are a do-it yourselfer, this is kind of an odd one.
Actually, a really odd one. Go to a junk yard, look in the GM section, the Cadillac section to be exact.
Look for a late 90's Caddy CTS / STS. Pop the hood and take the strut mount. The bolt pattern matches the rear strut mounts on our SHO's.
Then look for a late 80's / early 90's caddy fleetwood. That strut mount fits the front strut mounts on or SHO's as well.
Depending on what the junkyard charges, easy and cheap ways to make the SHO handle a little better!
Actually, a really odd one. Go to a junk yard, look in the GM section, the Cadillac section to be exact.
Look for a late 90's Caddy CTS / STS. Pop the hood and take the strut mount. The bolt pattern matches the rear strut mounts on our SHO's.
Then look for a late 80's / early 90's caddy fleetwood. That strut mount fits the front strut mounts on or SHO's as well.
Depending on what the junkyard charges, easy and cheap ways to make the SHO handle a little better!
make sure u clean out your butterflies, mine where gummed up and where not oppening up all the way. i used break parts cleaner and scrubed the gunk off of them with steel whool. the used a little wd40 to lubricate it a little now they open with ease
jayro
SHO Member
Probably already said, but along with cleaning the heack out of the intake you could port out the seconday runners and gasket match it to the heads. Just use something tho cover the intake holes so you don't get any metal in there. You could talk to a few machine shops in the area and see what they would charge to machine out your butterflies as well.
Jeremy
Jeremy
RjS
Member
Long shot but is this still available?
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