I have a '98 Z24 5 speed with the LD9. Its also got the optional 3.96:1 final drive. When I bought the car with 83,000 miles if felt really strong. Its been getting steadily worse. Its got 96,000 now. Then just the other day I got beat by a Ford Ranger. Thats a big problem. The only mods I have is a aftermarket air filter, if you can call that a mod. Since my problem starts with zero power off the line i was thinkin catalytic converter. And maybe goin with a Weapon R secret weapon intake as well. Any help in the matter would be good.
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Since my problem starts with zero power off the line i was thinkin catalytic converter
just a cat alone wont do much. do the entire exhaust system. header, cat, resonator, piping, muffler, blah blah etc.
and an intake is where people usually start
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and the weapon r is an extremely overpriced piece of tube. seriously, get a $30 ebay intake and a k&n cone filter if you're going to do anything.
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Is the short ram intake idea the best way to go, or is leaving the stock airbox on the best idea? What do you think about the pacesetter exhaust system? I can get one for $189 on importperformanceparts,net . It would only be a 2 1/4 inch system. Is the stock system 2"?
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Is the short ram intake idea the best way to go, or is leaving the stock airbox on the best idea?
get an intake
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What do you think about the pacesetter exhaust system?
i heard sounds like ass and rusts and falls off in a year or so
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Is the stock system 2"?
i think its 1.75 inch
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Is the short ram intake idea the best way to go, or is leaving the stock airbox on the best idea?
get an intake
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What do you think about the pacesetter exhaust system?
i heard sounds like ass and rusts and falls off in a year or so
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Is the stock system 2"?
i think its 1.75 inch
1 and 7/8ths is stock
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I'd say like cheap mods, definatly intake, then full exhaust system (personally i leave the cat out), then maybe turbo sometime, high flow injectors, there can be lots of others, depends on how much you want to spend, good luck
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you dont need high flow injectors until you boost!!!
Yea, i know I said to turbo it, i meant IF he turboed it, sorry for any confusion
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I wasn't confused at all. I'm really not a newbie to any of this. I grew up around cars besides the fact that my dads been a GM tech for 25 years. I'm just a little unfamiliar with the sport compact market. I know the same rules apply for small block chevys too. More flow equals more power. Would leaving the cat off be the best idea? I could just pull the cat off and knock all the @!#$ outta it and leave it up there just for the looks. U know just in case anybody decides to get smart and look under the car. Itd be the same difference right? If it werent for money issues i'd be runnin 10-12 lbs of boost, and i'm plannin to do that later. Plus ive heard puttin headers on it is a waste of money anyways.
well, my dad has an accord, and left the cat off, i left it off on my sunbird, u get a lil better flow without it, and a header.... their ok, but ur better w/ whole exhaust, not just header, bigger diamenter tubes all the way back, no cat is illegal, better performance though, but really whos gonna look for it if u do go no cat??
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Plus ive heard puttin headers on it is a waste of money anyways.
where you hear that at?
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a header is not a waste of money, at least in my case anyways, buy an intake, 4-1 header, 2.25 or bigger exhaust and ull notice a difference. If i were you, id get a high flow cat, i left the cat out on mine the first time i did my exhaust and i hated the sound, really tinny and really loud, not a nice tone at all. And as far as noticing a difference in power i noticed absolutely no power loss when i slapped the high flow on there.
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Buyin a header right now would be a waste of money...we were talkin about boostin later, and in that case I would need a turbo manifold. And I do plan to boost. Yeah i was wonderin about the resonance if i just knocked the stuff out. I figure I'll go with a 2.5 inch exhaust. That should do what i want until I'm boosted.
just get the high flow cat. granted it doesnt flow anymore per say, but if you're going with a 2.5 inch system, you'll have a cat, thats cheap and is the proper size. dont knock the honeycomb out, it will sound horrible.
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