FAQ - Bolt-on Basics is dedicated to performance modifications that involve little to average mechanical ability.
Searching for basic terms like "Borla", "Bassani", "Maganflow", etc. will provide a lot of good information about looks, sounds, fitment, installation, etc.
Read
this FAQ for tips on effectively using the
Search.
=Areas covered in this FAQ=
"Snake Oil"
Oil filter relocation *NEW*
Exhaust
Mufflers
Resonators
Headers
Intakes
Y-pipes
Chips
MAF
Throttle body
Short throw shifters
MIL Eliminators
=Snake Oil=
The following products are nothing more than marketing hype and wont do you any good:
- Tornado Fuel Saver
- Ebay Performance Chips/Modules/Resistors "good for 20+hp"
If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is!
=Chip=
A chip is recommended as one of the last modifications you want to do. Having it tuned is the most important part, and it will be tuned to your existing modifications. Getting a chip first, then intake, exhaust, headers, etc. means you will have to get your chip reprogrammed.
Most recommended/used:
Arizona Dyno Chip
=Exhaust=
A bolt-on cat-back exhaust will result in 4-8hp depending on brand and modifications to your vehicle.
Bassani -
Discontinued??
- removable resonator tips to reduce sound
- loud and drones
- raspy when cold
Borla -
Discontinued
SP Motorsports
www.ctamotorsports.com
www.batinc.net/contour.htm - page 33
- smooth sound similar to stock
Bosal
www.batinc.net/contour.htm - page 34
- loud with mirror finish
- flange-fit exhaust may cause some installation problems due to inability to adjust
CTA
www.ctamotorsports.com
- Magnaflow mufflers and resonators options available
- 2.5â? all the way back or 2.5â? -> 2.25â? available
TruBendz
www.trubendz.com
- 2.5" bolt-on cat-back exhaust
- many consider best "bang for the buck" exhaust
- many muffler and resonator options available
=Headers=
MSDS â???
www.msdsinc.com
- short tube headers
- realistic gains 5-15hp+ depending on other modifications
Weapon-R -
www.customcougars.com
- short tube headers
- known as MSDS knockoffs
- made of cheaper materials & some design flaws, hence the lower price
=Heatshields=
CEGers have used various methods and techniques to create heatshields. Some are cheap and easy, others a little more expensive and more creativity.
Search: heatshield
=Intakes=
AEM Intake System
www.ctamotorsports.com
SP Motorsports
BAT
www.batinc.net/contour.htm pages 22 - 25
www.ctamotorsports.com
SP Motorsports
Most popular open filter: K&N RU-3530
www.ajusa.com
KKM
KKM intake
=MAF Adaptors=
www.batinc.net/contour.htm page 23
CTA Motorsports
SP Motorsports
K&N Induction Kit
SP Motorsports
Injen
SP Motorsports
=MAF=
The stock MAF can support about 280-290FWHP safely.
There is not a "need" to upgrade until then.
Larger MAF discussion
Recent MAF discussion
=MIL Eliminators=
MIL Eliminators
=Mufflers=
Magnaflow - most popular, most recommended
Flowmaster
Dynomax
Magnaflow mufflers can be purchased from
CEGer Stazi
=Resonators=
A resonator will result in 1-3hp depending on modfications to your vehicle, and provide a nicer sound.
Magnaflow - most popular, most recommended (4" round straight through muffler")
Used by CEGers: #10435 and #11225
Where to buy:
CEGer Stazi
www.justmagnaflow.com
=Oil filter relocation How-to=
How-to by CEGer todras
=Y-pipes=
A y-pipe will result in 4-8hp depending on modfications to your vehicle.
www.batinc.net/contour.htm - page 33
SP Motorsports
- stainless and aluminized
- realistic gains: 4-8hp depending on other modifications
=Short Throw Shifters=
Cutting your shifter down is not a short throw shifter!
B&M
SP Motorsports
- shifter is shorter than stock height
- 1st true short throw shifter
Steeda (MTX-75)
Steeda
Ebay
- shifter is close to the same height as stock
- an adapter plate is needed to install
OBX
Ebay
- considered to be poorly made
- reinforcing the weld at the base generally solves the problem
=Throttle body=
Optimize the SVT TB
Buckshot Motorsports.com
Optimize How-to on Main site
Install How-to on Main site
2.5Ls will
not benefit from a larger throttle body unless you are running some kind of Forced Induction. Save yourself money and Optimize the SVT TB.
