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blacky454

Post subject: New to the site and to the car! I would love a few tips.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:29 pm

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I just bought a 2004 gt1 grand prix and was wondering if there are any tips for a begginer like me to add performance to my car. cold air intake? diffrent mufflers? no mufflers? anything would help. thanks

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stkks

Post subject: Re: New to the site and to the car! I would love a few tips.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:28 pm

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You should check out the linky in the 04+ section, it has all kinds of stuff for both S/C & N/A motors. Oh, and by the way welcome to the site.

-office-2004-mod-write-ups-and-other-important-info-t124.html

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hotrodolds

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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:29 pm

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Welcome. There are a lot of things that you can do to wake these cars up.

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njbrain

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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:20 pm

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The first and most important is a tune. Exhaust is really a supporting mod for high performance mods such as a cam or turbo. I'm acually not a big fan of Cold air intakes, as they don't really live up to their advertisment, and to top it off, the oil used in the filters is bad for the MAF.

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04GPGTslpr

Post subject: Re: New to the site and to the car! I would love a few tips.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:38 am

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njbrain wrote:

someones a negative nancy! geeze! :mrgreen:

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VictorSmalls

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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:46 am

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welcome to the forum.

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Nitemare_05GP

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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:56 pm

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Welcome to the site! Like these guys said, get a tuner before you do anything because the 04+ GPs do not react the same to engine mods as the previous generation of GPs did. Check out the sticky at the top of the 04-08GP section and just look around in that general area. Youre bound to learn something :mrgreen:

Dont hesitate to ask for help around here, though, these guys are great!

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VictorSmalls

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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:24 am

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welcome

PEMs or Plog
Tune
Intake
Downpipe

That would get you moving in the right direction.

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Ro04GP

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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:23 pm

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See sig below. Good start on suspension & power. Exhaust, HV3, Rockers etc., etc., etc after...

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Dboy23

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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:50 pm

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Welcome to the site!

Ro04GP wrote:

See sig below. Good start on suspension & power. Exhaust, HV3, Rockers etc., etc., etc after...

I see you've got the big dic now

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dsh1106

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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:38 pm

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dBoY23 wrote:

I see you've got the big dic now

Danny WTF !!!!

Don't scare the new members ...

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RKELC

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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:09 pm

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dBoY23 wrote:

I see you've got the big dic now

Quote of the year 2009 .......NICE!!!

Everyone will jump on this one!!! :shock:

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Corey

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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:56 pm

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