van_yammer
11-21-2003, 04:26 PM
In the last few months I've had a few of things done at Showstoppers. Everything went nice and easy, great guys to work (not that I did anything) with, and excellent prices.
Here are the 5 things I had done (in order of installation):
1. AEM Cold Air Intake - Worth it for the sound alone. I did this at the same time as the cat-back and intake manifold gasket, so I can't say where the power is coming from, but if I had to only pick one mod to do, this would be it.
2. Hondata Intake Manifold Gasket - Installed at the same time as the cat back and intake, so I can't tell how much difference there is. It does keep the intake manifold much cooler.
3. Magnaflow Cat-back exhaust - sounds great, fairly deep and not too loud (once it broke in). Very happy with it.
(2 weeks later)
4. Tein Springs - about 1.5" lower on stock shocks. I had no idea that the springs would make such a difference, but the handling has changed quite a bit. If my shocks last a while, this mod is well worth the (already low) price.
(2 weeks later)
5. DC Stainless Header - Really helped the top end, I installed this last, and I can feel a real difference in 5th on the freeway. This was really loud the first week I installed it, but has quieted down a lot now. I don't feel this nearly as much as I felt the other mods I made, not even on the butt-dyno, except at freeway speeds.
Thank you to Showstoppers, and to the GM Card.
Here are the 5 things I had done (in order of installation):
1. AEM Cold Air Intake - Worth it for the sound alone. I did this at the same time as the cat-back and intake manifold gasket, so I can't say where the power is coming from, but if I had to only pick one mod to do, this would be it.
2. Hondata Intake Manifold Gasket - Installed at the same time as the cat back and intake, so I can't tell how much difference there is. It does keep the intake manifold much cooler.
3. Magnaflow Cat-back exhaust - sounds great, fairly deep and not too loud (once it broke in). Very happy with it.
(2 weeks later)
4. Tein Springs - about 1.5" lower on stock shocks. I had no idea that the springs would make such a difference, but the handling has changed quite a bit. If my shocks last a while, this mod is well worth the (already low) price.
(2 weeks later)
5. DC Stainless Header - Really helped the top end, I installed this last, and I can feel a real difference in 5th on the freeway. This was really loud the first week I installed it, but has quieted down a lot now. I don't feel this nearly as much as I felt the other mods I made, not even on the butt-dyno, except at freeway speeds.
Thank you to Showstoppers, and to the GM Card.