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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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I'lljust suggest by editing the list:

1. New timing Chain = 80$ You can get it cheaper, keep looking, try hughesengines.com
2. Kegger mod = free Free = yes, always
3. TB port = Free
4. Hypertech = 250-300 Save it, get a B&G flash or a SCT tuner
5. Plenum = 80 don't go cheaper here, get the plate all the gaskets and the newbolts
6. 3” suspension lift = 500$ Go withgearsinstead, you're planning all these performance mods, put that powerto the wheels, baby!, just cut about 1200 of theother stuff
7. 1.7 rr = 300-400$? get the 1.6's with a cam
8. Cam (Maybe) = 800$ Cam w/ 1.7RR? that's a waste
9. Rocker panels = 200$
10. Fenders = 400$
11. Heads = 700-1000$ You can get a bareset of heads from hughesengines.com for 250 a piece, but it wouldn't hurt to spend this much and build them up with better springs, pushrods, valves, etc.
12. Dual Exhaust = 300$
13. Headers = 400$
14. MSD 6a = 200$
15. Locker = 400$ (I really want this but, I want performance more) That'll help put the power to the wheels
16. Dual Shocks = 100$-150
17. Ram air hood = 700-800$ Maybe,butthen you might want to go with a box that'll push the air into the tb, the cover on the round moparA/C will justdeflect the intial forced inair.
18. Mopar valve covers = 100$ just for looks? you can worry about the looks of the engine bay later.
19. Mopar air cleaner = 80$
20. 3" body lift = 300$ I'd personally scratch this and the sus lift and go with a regearing of the rear diff.
These are just my personal suggestions take tem or leave them.
Thanks for the great suggestions. I knew some of the things wouldn't match up like the hood and air filter. Do you really think I should regear? I'm running 33's and I have 3.96 gears.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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id def agree with aim4 hes got a real good point some of them can wait and u could put money else where and itd be a better choice..... my 0.02
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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id already drag his *** around town. [8D]
I'll be staying at cabin about 11 miles from the georgia boarder. Maybe, I'll come and drag your *** around. I'll be living right next to Lake Hartwell so I should have plenty of water mayber I'll bring you some.
obsivally u aint seen hartwell, its low as **** too. im in south georgia, plenty of water down here. its only north georgia that is affected, moved back down here a month ago.

i got the chains, hit i-75 till you dont see civilization anymore and ull find me.
I havn't been to SC in about 2 months. You right it is low. My father in law put a stick in the ground almost a year ago to watch the lake levels. he said its 21' down.
yea my uncle has a house on the georgia side, cant even get in his cove. sucks ***.

i wanna see before and after pics, neons truck is nice but it aint the best on here.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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LMAO firstly this thread is amazing! Love it! Secondly, you do about 1/3 of that list and you'll have my *** towed ANYWHERE/ANYTIME haha!! That list is badass though, I like many of those ideas, and really cant wait to get into those as well man!! What ya wanna do first??
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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he's forgetting the heads... they're crap. get some good ones in there.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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I'lljust suggest by editing the list:

1. New timing Chain = 80$ You can get it cheaper, keep looking, try hughesengines.com
2. Kegger mod = free Free = yes, always
3. TB port = Free
4. Hypertech = 250-300 Save it, get a B&G flash or a SCT tuner
5. Plenum = 80 don't go cheaper here, get the plate all the gaskets and the newbolts
6. 3” suspension lift = 500$ Go withgearsinstead, you're planning all these performance mods, put that powerto the wheels, baby!, just cut about 1200 of theother stuff
7. 1.7 rr = 300-400$? get the 1.6's with a cam
8. Cam (Maybe) = 800$ Cam w/ 1.7RR? that's a waste
9. Rocker panels = 200$
10. Fenders = 400$
11. Heads = 700-1000$ You can get a bareset of heads from hughesengines.com for 250 a piece, but it wouldn't hurt to spend this much and build them up with better springs, pushrods, valves, etc.
12. Dual Exhaust = 300$
13. Headers = 400$
14. MSD 6a = 200$
15. Locker = 400$ (I really want this but, I want performance more) That'll help put the power to the wheels
16. Dual Shocks = 100$-150
17. Ram air hood = 700-800$ Maybe,butthen you might want to go with a box that'll push the air into the tb, the cover on the round moparA/C will justdeflect the intial forced inair.
18. Mopar valve covers = 100$ just for looks? you can worry about the looks of the engine bay later.
19. Mopar air cleaner = 80$
20. 3" body lift = 300$ I'd personally scratch this and the sus lift and go with a regearing of the rear diff.
These are just my personal suggestions take tem or leave them.
I think aim4squirrels did a good job... I agree with his choice to not use the hypertech. I personally did not find a big improvement when I used it on my truck, and when we tried it on my buddies...his truck ping'd like friggin crazy! take a bunch of marbles in a big tin can and constantlyspin that around. It sounded bad! not to mention the brake light and abs light because aparently the flash screwed up. Tried to unflash and still had the lights on his dash. It never copied the pinion gears settings back over so his speedo was off like 20 mph. I ended up paying for part of his reflash at the dealership. I alsomy truck reflashedas a precaution... (big chunk of change I wasn't expecting). I ditched that thing! There was just a discussion on roller rockers the other day 1.6 vs 1.7 and they said to stick with 1.6's. Good luck with the locker and let me know how it turns out. I would like to put a locker in, but she see's the street way too often. I plan on installing a truetrac over the summer as well as the level kit, then the mud terrains. That ought to finish up mytruck (haha... right) I would like to know where you can get the mopar valve covers for 100 bux. I'm thinking they should be more around the 200 range for the magnum block and 100 for the olderLA block.

Wish ya luck,
pcfixerpro
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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3.92 with the 33's should be fine. I've got 4.10's on 31's and really enjoy the extra power.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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i hear alot of "the heads are crap" about the heads that i run on the mirada too...and im making around 500hp on 87 octane. if hes allocating a grand on heads, he can get a good set of heads, but im a believer that any head can be worked to produce good numbers.

and we were running 26" hoosiers with 392s...i wish that she had gotten 4.11s, but that was before i was making decisions...
 
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Old Dec 8, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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LMAO firstly this thread is amazing! Love it! Secondly, you do about 1/3 of that list and you'll have my *** towed ANYWHERE/ANYTIME haha!! That list is badass though, I like many of those ideas, and really cant wait to get into those as well man!! What ya wanna do first??
I'm doing the rocker panels first. I don't know if any of you remeber but I was in a wreck where the lady hit me intentionally. Anyways I figured I would save some money and pop the dents out on my own and then cover them with the rocker panels. The next thing I want to do is to tear into the engine. What ever mods I'm going to do to the engine I want to do all at once.So definetly the timing chain, plenum repair, Kegger mod, and TB port. I'm not sure about the cam and heads. I'd like to I'm just not sure I have to be able to get this truck across the country and I don't have much time to work all the bugs out. I might just wait until I move to do the engine stuff.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2007 | 09:45 AM
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he's forgetting the heads... they're crap. get some good ones in there.
No no they are on my list. Wheres a good place to look for some?
 
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