I currently have a prety modded 2nd gen and i am going to pick up a 1st gen... i was hopeing to have a pretty decent fast car... i was thinking these for mods so far but i dont know everything that can be done..
Exhaust Full
Intake + Cold Air
Get rid of rats nest
Remove engine stuff
MSD 6AL

i dont know what else to do.. what can u do that is cheep and then up to expensive.. thanks for the help in advance..

tyler

 

everything you listed plus

fuel pump w/ regulator
carb upgrade (or a Yaw rebuild)
porting (to preferance)
toss the clutch fan for an electric
rearend swap


and the list gos on and on..

peace

 

thanks.. keep em comeing.. i wanna know what i will need to do to have a sweet 1st gen...

 

header (racing beat) will be your best bang for the buck.

 

SEE signature below...

 

how much does an electric fan help you out?

also, what about a new fuel pump?

if i run a ceramic coated racing beat header, would it be a good idea to run an electric fan? or would i be fine with the clutch fan?

 

the fan only frees up approx 5 hp at most but it cleans up the engine bay.

I dont think it matters on which fan you use with which exhaust.

peace

 

again with the ceramic coated racing beat headers.

Are we sure such an animal exists?

 

i am going to run a RB header with as straight as possible 2.5" pipe to an Apex N1... i figure that will be the best.. not prescilencer.. yeah loud!!

 

extremely loud (ask me how I know)

I think only victoria british has the ceramics (but I could be wrong

peace

 

why do some guys intentionally go for loud exhaust? Is it a ticket fetish? Or hatred for long term hearing ability?

 

I believe it dates back to the prehistoric muscle car days when young lads would run cherry bombs and strait pipes.




lol


peace

 

ok... any more ideas that you could think of as decent simple mods.. so far they all seem good and im going to pick them up.. ideas??

 

i had my downpipe fall off my manafold and i had to drive for a day or so like that.. it was loud.. if it stayed that lous that would be fine but it didnt have that deep of a tone because it was not comeing though the manafold

 

 

I wouldn't opt for too much of a carb upgrade if you have no intentions of porting. The nikki, with a rebuild and jetting, is sufficient for the stock ports.

79-82 manifold has no shutter valve
Port Matched manifold

Including what you've listed that's pretty much it for simple fairly inexpensive mods. Good luck and have fun.

Loud is not the issue. Loud is inevitable for a free flowing exhaust. And since I am in this for the performance, and not looks; loud is what I go with.
Besides who can say it's not fun shooting 2 foot flames in a street race

Peace

 

2 foot flames? ha.. i shoot 2 foot flames just warming up

 

i am wanting someones opinions.. i wanted to get the Apex N1 muffler.. but what about the supertrap muffler.. i know it will shoot a lot of flames but thats good.. i just wanted to know if the supertrap just quieted the sound of our exhaust or did it actually give it a nice deep tone like the N1 would??

 

oh and what would u reccomend for a good carb.. ive heard about the holly conversion with the RB filter.. anyone have any experences with this?

 

RB assures me their exhaust system isn't that loud, and it's pretty free-flowing. They have been building it for over 20 years specifically for this application, after all.

I guess I'll see how loud it is htis weekend when I take the car out for a proper spin

 

Its not loud at all. You hear my fuel pump buzzing its *** off over the exhaust.

 

There ya go. I guess loud and high performance aren't synonymous at all.

 

If they don't one could always have them JetHot coated.

 

what the big advantage of ceramic coated headers anyway ?

 

V8 CONVERSION ya know, if you really want to go fast