improve hp on my 2001 3.8L

[golfproeric]

I was wondering what kind of mods i can do to my car to see some gains in hp? i'm not looking to spend a ton of money but i'm not on a tight budget . please help with any suggestions... are there any performance chips i could put into the computer?

[Blizzard242]

Re: improve hp on my 2001 3.8L

No, don't buy any chips or believe that they work. The only computer tuning that you should do and that you will see gains from is HP tuners. It's an awesome program that lets you control every aspect of your vehicle.

But for starting mods, you gotta let the car breathe. So a whisper air lid and a new exhaust setup-> Headers, Y pipe, highflow cat (or no cat at all depending on where you live) and you can buy a catback exhaust kit from there on. I'd recommend magnaflow over flowmaster catbacks because I know from personal experience that the flowmaster mufflers rust out over time.

Getting all that done might make you happy enough with the car or if you want to invest further into mods then you know where to come. We'd have to go into rockers or maybe some drivetrain stuff. I've heard changing the driveshaft from a steel 2 piece to a 1 piece aluminum has some very noticeable differences. You can pick one of those up from a junkyard out of an ls1 camaro or a TransAm for about 100 bucks.

[golfproeric]

Re: improve hp on my 2001 3.8L

i have a flowmaster 40 series on it from cat back.... i just have the stock cat with it. what exactly is a Y pipe?

also how much does a whisper lid run? is the installation pretty easy?

[Blizzard242]

Re: improve hp on my 2001 3.8L

i have a flowmaster 40 series on it from cat back.... i just have the stock cat with it. what exactly is a Y pipe?

also how much does a whisper lid run? is the installation pretty easy?

The Y pipe is the part that connects to each of the header flanges and runs to the cat. I think the stock Y-pipe includes the cat and the S pipe in one solid section. New Y pipes are usually sold with headers.

Yeah, the whisper lid is about the easiest mod you'll ever do.

[Smoke Panther]

Re: improve hp on my 2001 3.8L

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