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Look good or go fast

ILoveAudi

ILoveAudi

Never Be A Tim.
Hey guys. I'm sure most of you have seen me flopping back and forth between beefing up the car and just making it look great. I just want to get everyone's input on it. Kind of like a survey. Just tell me what you think! If you want to know more about the car you can take a quick look at my ride thread or you can just read my signature. 170k on everything. Never had any rebuilds. I'm also 17 (as of tomorrow) and going to be a junior if that influences your opinions.
 


I dumped lots of money into my first Grand Prix making it "fast"

Now my 2nd I dumped about 1/2 that amount into making it look good and maintenance. Little bit of go fast stuff. I'm plenty happy with where it's at now. If I decide to go fast, I'll end up doing a full build on another motor, then drop that one in.
 


I started out with a few simple look good mods like tint, tinted tails, etc.

Then I fully redid the entire suspension. Upgraded everything that could be, and freshened up everything else.

Haven't done any go fast yet, but that's next.
 
Nah, definitely not swimming in cash. Not to mention it's hard to have time to work during fall and spring due to sports.
 


I made my car look OK and worked on maintenance issues. Then I started go fast stuff... Key is to not cut ANY corners when doing go fast stuff.
 
A quick gp would be your basic 3.4 setup, SD headers, colder plugs, home made open cone intake, tune, 180* tstat, Autolite 105s. If you shopped around for used pulleys and stuff you could get everything for under $400, then figure in another $200-$250 for a tune.
 


cam and a 3.2 with a good tune. stock heads, 3" downpipe, stock exhaust.

coilovers (or bags?) and 18x9/10s....
 
I'll stick to stock performance for now. Then if I feel the need to I'll start giving my car some steroids lol
 
why not do both lol
just do one thing and then another. cheap visual mods are always a great way to personalize your car.
 
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