Some exauhst, CAI and wheelsize q's from a newbie

[Brandon83]

Well I just picked up a black 2003 V6 with the pony package. Having a blast with the car so far. I have a buddy of mine that is a keystone distributor so I can get parts from him cheap I was wondering what would be the best route to take.

I am primarily looking for some inexpensive mods to boost HP. First on the list is a CAI. He can get me one from BBK for a good price....Any opinions suggestions about this?

Next on the list would be a dual exauhst. Now this is causing me some grief. I can't find anything in keystones inventory that fits a 3.8 except a borla exaust (a little more then I'm willing to spend) and a couple side exit setups. But personally those seem a little cheesy. I was searching around and it seems that the popular choice around the forums are flowmasters and I've downloaded a couple clips and I love their sound but keystone doesn't seem to carry them for 3.8's or will the 4.6 versions fit? I also read something briefley about bassani exaust but I don't see that anywhere on keystones site.

Next up on the list are mags. I love the saline mags so I'm looking into those...What size are they?...17's 18's? Would 18's run well on an otherwise stock v6? Are the wheel wells wide enough?

Any other suggestions on what I can do to the car would be great performance wise...I might even get it chipped but we'll see. I was reading a lot about pulley's and this and that but I think that's a little too involved for the time being we'll see maybe next year.

 

[JOSTANG75]

BBK is a good CAI. For the exhaust you can buy the Flows from ebay and take them to an exhaust shop and have them cut your y-pipe and fabricate the pipes and weld the mufflers.

 

[Ernad]

Those Saleen's should fit. Personally, if I was getting them, I would do some suspension work to get rid of the gap between the tire and fenderwell. However, that can cost you $500+.
Pulleys are fairly easy to do, and they do provide some gain. As far as other mods, if you have a few hundered dollars, gears and a t-lok can be very beneficial as well.

 

[Brandon83]

Ok sounds good. I'll deffinitely be getting the CAI then. So does that mean that flowmaster doesn't make a kit for 3.8's? If that's the case then it sounds like it's a lot easier to just get the borla kit.

 

[PonyJoe]

Flowmaster has a V6 kit, so does Mac, Magnaflow, and quite a few others. Go to Partshopper and check out some of them.

 

[Brandon83]

alright thanks for the info I'll look into it. As for doing suspension work I'm going to try and stay away from lowering my car any. I can get kits for around 250CDN but the roads here in Quebec are terrible and I have enough problem getting over some speed bumps as it is. When I change the wheels I'll see how it looks and decide then i suppose.