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Old 09-11-2010, 11:43 PM
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All are good answers... hell, you're gonna wind up doing it all anyway, so just pick one and get started having some fun!
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Old 09-11-2010, 11:51 PM
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Obx headers from eBay and a tune.
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Originally Posted by knuckles
gears are more fun
sure hope so! 4.10s and truetrac going in in the next few days!
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Originally Posted by charcold-bowtie
imo, best overall bangfor buck is a stall converter.
If you're not going to do any other mods, I would do this and then a custom tune.

I wouldn't do LTs on a 5.3 unless it was cammed.
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Old 09-12-2010, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by zero2sixT
If you're not going to do any other mods, I would do this and then a custom tune.

I wouldn't do LTs on a 5.3 unless it was cammed.
Why no lt's? my et's dropped from 14.7 bone stock to a 14.1 with lt's, gears, and a tune
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I would save the money and not get either headers or gears and just put it towards a front mount turbo.
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Originally Posted by LS1TRUCKGUY
Why no lt's? my et's dropped from 14.7 bone stock to a 14.1 with lt's, gears, and a tune
Well thought the point of this thread was "bang for your buck". LT headers on a stock 5.3 aren't in that catergory. I'd say most your gain came from the gears and tune.
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for me its the $800 for the lq4 then the 375 for the converter and 450 for a dynotune
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modding is like smoking crack, but id do custom tune first
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I agree...go for a tune. I did a cam and tune at the same time. Then got headers, next is a stall....and the list goes on and on......
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