Hey guys; I've been posting in a few threads talking about the various mods for our cars, and I thought I'd start a thread where we could pull a bunch or the info together, and link to the various Howto threads.
So, in our best free-for-all fashion, lets discuss the various mods, and kick around the various things that we've actually done; that's a Royal We, including everyone who has ever posed a mod here, not just stuff we've personally done.
We'll do a "Sissy Power Adder" Thread, for those who are considering Turbo or Blowers. (I miss you, JL. )
"American V8 engines have made very low 5 second passes without any kind of sissy power adder at all. You aren't impressing me." -KDanner
Lets try to include pros and cons for our ideas, as it seems every mod has its advantages and disadvantages, some you don't realize until you've already installed them.
Let's try to keep bashing to a minimum, but legitimate comments are welcome.
As an example of a mod with Pros and Cons, the PI mod comes to mind: Yes, it gives pull over 5000 RPM, but it removes some of the low end oomph.
Let's see if we can come up with a "Top 10 List". I'll edit this top post over time, to reflect the current state of the list, as it evolves. (If anyone else even posts, lol)
I've listed these in approximate order of difficulty; we can discuss this.
Top 10 MN12 Mods: (list may change over time)
PI intake Swap
02 GT MAF swap
Mark Control Arms swap
02 Tranny Swap, with Teflon seals
Manual Tranny swap
PI Cams Swap
PI engine swap
DOHC Swap
Bilstein Front shock mod
Full body MN12 Bracing
Let's see some other ideas; maybe 10 is too short, maybe it needs to be 50; let's discuss.
So, in our best free-for-all fashion, lets discuss the various mods, and kick around the various things that we've actually done; that's a Royal We, including everyone who has ever posed a mod here, not just stuff we've personally done.
We'll do a "Sissy Power Adder" Thread, for those who are considering Turbo or Blowers. (I miss you, JL. )
"American V8 engines have made very low 5 second passes without any kind of sissy power adder at all. You aren't impressing me." -KDanner
Lets try to include pros and cons for our ideas, as it seems every mod has its advantages and disadvantages, some you don't realize until you've already installed them.
Let's try to keep bashing to a minimum, but legitimate comments are welcome.
As an example of a mod with Pros and Cons, the PI mod comes to mind: Yes, it gives pull over 5000 RPM, but it removes some of the low end oomph.
Let's see if we can come up with a "Top 10 List". I'll edit this top post over time, to reflect the current state of the list, as it evolves. (If anyone else even posts, lol)
I've listed these in approximate order of difficulty; we can discuss this.
Top 10 MN12 Mods: (list may change over time)
PI intake Swap
02 GT MAF swap
Mark Control Arms swap
02 Tranny Swap, with Teflon seals
Manual Tranny swap
PI Cams Swap
PI engine swap
DOHC Swap
Bilstein Front shock mod
Full body MN12 Bracing
Let's see some other ideas; maybe 10 is too short, maybe it needs to be 50; let's discuss.