free mods worth it?

[nobuhiko takada]

out of the many free mods i read about, i was just wondering wich ones are wirth it, wich ones arent and wich ones are just destructive to the car,,
like rewiring the feul pump with thicker guage... is it even worth it? or choping up
the intake stuff, just wondering

i did a search but did not get much,, just how to's

 

[OzzmosisDSM]

Having tried a lot of them myself, I found that the most beneficial mod was the "Washer Spacer/Hood Vent" (add 4 thick washers behind the hood's hinges to space the hood slightly higher then stock. Then remove the OE weather stripping all along the top of the firewall to act like a cowl-induction hood). -This simple, yet almost free mod made a noticable difference in intake temps and allowed the engine bay to vent off a lot of otherwise trapped heat.
The down sides:
A few leaves in your engine bay, this time of year, anyways.
Fender lines don't line up 100%, but you can't hardly notice it.

I just did this mod tonight and I must say I think it's the best free mod yet. Made a noticable difference on the highway and makes sense too.

 

[ryanman]

an easy way to up boost to 16 psi is to remove all vaccum hoses from the BCS, and insert the hose leading from the wastegate into the nipple leading into the intake filter can. before i did this, i was running 12 psi max, totally stock, now boost is up to about 16 psi.

I wouldn't recommend that to anyone.