New Car, need new mods

[o0eclipse0o]

So after a short-circuit electrical fire near my ignition, and waiting over 40 minutes for a fire departmentto respond to a call my rs is gone ...the good that comes out is i'm in the final steps of purchasing a gsx this week!..it has CAI, Turboback exhaust, and other first mods...what are some other good mods to get?

 

[CardShark]

So after a short-circuit electrical fire near my ignition, and waiting over 40 minutes for a fire departmentto respond to a call my rs is gone ...the good that comes out is i'm in the final steps of purchasing a gsx this week!..it has CAI, Turboback exhaust, and other first mods...what are some other good mods to get?

Next mod should definitely be replacing your crappy stock plastic BOV. Any other mods you will do will be wasted since a stock 2G BOV leaks even under stock boost.

Get a 1G BOV if you are on a budget, step up to a Greddy Type S if you have a little more cash to spend. Might also want to get a Upper Intercooler Pipe at the same time since otherwise you will have to get an adapter for the flange.

 

[19Eclipse90]

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Always start with maintenance, especially with a newly acquired used car.

 

[CardShark]

Always start with maintenance, especially with a newly acquired used car.

+1 19Eclipse90 is absolutely right. This is probably the most important thing and a lot of people ignore it foolishly. Engine oil, fluids (tranny, transfer case, rear differential), spark plugs and wires should be your first mods.

 

[Tre3zy]

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Always start with maintenance, especially with a newly acquired used car.

+1 with this....

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

+3 Do ALL preventative maintenance, then mod. There's no point in modding if the car is going to be broken all of the time and chances are you will have to redo most of those mods just to fix a bigger problem. And welcome to the world or turbo DSM's dude!

 

[98dsmkid]

+1 with this....

i agree

 

[o0eclipse0o]

true, thanks for the that guys, im gonna see what maintenance the guy has done within the last couple of months so i get an idea of what i have to do before i buy anything else

 

[The Sorrow]

Good place to start id say

 

[idkiliketurbos]

Maintinence first and then worry about mods. Not going to go fast with a car that doesn't run right, or run at all in some cases.

 

[o0eclipse0o]

hahah true Good point! I am having a price dispute with the guy im Looking to buy from the car is stock but he replaced the engine in August and it has 25,000 on it and its a 98, the rest of the car has 173,000 miles on it. The car looks in great shape, what would you think is a fair price for it?

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Unless he has reciepts/proof, it didnt happen, and it would be best to do all of the maintenance regardless.

 

[o0eclipse0o]

yea thats what I was saying. I told him 3000-4000 range because of all the maintenance i will probably have to do because he has not mentioned any recent servicing and how high the mileage is on the car. He didn't agree so much