01-14-2012, 05:43 AM
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Location: A "Zoo" in West Michigan.
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Newbie from SW Michigan
Hello everyone, I'm Howard.
I was in need of a fuel efficient daily driver and recently traded my 88 Mustang LX 5.0 for an 02 GX Sedan, 5-Speed, 2.2, 95K and have been very pleased so far. I'm not really feeling the Tropic Teal color though. My plans are to keep it simple, sporty, but close to stock, since its my daily driver. I have a cracked door mirror so it was an excuse to order a pair of 99-01 Grand Am mirrors the other day. When spring hits, I plan to lower it, install a Razzi kit, light tint (15%), full exhaust, intake and probably some 19's. I also plan to supercharge it in the future also.
I'll upload some pics and post later today.
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01-14-2012, 05:57 AM
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01-14-2012, 06:22 AM
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nice clean ride man, but so right about that shift knob...
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01-14-2012, 09:20 AM
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⌘ Irish Pride
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Welcome!! Glad to see another Michigan guy. You should make plans to come to ASS. You go to Western or something?
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01-14-2012, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by howie2336
My plans are to keep it simple, sporty, but close to stock, since its my daily driver. When spring hits, I plan to lower it, install a Razzi kit, light tint (15%), full exhaust, intake and probably some 19's. I also plan to supercharge it in the future also.
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you want to keep it stock but plan to " lower it, install a Razzi kit, light tint (15%), full exhaust, intake and probably some 19's. I also plan to supercharge it in the future also." 
Car modding is addicting
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01-14-2012, 09:48 AM
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welcome.......and why 19s?
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01-14-2012, 10:27 AM
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welcome
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01-14-2012, 11:19 AM
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636 whp
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01-14-2012, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jhubbz
Welcome!! Glad to see another Michigan guy. You should make plans to come to ASS. You go to Western or something?
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I'm a Kalamazoo native. I've done alot of partying at WMU, but didn't attend lol. I attend U of Phoenix... Btw, whats "ASS"? |
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01-14-2012, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by spc2125
you want to keep it stock but plan to " lower it, install a Razzi kit, light tint (15%), full exhaust, intake and probably some 19's. I also plan to supercharge it in the future also."
Car modding is addicting
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Yeah it's very addicting. I need AA for automotive mods lol. Stock in my eyes is not touching the engine or trans internals.  |
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01-15-2012, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by kwhauck
welcome.......and why 19s?
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From checking around and seeing the different springs that are offered, none lower the car over 2 inches and I'm not a fan of wheel/fender gap. At first I wanted to go with 20's, but they'll hurt handling and wouldn't be wise on a daily driver. I may just go with 18's but again there's probably gonna be some wheel/fender gap, depending on tire size. I look at 19's as a happy median. |
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01-15-2012, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by howie2336
I'm a Kalamazoo native. I've done alot of partying at WMU, but didn't attend lol. I attend U of Phoenix... Btw, whats "ASS"?
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Nevermind, I just checked out the ASS link. I'm definitely down. Lansing's only an hour away from me. This actually motivates me to have my car ready for it. |
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01-15-2012, 12:49 AM
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holy rust....welcome to the site...I wish I could find a 5-speed sedan or a 5-speed period for that matter
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01-15-2012, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 03glgold
holy rust....welcome to the site...I wish I could find a 5-speed sedan or a 5-speed period for that matter
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I wish I had the money for a 5speed swap with my v6..
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01-15-2012, 05:49 AM
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01-15-2012, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by howie2336
Yeah it's very addicting. I need AA for automotive mods lol. Stock in my eyes is not touching the engine or trans internals. |
good luck charging on stock internals
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01-16-2012, 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 03glgold
holy rust....welcome to the site...I wish I could find a 5-speed sedan or a 5-speed period for that matter
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Luckily its just surface rust. We get alot of lake effect snow and the roads are salted heavily. I plan to get it painted by spring. |
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01-16-2012, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Ttop191
good luck charging on stock internals |
Yeah I don't want to add much boost since I plan to keep the internals stock. Nothing over 5-6 psi. Shouldn't the internals be able to handle that? |
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01-16-2012, 05:58 AM
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636 whp
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it's not about boost pressure, it's about power
the supercharger is mild enough that it doesn't matter
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01-16-2012, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by [ion] C2
it's not about boost pressure, it's about power
the supercharger is mild enough that it doesn't matter
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So just out of curiosity; how much hp can a stock 2.2 handle before having to change internals?
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This shifter nob has to go asap!
