2001 ALero Coupe V6 3.4 mods suggestions
 

Im looking for some help with doing up my 3.4. i mainly know what i want but i need the help to get passed the baby steps.

Well what do you want to do?

First you should get a Cold air intake

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-04...fAccess ories

step 1: get a credit card
step 2: get another credit card
step 3: go to www.wot-tech.com
step 4: improve car
step 5: file bankruptcy, due to inability to pay bills from epic engine mods.

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personally I would get a 3 piece they just look better, and pay extra for k&n filter. I wouldn't trust ebay filters.

well i actually have a partial cold air but since its so close to winter i still have it in the older air box with out the lid....... my true goals are to end up getting a turbo and i am alsop wanting to see if i can make my car a standard. it will probly be a one of a kind thing i think but i dunno.

More people need to think like you.

sure but i dont really wanna get credit cards man lol. by the way im also looking for a front bumper cover i uhhhhh seem to need one after last winter. it almost makes me cry every time i notice the cacks and rivits.....

/\ You look at lots of cacks? Usually I avoid that part of the movie.

OK Take out the bottom half of the air box. It's not helping you at all. It's not hard to get out either. Might have to remove the battery to get it out, it's been a while and I forget.

Exhaust is a good 2nd step. Flowmaster, Magaflow, turbo muffler. You'll hear a lot of options. Go to YouTube and look up Alero Exhaust. I have a vid up there of mine going thru a few paces with Super 44's, there are others too.

P&P manis are also a good chioce, yes check out WOT tech.com and get some ideas.

What are your plans for the car anyway?

If you can find an SLP exhaust for a grand am, that works GREAT...I love mine, but you will need to shave the down pipe a little as apparently the grand am is a lil longer (i dont know how)

TPS-tec is a good easy (cheap) mod, not sure if its a great increase but i felt the difference in mine, though it did go up after 2 years.

if the site is still up PFYC.com (parts for your car) has some decent priced parts for beginning and i havent been on there in some time, but they had a supercharger too.

But like others are asking, your intentions (goal) would also drive you to look 1 way or another.

step 1: turbo charged for sure i have come to decide that i would get more of a benefit out of that rather than a super charger.

step 2: i want to paint the car black and i have a set of underglows for it i think the red glows should make it look mint. as for the body i may end up getting a kit later on but i cant seem to find one i really like so ill just toss some silver chicken wire in the new front bumber to replace the "CRACKED"one

step 3: i would like to get some new rims i found ones i liked on ebay a while back but im sure there gone now.

step 4: this step may become done wayyy sooner than the turbo so kinda a step one i have a friend with a clarion 7" fold up display touch screen for a stereo deck and then gonna put infinnity kappa's all round followed by a set of 2 ten inch subs and a twelve. all dpeakers will be amped i have a rockford coming from a friend that is broken. the rest i shall buy new but i dont know what kind to get.

Step 5: working on getting a magnaflow exhaust system so that would go great.

step 6: will be getting windows tinted black and change the interior from the beige ish one...... dont like it

by the way i was tired when i said the cracked bumber so alero red 04 seriously man sad face!!!!! lol jk

sounds like you have a good idea of what you want.

I have a full razzi kit if you are interested
for exhaust if its still around I would recommend the SLP cat-back made for the grand am (lil modification needed to bolt to ours) I love the tone not weed whacky nor weak, its nice.

well my buddy has a grand am gt with a magnaflow exhaust duels sounds down right sexy lol although if you could pm me a price and some pics ill be more than happy to think/ look into it

A good custom bent exhust system goes for around $500 CAD thats pretty much on any kind of vehicle

To each their own, I have heard magnaflows on aleros and pardon the term made them sound like ricers. The SLP gives it a nice mean deep tone.

I have pics of the razzi on myspace when they were on my alero. they are sitting in my attic now and I cant get to them with all the stuff I have goin on right now.

hey i went through trying to find those pics man i couldnt see em. either way i would almost be scared top see the cost to ship them up here im going to check out the slp ones online here in a min just got home not feeling well my whole town has just been informed that alot of us have h1n1 kinda affraid to get checked out doubt i got it though. hey i was wondering where cherington has gotten to would like to know if those are his own pics with the glowing interiorim kinda thinking about wrking inside then out now but still wanting to do little performance stuff

no prob, my main pics on myspace may be set to friends only, but there should be a slide show of nothing but the alero pics. Yea shipping may be a pain...and may actually be able to get it cheaper on e-bay.

I had tried to find the SLP exhaust (www.slponline.com) and it doesn't appear to be on their site anymore. I did see the Borla cat-back, but have no opinion on them. (about 10 years ago they were very reputable though)

turbo on this car would be sweet but money and skill play a big part...but yes turbo will be cheaper there are very fue supercharged 3400's

well i priced out the super charger and it was gonna cost around 4 grand. and well the main thing i dont like about the super charger is it increases torque but slaughters the over all horsepower. turbo creates a even boost through out all the areas of drive ( if set up and designed properly)

some thing i was recomended to try was to remove the computer from the alero and replace with my grandam........ heavier body recquires a different set up for how the car reacts all universal hookups cause of the n-body so should have no prob whats your thoughts?

i think until a proper supercharger setup has been completed you can't say that turbo makes a lot more horsepower, or that a supercharger makes more torque, also like I said a proper supercharger setup would also have a nice even boost curve.........

switching computers is a stupid idea, you will be running hp tuners with a turbo setup and can program whatever the heck you want...

also if you keep your eyes open you can get a bolt on EM kit that shows up every once in awhile for $1500-2500

well to be honest the one reason i wanted to switch comps is cause that is what i have and it woukldnt cost me a cent. either way i will be keeping my eyes open for almost any thing that will create better performance.