I got some new stuff for the Grand Am

[Deggy]

Headrest Inserts:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z6/deggyfresh/DSCF0025.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z6/deggyfresh/DSCF0027.jpg
outside view:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z6/deggyfresh/DSCF0028.jpg

Cold Air Intake & Strut Bar
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z6/deggyfresh/DSCF0030.jpg


just some starter stuff performance wise, and the headrest inserts were free with the order of the strut bar since they didn't have the blue one i wanted to order.

[michelle]

Didn't you get wheels yet?

[Deggy]

those are going on in spring.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z6/deggyfresh/87.jpg

[michelle]

Yay! What will be wrapping them?

[Deggy]

Fuzion ZRi

[A B4C Z]

I got a Mass air flow from Pro M i think that might go well with your intake you got there. Came off a grand am just like yours with intake and some custom exhaust. PS you should get HP tuners on that car if you start modding the motor it will really help. I did it on my ecotec in my cav after i put the intake on and it helped a ton with throttle response.

Kyle

[Deggy]

Can i see a pic of the Mass Air flow thing you are talking about.

as for tuning it, I am having a buddy of mine who does tuning and is a GM certified tech do some tuning for me.

[Boost21]

I got a Mass air flow from Pro M i think that might go well with your intake you got there. Came off a grand am just like yours with intake and some custom exhaust. PS you should get HP tuners on that car if you start modding the motor it will really help. I did it on my ecotec in my cav after i put the intake on and it helped a ton with throttle response.

Kyle
do you have the intake/exhaust also?

lookin good deggy, i got my headrest inserts with my sd hood lol, those things must be given like business cards lol. Mine have the pontiac emblem though lol when are u doing the install?

[Deggy]

im installing the stuff this weekend, probably sunday on my day off.

[Boost21]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/golf/weekend/53202?from=36hr_topnav_golf
geesh 10* high that day :(

[Deggy]

im doing it at a firestone in waukesha...heated garage.

[Boost21]

nice, heated garage ftw
Im guessin u have a hookup there?

[A B4C Z]

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e143/97ZMeGo/DSC05389.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e143/97ZMeGo/DSC05390.jpg

[Deggy]

nice, heated garage ftw
Im guessin u have a hookup there?

bkozlowski from GAOC works there.

[Deggy]

What exactly does that thing do?

[A B4C Z]

? I can tell you its descreened it will let more air in. It worked fine before. Be great if you getting a tune done on it to. Id check out there website if they have one they probly can tell ya more about cause i odnt know much on it.

Kyle

[Deggy]

How much you want for it?

[Boost21]

Ab4cz, did you keep the exhaust or CAI from that car?

[A B4C Z]

Nope i did not hers more info on that sensor. http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10002_870767_-1

[Boost21]

bkozlowski from GAOC works there.

Nice whats he have done to his ride besides the rims ur gettin? Ive never seen his ride

[Deggy]

Nice, but damn those things are expenisive. Would using that without getting the air/fuel mixture tuned mess stuff up, or just let air flow better?

[Deggy]

Nice whats he have done to his ride besides the rims ur gettin? Ive never seen his ride

underdrive pulley, cold air intake, tune, black housing headlights, and my old TYC black tails.

[A B4C Z]

Shoot me pm. It will work as it is. The car it came off was not tuned. Tune will only help it.

Kyle

[Holeshot]

Looks good. I should do something with my 2000 153k miles and the 02 96 k miles LOL

[Deggy]

mine is a 1999 with 145,xxx on the body and i had the motor rebuilt so i should be good for a while now.

[oneslowcamino]

The headrest inserts are pretty cool i've never seen those before.

[pickardracing]

Yeah, where did those come from?

[Deggy]

customgrandam.com

you can buy them for like 10 bucks or something, but they give them away like business cards when something with your order goes wrong...like i ordered a blue one, they were out and sent a chrome one along with those inserts...i like them.

[WilliamZ]

I had a 2000 GT and I eliminated the cat converter and put on a SLP cat-back. It woke it up quite a bit. The stock airbox on the GAGT robs power. I bypassed the air box and ran open mass-air for a pull and I gained 8 whp! Which I put down a max of 154 hp to the wheels. I dyno'd mine when I took it down to AMS for their dyno day/open house.

[Beagle]

hey deggy i would do some research about mass air flow sensors for your car. your prolly have the same mass air flow as lt1's if my memory serves me right, i could be wrong. just desreen the MAF. the thing im not sure about is how easy it is to tune with that MAF. F bodies dont like aftermarket MAF's. just do some research before you buy it thats all im saying. nice wheels btw!

[Boost21]

hey deggy i would do some research about mass air flow sensors for your car. your prolly have the same mass air flow as lt1's if my memory serves me right, i could be wrong. just desreen the MAF. the thing im not sure about is how easy it is to tune with that MAF. F bodies dont like aftermarket MAF's. just do some research before you buy it thats all im saying. nice wheels btw!
I think the ls1 maf plugs right in

[Slow Joe]

If I remember right Deggy that CAI is a PITA to put in... I helped my old roommate put his in...

[Waver]

Deggy, you can do better than the fuzions.....they are by far the worst performance tire that I have ever owned, and I should of learned my lesson with them when I had a few close calls getting onto the freeway in cool weather with my vert........no traction when it is cold.....

[Slow Joe]

Performance Tires + Cold Weather = Bad

I had PZero Rossos on my Mustang at one point and they were close to useless at temps under 35 degrees... But that's not what they're made for...

[BAD LS1]

The LS1 maf plugs right in yes... however its larger ID and calibrated for an LS1... The trims will go cowshit as will performance by installing an LS1 maf w/o tuning for it. Besides that dog paw sized TB is gonna be the main restriction, not the maf.

Since you will being it at FS in waukesha, do you knowJason Meyer?

[Deggy]

hey deggy i would do some research about mass air flow sensors for your car. your prolly have the same mass air flow as lt1's if my memory serves me right, i could be wrong. just desreen the MAF. the thing im not sure about is how easy it is to tune with that MAF. F bodies dont like aftermarket MAF's. just do some research before you buy it thats all im saying. nice wheels btw!

Hmmm yeah i will have to do some research.


If I remember right Deggy that CAI is a PITA to put in... I helped my old roommate put his in...

i had a cheap 2 peice intake on before, but the thing was garbage. I know how to put them in really easy now.


Deggy, you can do better than the fuzions.....they are by far the worst performance tire that I have ever owned, and I should of learned my lesson with them when I had a few close calls getting onto the freeway in cool weather with my vert........no traction when it is cold.....

yeah I PMd turtle to see what he recommends.


The LS1 maf plugs right in yes... however its larger ID and calibrated for an LS1... The trims will go cowshit as will performance by installing an LS1 maf w/o tuning for it. Besides that dog paw sized TB is gonna be the main restriction, not the maf.

Since you will being it at FS in waukesha, do you knowJason Meyer?

No, I do not know him.

[Deggy]

I had a 2000 GT and I eliminated the cat converter and put on a SLP cat-back. It woke it up quite a bit. The stock airbox on the GAGT robs power. I bypassed the air box and ran open mass-air for a pull and I gained 8 whp! Which I put down a max of 154 hp to the wheels. I dyno'd mine when I took it down to AMS for their dyno day/open house.

did you run the open mass-air like the one AB4CZ posted?

[Boost21]

did you run the open mass-air like the one AB4CZ posted?

I think he just ran the car open without a filter on the dyno, i hope im wrong though lol

[BAD LS1]

What is wrong with the stock MAF again?

[Deggy]

Whats wrong with mine...or just whats wrong with them in general....nothing is wrong with mine, if it was a gereral question, they are screened and i guess running one without the screen gives better air flow.

[BAD LS1]

The screen straightens airflow through the maf for more accurate readings, guys will remove the screen to "lean" it out because it will generate altered readings. Id look into replacing that TB that i can plug with a quarter with something ported or whatever before replacing the stock maf or descreening it.

[Deggy]

I will do some research, thanks Tom.

[Beagle]

x2 for TB. youd rather spend money on something that will do something rather than buying a maf.

[WilliamZ]

did you run the open mass-air like the one AB4CZ posted?

Stock mass-air. I might have taken the screens out, I don't remember.

[WilliamZ]

I think he just ran the car open without a filter on the dyno, i hope im wrong though lol

That's correct. What's wrong with a pull without an air filter?

[Boost21]

That's correct. What's wrong with a pull without an air filter?

I wasn't sure if it was just for the dyno or if you left it that way. Nice gain though :thumbsup

[pickardracing]

Leave the screens in.

[BAD LS1]

hahah i drive around with no A/F on the camaro... but again it was proven to choke off 75 hp too lol