New P5, What to do for little dough...

[chatzis]

Just got a brand new P5, 5 speed and love it! (45 miles and counting.....).
Anyway the only thing I did was drive it straight to the tint place to get it nice and dark for the damn sun around here...

What Can I do to juice it up without breaking the bank?
New Air intake, filter, wires.... I am not really sure since I am pretty new to doing anything to a car other than adding a K&N air filter.

I really want to have a little fun but can't afford too much right now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[spazspike]

The Injen CAI and/or AEM SRI are two very popular intakes. Another popular modification is the axle-back exhaust, which opens the door to several companies like HKS, Mazda, etc. Then there is always the full cat-back setup but look to pay double (and then some) for those.

[b_real45]

You can always go with a custom exhaust at any decent exhaust shop. If the exhaust shop doesn't have a mandrel bender or isn't willing to weld up various mandrel bent pipes, go with 2.5" press-bent and a resonator and a muffler of your choice. This shouldn't cost more than $250. A mandrel bent system will probably be $350-400 muffler included.

I'd probably start with exhaust.. then do intake. After that, you can do some cosmetics if you're into that.

[chatzis]

Thanks for the info...
Will these exhaust suggestions change the sound of the car? I don't mind a little throatyness but I don't want it to sound like a 87 camaro with a glass pack on it screaming down the road...

[KYREDP5]

Originally posted by chatzis
I don't want it to sound like a 87 camaro with a glass pack on it screaming down the road...

Don't worry, our cars will NEVER sound like that.

[spazspike]

http://jfearing.netfirms.com

You'll find a sound clip of the HKS Axle-back system on the P5 that I jacked from another member. You'll need real player...

[chatzis]

Cool! I am having trouble finding the AEM or Injen Intake.
I managed to find a short Ram AEM but I know I will want to do the CAI for maximum performance. AEM shows on their site their new V2 technology which is supposed to increase performance even more but of course I am a novice to this stuff so am not really sure.... Any ideas?
Thanks for all your help.

[AbbyVonNormal]

(hi) there is always the ECU swap!
if you do a search, you can find out more info

[chatzis]

Can you tell me what exactly is an axle-back exhaust? Sorry for my ingorance....

So far I am tinted 5% in the back and 20% on the doors..... what next???...

[spazspike]

Axle-Back is defined as the last 10-15" of piping and the muffler. Versus the full cat-back which extends underneath the car. Some say that you'll notice more power gain with the cat-back vs. the axle-back system.

However, overall the gain in either configuration is minimal.

[rednecks_r_us]

Low buck mods.

I went to my local auto parts store and spent verry little to change the appearance from stock

Click on the www button below to see some of my cheap mods.