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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:31 pm 
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Hey guys what is the Best bang for your buck on a BA 6cyl ? time to start doing upgrades on the wife's wagon !

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:33 pm 
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puter tune, cold air, exhaust. just to start, cant go wrong there, punchy motors.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:34 pm 
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extractors, exhaust, tune, intake

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:37 pm 
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hah, cant help but notice the similarities there.... =)
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:42 pm 
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best bang for buck?

3.7 or 4.11 diff gears.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:46 pm 
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go fast.... very little money spent =)
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:47 am 
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hah, cant help but notice the similarities there.... =)
lol yeah, i hadn't realised you posted before me :)

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:54 am 
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Mates BA XT got 15.6 stock.
Typhoon intake, exhaust and extractors saw 15.2
Add shiftkit and 3.9s to that and he got 14.9

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:29 pm 
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There's people running 14.9 with a standard xt with a zf 6 speed auto.

So really that's a poor time.
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:45 pm 
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There's people running 14.9 with a standard xt with a zf 6 speed auto.

So really that's a poor time.

So the best bang for buck mod for the OP is to install a ZF 6 Speed?
You priced one up?
I'm fairly sure he'd be spending more then the 2k my mates spent on modding his :lol:

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:01 pm 
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There's people running 14.9 with a standard xt with a zf 6 speed auto.

So really that's a poor time.


and apparently they are also doing 14.5 stock :?

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:00 pm 
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3.9:1 diff gears, do it.
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:04 pm 
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Darkr wrote:
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There's people running 14.9 with a standard xt with a zf 6 speed auto.

So really that's a poor time.


and apparently they are also doing 14.5 stock :?


that 14.5 stock is very hard to believe.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:11 pm 
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6 speed auto - minimum $6k!

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:40 pm 
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N20 is the best bang for buck on the market :idea:

Thats if your after that sort of bang :?:

 

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