I just installed a Frankencar intake, RSB, Y-pipe, Cosmo racing STS, and replaced the HU and all four speakers in the last month. Now I have a big grin on my face when I look down and notice that I'm at 80mph all of a sudden!
Here are some things that suprised me (Order in which they were installed):
Frankencar: How loud that thing is! Geez! Its like my whole engine is on the left side of the car! Minimal gains...

RSB: How easy it was to install! It only took like 30 minutes! The car handles better, not as drastic as people have said, but its definitely more crisp.

Y-pipe: 1) How easy the bolts to the cat were to get off. Lots of people complained about how bad they were, but I didn't have a problem with them. 2) How extremely difficult it was for me to get the O2 sensors off. I've already done the one on the cat, and thought these would be a sinch. WRONG! I had to go out and buy the special O2 socket. 3) How much of a difference it made... after I reset the ECU. I just wanted to see if the computer would respond to the change in y-pipe. After I reset the ECU, and drove it... wow!

Cosmo STS: Suprised by the fact that its really a decent shifter, especially for eBay. A little notchy and stiff, but nice to not be "rowing a boat". Also supprised at the fact that I had to "modify" the heat shield above the cat (the new shifter doesn't clear it).

HU and Speakers: How much a pain in the *** this is! But only because I didn't know that I had to run new wires. It was a good learning experience. Now I have tunes and no stupid Bose... and there was much rejoicing, yay.

Thanks for reading.

 

take it easy on modding. its more fun when u do it 1 by 1

 

good job!

got pix? post it up

 

i wish i had the money to do all that...in a couple months ill have enough to do that, finally got a job

 

lol, yeah... have to set a buget so I don't do everything at once, and go into red ink. I did the intake in January, RSB and y-pipe mid Feb, and STS and stereo this week.

 

did you have to reeset your ecu after the y-pipe install?

 

You don't have to reset the ECU after the y-pipe install. It will adjust after ~500-1000KM of driving.

LEMAR

 

haha I have the same problem. I keep buying mods and not installing them. So far, a y pipe, cat. converter, aluminum dash kit, sts, fsb, more noens, new power wire..... Still gotta finish my plexy box.. wow lots of work, so overwhelming. I always get my uncle to help me on car projects bc Im still young and learning and dont want to mess stuf up. good work tho!

 

Same here, I have Struts, springs, tranny cooler, and ypipe waiting install. But its 8 degrees out right now, so it'll be awhile till I can start the installation begin.

 

^Yeah, I had my y-pipe and RSB waiting for a few weeks before I could install them. Hahaha, the cold weather kept me from workin on my car too (D amn winter).

I got the instructions off of the warpspeed webpage, and they say to reset the ecu.

 

you lucky bastards...i have nothing to install

 

Nice with the mods.
I will be doing the same soon. It will still be about another three or four weeks, though, and then it is modding season. I am still collecting as we speak.

 

Just got my new oxygen sensor in the mail today. This weekend I'm installing o2 sensor, udp, and b&m sts

 

I love the "and there was much rejoicing, yay" at the end.

Monty Python rules!

 

^indeed, I was hoping someone would catch that

hehe, how's that arm? btw, do you still have the 5th gen muffler? I've been at odds between that and a dynomax super turbo.