PRyan
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Hello Everyone,
My name is Patrick and I am a new member located in California. I have always wanted a Grand National since I was a teenage and can afford to have one as a weekend car now that I am in my 40's! I am new to the turbo world and was hoping to get some recommendations from all of you regarding what performance upgrades I should consider since I am in California and will have to smog the car which includes a tailpipe test and a visual inspection. My car is a bone stock 87 with 93K mile on it with the exception of a 2.5" Pypes Race Pro cat-back exhaust I installed a few months ago. It will only be driven on the street and will probably never be raced.
I have been reading the many posts on the site for the past few months and have come up with the following list of potential mods:
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My name is Patrick and I am a new member located in California. I have always wanted a Grand National since I was a teenage and can afford to have one as a weekend car now that I am in my 40's! I am new to the turbo world and was hoping to get some recommendations from all of you regarding what performance upgrades I should consider since I am in California and will have to smog the car which includes a tailpipe test and a visual inspection. My car is a bone stock 87 with 93K mile on it with the exception of a 2.5" Pypes Race Pro cat-back exhaust I installed a few months ago. It will only be driven on the street and will probably never be raced.
I have been reading the many posts on the site for the past few months and have come up with the following list of potential mods:
- Spring cleaning (In progress)
- Scanmaster
- Fuel pump upgrade/hotwire kit (I think this change may require an adjustable fuel pressure regulator. If yes, is there a "stock appearing" recommendation that anyone has?)
- Turbo Tweak chip & 42lb/hr injector combo (Sent an email to Eric regarding this and he mentioned possibly upgrading to the 60lb/hr injectors and also probably needing his emissions chip to pass smog)
- LS1 MAF/Translator/MAF Pipe (Do you think a cold air intake would pass a visual smog inspection? Most smog techs don't pay too much attention to mods if cars appear stock.)
- Should I consider a torque convertor upgrade or is this overkill for how I intend on using the car?
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