Worth it?

[ryanb910]

Its time for me add another mod to my car and I was wondering if the VMAX Plenum Spacer would be worth it with my current mods. If not what should I do next? Nitrous is in my future. 3.55 gears? Suspension? What mod would I feel the most?

Mods: BBK LT Headers / Ported Throttle Body / Black Ice-Olator / Vararam / Magnaflow X Pipe / Flowmaster AM Thunder exhaust / Trifecta tune

[Sikoriko]

If you don't have a catch can. I would recommend a can.

[lscamaro]

No, not worth it.

Are u focusing on just one thing? Like drag racing or autocross?

If u want something u can feel, do suspension.

[ryanb910]

I use it mostly for drag racing other than my DD

[Diode Dynamics]

Plenum Spacers aren't going to be that noticeable IMO...save your $$

Nick C.

[gutterball]

agree with LS, do your suspension.

[lscamaro]

Originally Posted by ryanb910

I use it mostly for drag racing other than my DD

Well if you're just going to do mods concerning drag racing, then I might be slightly less inclined to say suspension. Reason I say this is because one of my most noticeable mods is sway bars (well the front sway bar, haven't installed the rear one yet ). But sway bars do little to nothing to help with drag racing. If you wanted to do drag racing suspension, it'd be best to start with rear subframe bushings and trailing arms to aid with traction. I have trailing arms on my car but the verdict to whether they helped me or not will come this Friday when I make it to the track. I will be doing subframe bushings soon but until then, I can't comment for those

Besides suspension, a ported manifold might be interesting to look into... other than that, it'd be FI or if you drag enough, or just want to drop some ET then look for an affordable drag wheel / tire package.

[ryanb910]

Do you think I would feel a difference with a ported IM or should I just go nitrous?

[lscamaro]

If you're comfortable doing nitrous now, don't buy anything else and just do that. No bolt on is even gonna come close to nitrous. If my plans for this car hadn't changed, I'd have nitrous on it already. The fact that nitrous cars post the fastest and most consistent times on the LLT already makes it the best choice for drag racing. The fact that you don't have to struggle with tuning either makes nitrous a great option. As far as bang for the buck, nitrous is the best power adder.

If you're not ready for it just yet, I'd buy the supporting mods you're going to need anyway. They won't be huge in terms of feel but they'll help for when you finally buy the nitrous.

But if you don't mind doing it, nitrous is hard to beat IMO

[ryanb910]

And the by supporting mods youre talking about?

[lscamaro]

Originally Posted by ryanb910

And the by supporting mods youre talking about?

Drag radials, trailing arms, and subframe bushings. When you go nitrous, you're most definitely going to spin so you'll need to control that. Trailing arms aren't a huge "oh my god, that's a huge difference" mod but just judging by street driving and some "private road" racing, they do help plant the car and take off faster. Everyone I have asked, has also told me that the subframe bushings help control the rear end which is what you'll also need to reduce wheel hop and aid traction as much as you can.