Well I was lucky enough to win the $500 gift card to Lethal via their signature competition however I have no idea what to buy. Most of the parts on my car are either new or upgraded in some way. Anything I "need" is a good bit more than $500 which I'm ok using as an excuse to spend some money.
Run down on the car. 96 cobra with built motor, c head swap and intercooled 8 rib Novi 2000, t56w/ 26 spline input and rxt, built 8.8 with 9" ends and 4.10's, strange struts/shocks and coil overs upfront, mm front/rear control arms, stock k member, full fuel system, bbk 1-5/8 to 2.5 x and 2.5 borla cat back.
First thing that came to mind was upgrading the rusty bbk 1-5/8 long tubes to some nicer Kooks or ARH. Nothing wrong with the ones I have but I should be making 700+whp when I turn up the boost and I would never have to worry about them rusting out. Con is it would cost ~$1200 after the discount.
MM k member would compliment the rest of the suspension nicely but I already have the +3/4" a arms on the stock k member so with their K I would be +1.5" and likely have rubbing issues. This in itself would only be about $200 out of pocket but I would need to buy or trade for std. a arms.
Car currently has strange struts/ coil overs and mm cc plates. They work fine but are noisy. I could switch to Bilstein drag struts but I would also have to get a new coil over kit. Total would be about 350 after gift card.
Thump tensioner would be almost exactly the amount of the gift card. I currently have a stock steel tensioner and 8 rib and show no signs of slip but I have it limited to about 13 lbs. When I max out the blower it may start to have issues.
T56 magnum is wayyyy more than I would like to spend and there is nothing wrong with mine. But Magnum.
Or something else I didn't see or consider.
I could also just sit on it until I inevitably break something and use it towards whatever that is but where''s the fun in that.
Run down on the car. 96 cobra with built motor, c head swap and intercooled 8 rib Novi 2000, t56w/ 26 spline input and rxt, built 8.8 with 9" ends and 4.10's, strange struts/shocks and coil overs upfront, mm front/rear control arms, stock k member, full fuel system, bbk 1-5/8 to 2.5 x and 2.5 borla cat back.
First thing that came to mind was upgrading the rusty bbk 1-5/8 long tubes to some nicer Kooks or ARH. Nothing wrong with the ones I have but I should be making 700+whp when I turn up the boost and I would never have to worry about them rusting out. Con is it would cost ~$1200 after the discount.
MM k member would compliment the rest of the suspension nicely but I already have the +3/4" a arms on the stock k member so with their K I would be +1.5" and likely have rubbing issues. This in itself would only be about $200 out of pocket but I would need to buy or trade for std. a arms.
Car currently has strange struts/ coil overs and mm cc plates. They work fine but are noisy. I could switch to Bilstein drag struts but I would also have to get a new coil over kit. Total would be about 350 after gift card.
Thump tensioner would be almost exactly the amount of the gift card. I currently have a stock steel tensioner and 8 rib and show no signs of slip but I have it limited to about 13 lbs. When I max out the blower it may start to have issues.
T56 magnum is wayyyy more than I would like to spend and there is nothing wrong with mine. But Magnum.
Or something else I didn't see or consider.
I could also just sit on it until I inevitably break something and use it towards whatever that is but where''s the fun in that.
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All the wife needs to know is I saved almost $700 though right?
