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Old 08-07-2017, 09:57 PM   #15
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leave the suspension alone unless you want to spend a fair bit on it.
better tires, light wheels, catback, header, tune, brake pads.

that will make your car just a little quicker, grippier, and make it stop shorter for around $3-4000 depending on the parts you pick
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Not a troll. I just don't think I know how to research properly *shrug*
Well good. Looks like you already have a lot of good responses.

My .02. Sounded like you are on a budget. If I had one of these cars with a tight budget I would:

1. Get an OFT,

2. Get whatever I could to free up breathing out the rear that my state will allow (headers, pipes),

3. Drop in a filter,

4. Run e85 if available.

After that, your budget is way blown.

And cosmetics, do whatever the fuck you want. No one cares and it is your car.
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Thank you so much, and that's exactly why I've been waiting and observing for so long because I'm just unsure. If a header, drop-in, and tires are what you recommend then I will go ahead and begin. Is my header choice in the OP up to par? I've heard good things.
I generally try to stay away from recommending certain products since I have not used them myself but from all information your choice of that header is a wise one.
Keep in mind that just adding a header (or other parts for that matter) without a tune is going to give you minimal gains. The ECU can adjust to some degree but to take real advantage of changes you need to tune for them.
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New tires. Finally switched from stock and holy chit, it makes a huge difference.
Not just new tires,new wider wheels in general. I went from the shitty 215's to 235's and you wanna talk about a difference! The car sticks to the road like glue now! I feel like this is the easiest mod to significantly change the driving dynamics of the car.

I've heard that putting in a short shifter is another easy change,that's somewhat cheap,you could do to improve driving dynamics.

I personally feel like a new full exhaust setup is pretty much a waste of money unless you are going FI. The "gains" aren't worth the price. All you are really paying for is sound,which leads to a placebo effect that you think the car is faster.I have heard that a TRD exhaust (and I'm sure others as well) helps with the torque dip,but I still just don't feel like it's worth $1000+.
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Not just new tires,new wider wheels in general. I went from the shitty 215's to 235's and you wanna talk about a difference! The car sticks to the road like glue now! I feel like this is the easiest mod to significantly change the driving dynamics of the car.

I've heard that putting in a short shifter is another easy change,that's somewhat cheap,you could do to improve driving dynamics.

I personally feel like a new full exhaust setup is pretty much a waste of money unless you are going FI. The "gains" aren't worth the price. All you are really paying for is sound,which leads to a placebo effect that you think the car is faster.I have heard that a TRD exhaust (and I'm sure others as well) helps with the torque dip,but I still just don't feel like it's worth $1000+.
A catback does nothing for performance but a header and tune will show some gains.
If the TRD catback exhaust has any effect on the torque I have never noticed it. The improved sound is worth every penny to me though.
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A catback does nothing for performance but a header and tune will show some gains.
If the TRD catback exhaust has any effect on the torque I have never noticed it. The improved sound is worth every penny to me though.

The tuner (William Knose of Delicious Tuning) who tuned my car said I could get 10 more HP if I put the stock exhaust back on. They say the TRD is more restrictive. They said they cut apart a TRD and the pipes are actually smaller. I'm still keeping mine. I love the sound and the look. I have enough HP.
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IMHO get a Apexi drop in filter and call it a day. Enjoy the car for now and learn how to drive it well. As for headers just FYI, your power train warranty will not be honored once you install aftermarket headers. If you don't care about the power train warranty then do whatever you want. Join your local FT86 Club and then you can hear some exhaust systems for yourself. Suggestions for catless headers are Gruppe S, Tomei and catted JDL. Just my 2 cents!
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Instead of telling you what you should do, I'll just tell my favorite mods on my car, and you can take it for what it's worth. Everything else is in my journal, link in signature.

Gruppe-S UEL header
OFT E85 tune
TRD quickshift kit
Wheels/Tires (too many options to be specific)
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IMHO get a Apexi drop in filter and call it a day. Enjoy the car for now and learn how to drive it well. As for headers just FYI, your power train warranty will not be honored once you install aftermarket headers. If you don't care about the power train warranty then do whatever you want. Join your local FT86 Club and then you can hear some exhaust systems for yourself. Suggestions for catless headers are Gruppe S, Tomei and catted JDL. Just my 2 cents!
No luck w/ magnusson-moss on that?
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This is a 2017. Stop saying get a filter. It doesn't do much if anything for a 17.

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Not just new tires,new wider wheels in general. I went from the shitty 215's to 235's and you wanna talk about a difference! The car sticks to the road like glue now! I feel like this is the easiest mod to significantly change the driving dynamics of the car.

I've heard that putting in a short shifter is another easy change,that's somewhat cheap,you could do to improve driving dynamics.

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The low end torque bump from a header and tune is definitely worth the money IMO.
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No luck w/ magnusson-moss on that?
Nope, according to dealership. My dealership specifically said aftermarket header the warranty will not be honored. As for drop in filter there's one available for 2017 models. Blitz I think is the brand
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