$5000 to spend...

[Viper Scot]

What advice would anyone give as to what mods to my car I should spend $5000 on. It is a '96 RT-10 with the original windows and both tops. Current mods are listed below in my signature. I'm looking for reliable power mainly (with associated strengthening of components that would be necessary as a result of the extra power). I'm not really wanting anything cosmetic so any bodywork etc mods would need to be functional. Also, what shop in the San Francisco/ Sacramento area would be best to carry out such modifications? Any advice welcome. Thanks!

 

[Russ M]

Heads/cam is probably the only thing worth your time for the money you want to spend.

 

[Vic]

I'd keep saving, and go for a Paxton. Being as you are in California, the Paxton is smog certified here.

 

[PhoenixGTS]

Short gears, sticky rear tires, take the wife to wine country for a romantic trip with the left over $$$.

 

[big-n-italian]

rear end gears are good too unlesss you are planning big HP someday.

before all the money is gone, get yourself some pants! LOL

 

[IEATVETS]

Yep, I am with Vic on this one. A couple grand more and you too could have a Paxton blown Viper.

 

[Fred(DrivingSchool)Kinder]

Skip Barber Performance Driving Schools.

 

[Viper Scot]

rear end gears are good too unlesss you are planning big HP someday.

before all the money is gone, get yourself some pants! LOL

By big HP what do you mean? And hey, a good kilt costs $1000!

I had been thinking of head and cams and maybe some engine management (VEC2). Rear gears possibly too, although that might take me up over the $5k mark? The Paxton sounds fun but I want to keep the car as reliable as possible since I'm taking it to the UK (hence little in the way of Viper techs).

 

[Dimitrios]

i agree. couple of thousand more and you got yourself an easy reliable 100+ HP to the wheels.

 

[klamathpro]

If it were me with the $5k, I'd either save up for a Paxton or Roe, or get the best NOS kit money can buy and save the rest.

P.S. And pay someone to tune it right for a couple hundred.

 

[KepRght]

fully ported heads, matching cam, extrude hone intake + port match, port match your current headers, custom tune it with a long dyno session

then

next year spend some cash on brakes(1k-5k$) & cooling system(1k-2k$) & quaife diff with 3.33's(3k$?)

there is some nice little things like HID lights(300$?), LoJack(800$?), Laser jamming(400$), Roll bar($?), seat upgrade(1200$?)

then when your really craving more power Twin Turbo for 15-20k$

 

[Catwood]

I'd get:

Race seats
GPS/Data Acquisition system
Extra set of Forgelines
2 piece rotors with alum hats

 

[KWIK96]

I would do the heads and cam.
You will get some good numbers with your setup.