Looking to get some more performance and hopefully mileage also out of my 03 SSEi. What are some suggestions that wont be too horribly expensive? It is bone stock right now.

I'm only 5 months into this, but I started off with a fender well intake air system and will be putting headers on soon.

First and foremost, a car in perfect running STOCK condition is the place to start. Make sure you are up on all your maintainance items.

Next, a pcm tune will be of best benefit, imo. Couple that with a fwi(fender well intake) system, and that will help greatly. For the 3rd item of best bang for a budget would be a shift kit for the trans. Do a search on that one, some people piece them together or buy a trans-go shift kit. That should be a good starting set of 3 for ya.

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How would a shift kit be the 3rd item for the best bang? I would not want my car shifting hard unless I were going to the track since this is my daily driver. Dont you want to do a pcm tune based on the mods you do?

The shift kit makes the trans shift quicker, firming up shifts. This helps save heat on the clutches which would otherwise cause them to wear out faster.

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Will
88 Cutlass Ciera Brougham International | 120k mi | White w/ Dk Claret Int. | Roller to be S2 L67/4T65E-HD | 1 of ~5100 3.8 FE3 Int'l series
91 Riviera | S2 L67 Swap/4T60E | 127K mi | Antelope Met. w/ Tan Int. | Saved From Death By Crusher
92 Bonneville SSE | L67/4T60E | 77K mi | Med Slate Grey w/ Two-Tone Grey Int. | Low Miles Time Capsule
92 Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty In Odd Spots
99 Tahoe LT | L31/4L65E | 276k mi | Spiral Grey Metallic w/Grey Int. | Truck for Truck Things and Portable Concert Hall
03 Park Avenue Ultra | 212K mi | White Diamond Met. w/ Shale Int. | Southern Time Capsule
05 Acura RL | 155K mi | Carbon Grey Pearl w/Ebony Int. | The Super-Hooptie Daily

then how hard of a shift are we talking? I wouldnt want to have neck jerking on the way to church this morning. haha

Mine shifts JUST like a 4T60E would. Nice and firm, not jarring like my 85 will/did.

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Will
88 Cutlass Ciera Brougham International | 120k mi | White w/ Dk Claret Int. | Roller to be S2 L67/4T65E-HD | 1 of ~5100 3.8 FE3 Int'l series
91 Riviera | S2 L67 Swap/4T60E | 127K mi | Antelope Met. w/ Tan Int. | Saved From Death By Crusher
92 Bonneville SSE | L67/4T60E | 77K mi | Med Slate Grey w/ Two-Tone Grey Int. | Low Miles Time Capsule
92 Lumina Z34 | LQ1/4T60E | 177k mi | Torch Red w/Grey Int. | Rusty In Odd Spots
99 Tahoe LT | L31/4L65E | 276k mi | Spiral Grey Metallic w/Grey Int. | Truck for Truck Things and Portable Concert Hall
03 Park Avenue Ultra | 212K mi | White Diamond Met. w/ Shale Int. | Southern Time Capsule
05 Acura RL | 155K mi | Carbon Grey Pearl w/Ebony Int. | The Super-Hooptie Daily

Where is a good site to buy fenderwell intake kit?

http://www.intense-racing.com/

direct link:
http://intense-racing.com/Merchant2/mer ... _Induction

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96 olds cutlass supreme SL 4 door 3100 4t60 *3.33 gears* *Fe1* 115K bone stock DD

A tune will normally include bumping up line pressure a bit, which will also firm and quicken shifts. I wouldn't consider a shiftkit a mandatory first level mod.

My lis? Fwi, 180* stat, tune. Then you'll start getting into headers, rockers, pulleys. Usually a 3.6 pulley is alright with a fwi and stat, but a scan gauge becomes increasingly important as the mods add up.

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02 SSEi-Turning money into tire smoke, very efficiently.

We need to know HOW MUCH more performance you are wanting to have.

Headers arent necessary if you are just going to do a few mods. From the sounds of what hes wanting to do a 3in DP and a hi-flow cat would suffice him.

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