Whats the best next MOD?

wHATS YUP GUYS?I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST POSSIBLE MOD NEXT FOR POWER AT THE WHEELS, SOMETHING I WILL FEEL AND BE HAPPY WITH.i"M NOT LOOKING FOR A TURBO KIT BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA VOID MY WARRENTY AT NISSAN.UMM I GOT A COLD-AIR-INTAKE,EXHAUST SYSTEM,GROUNDWIRES,SHORT SHIFTER AND I' NOT LOOKING TO SPEND MORE THAN 300$ BUCKS RIGHT NOW.IF CAMS/PULLYS ARE NEXT WHATS A GOOD BRAND FOR A 2003 SPEC-V SER OR A NEW HEADER, I SEEN A FEW ON EBAY BUT DUNNO IF ITS A CHEAP BRAND LIKE OBX?I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME MORE BOLT-ONS ON THE ENGINE IT WON'T BE A TURBO DIFFERENCE BUT IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ME PERSONALLY BEFORE I DO THE EXTERIOR .OH YEA BY THE WAY DOES ANY ONE KNOW IF THERE'S GONNA BE A HOOD SCOOP COMING OUT OR ANGEL EYES FOR THE SPEC-V-SER 2003 IN THE FUTURE?...............THANKS SOMEBODY AT LEAST REPLY...........LOL

[sr20de4evr]

less than $300? pulleys, that's about it, I would save the money personally

next move for you should be a header, stay far far far away from OBX, Megan racing, and all the other ebay trash. Get an AEBS, Hotshot, or Nismo header and you'll be fine. Cams would be a good choice, but that's about double what your budget will allow, so unless you get into some money soon I wouldn't look too hard at them.

Hood scoop - Stoopid parts has their reverse-cowl hood which is kind of like a hood scoop, other than that there's nothing, and if you get one of the pep boys scoops that you tape onto the top of your hood, I'll slap you.

Ixnay on the angel eyes too, hell we don't even have projectors yet, angel eyes will never come

[illbeatyourhonda]

hmmm. the cheapest thing i,d do is go buy a dremel, and gasket match you intake manifold. it's an easy couple horse you can do. after that i'd invest in a set of iridium spark plugs. they do more then you think. on my corrado i got a 10hp difference at the wheels on the dyno. i was seriously impressed. i put them in my sentra and could tell a difference for sure. havent dyno-ed this car yet though. but for the money you cant go wrong. those 2 mods should give you roughly about 13hp-15hp at the wheels for under $100 and if youve already got a dremel tool or access to one then you can do it for about $55.

Hey SR20DE4ER. thanks for the reply on my question earlier.I actually took a look at those headers from AEBS and HOTSHOT both are pretty pricy on their websites.As for as price wise the hotshot seem pretty good for about 300$ and the abes is 660$ seem good nice finish product.I"M assuming the aebs is a better product and better quality and performence wise.Which one do you think I should go for....thanks..

[sr20de4evr]

Well the aebs includes a high flow cat and a bung already welded in aft of the cat so all you have to do is move your O2 sensor to keep from tripping the CEL, but I've heard of people tripping the CEL anyway with the aebs, so go figure.

I have the hotshot and it works very well, good quality construction, and it includes a bung for relocating the O2 sensor, you just have to take it somewhere to get it welded in.

hey sr20de4er yea i'm going with the hotshot as well since its hurts to spend $660 on a part.Ouch!thanks for your opinion on the hotshot, I saw a few headers that look cheap looking at a cheap price on ebay.Well since i'm getting it, I will make check of that senor and take it a welding place.Afterwards IBEATYOURHONDA I will do those lil works like you did I'll do the pulleys under the hood afterwards.Got to understand I"m not trying to be a wanna be...lol..i'm not looking to have the fastest car either..just got insurance and i'm not fu*king that yup.I just wanna have more power better flow ,something I can cruise in and enjoy driving...thanks guys

Hey sr204eva I forgot to ask you is the HOTSHOT header with the 4-2-1 styling street legal and emissions legal?I"m bidding on a new one from ebay if you wanna take a look for me.Type nissan sentra headers its listed NEW HOTSHOT HEADER NISSAN SENTRA SPEC V 02 03 04 FOR 299.99$...THANKS

[sr20de4evr]

in california no, in just about every other state it should be as long as you take care of the CEL caused by the O2 sensor.

Hey sr204eva can u be a lil specific on that CEL caused by the O2 for me.Thats kool thats street and emissions legal just making sure.I"m gonna just keep the stock factory just incase anything you know....thanks.....

[sr20de4evr]

In your car, you have 2 catalytic converters and 2 O2 sensors. One sensor is in the exhaust right after it leaves the engine, you can see it if you pop your hood and look at the heat shield sitting over the stock header. Next comes the first cat, then after that comes the second O2 sensor, and then the second cat, and then the exhaust goes out to your muffler. The ECU makes readings of the exhaust using the O2 sensors, the 1st one is used to both get a baseline for the exhaust, and also to help the ECU tune the engine. The 2nd O2 sensor is simply there to re-read the exhaust to be sure that the cat is working, it just makes sure there's a difference and everything is fine.

Well when you get a header, you eliminate the 1st cat completely. The 2nd cat is really the primary cat and it's still there, and you should still be able to pass emissions because it cleans up the exhaust plenty. The problem is now your 2 O2 sensors are reading the exact same thing (there's no cat in between them anymore), and the ECU thinks that something is wrong with the 1st cat so it throws a check engine light. You can't pass emissions with a check engine light on though, so you have 2 options:
1 - Move the 2nd O2 sensor behind the main cat, so now you have a cat between the sensors and the ECU thinks everything is fine
2 - Get an O2 simulator, this just fools the ECU into thinking that your 2nd O2 sensor is sending a "proper" signal and everything is fine.

Sometimes though #1 doesn't work for some reason, I don't know why, but sometimes it just doesn't clear the light. You can still do #2 though if you need to, and then you should be perfectly fine.

And if all else fails you could always put the stock header back on a couple weeks before the test to clear the code, but that would be a huge PITA

hey ser204eva alright just asking alot questions cause i'm a cautious person about anything envloing enegine parts and passin inspections test of all sorts of that.Umm, well when I take it to get installed i know a guy here in Long island that wells and works on ghettas and racing cars,I print out a copy of your instructions incase he gets an engine light.he did a good ass job on my nismo short-shifter.Thanks for you help i'll let u know how it goes....

[sr20de4evr]

no prob

and wtf is a ghetta?

[alphalanos]

either Jetta or Ghetto cars.

no u dumdlardass missed type VW car.Damn just fuckin beat me down for not spelling right
....lol

[alphalanos]

AHHHH YOU CANT SPELLL RRRRAHHHHHHRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!