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Originally Posted by clarkshome

Just wanted to say hello to all. I am a new 2012 Inferno Orange SS owner and have a few questions to the old timers on the forum.

I have a few mods that I want to do and am looking for some wise advise. I am looking to go cheap but also good. I want to get some lowering springs, air intake system and exhaust system and have some questions.

1) Intake - what is recommended that will not break the bank? I saw a post where someone said that there was an blackwing intake at $100.00 or $150.00 for members?

2) Springs - Same here, I was looking at either Eibachs or Hotchkis 1" drop?

3) Exhaust - I was looking into the Doug Thorely cat-back system, only around $500.00 any thoughts?

4) cat-back or axle back? Is there much of a difference as far as horsepower or are they pretty much the same?

5) will the car need any type of tuning with these mods or will everything be OK? Don't want a check engine light coming on.

Thanks for the help.

Hey and welcome to Camaro5 those are all good mods and will help out your cars performance and handling. If there is anything we can help you with feel free to give us a call to discuss options. Or just for general knowledge of products. Hope you enjoy your time here we've come to find that most people on the site are very helpful and have lots of knowledge to share....

[clarkshome]

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[clarkshome]

What's a good lowering number for these cars? I see 1" and 1.4" drops. I had my 350Z before this SS and had the hotchkis with a .8" drop and the ride was great.

Anyone out there with a 1.4 drop and an opinion on how the ride is? Pics would be nice.

I am also deciding between the Vararam, Roto-Fab or CAI any info from anyone that has them would be appreciated.

One more question on the lowering springs, if I do the 1" drop will I need to purchase anything additional to bring it to specs or will a simple allignment do the trick?

Thanks.

[AngelSpeedFreak]

welcome to the club, looks like you have a great idea of what your plans are... best of luck.

[Hotchkis]

Originally Posted by clarkshome

What's a good lowering number for these cars? I see 1" and 1.4" drops. I had my 350Z before this SS and had the hotchkis with a .8" drop and the ride was great.

Anyone out there with a 1.4 drop and an opinion on how the ride is? Pics would be nice.

I am also deciding between the Vararam, Roto-Fab or CAI any info from anyone that has them would be appreciated.

One more question on the lowering springs, if I do the 1" drop will I need to purchase anything additional to bring it to specs or will a simple allignment do the trick?

Thanks.

Clarkshome – Those are good questions. After a lot of judging on how far to lower the car without needing to modify the camber slots or install camber kits, real-world driving around most roads and obstacles, and suspension geometry factors we decided to offer our 1-inch dropped springs.

Regarding your questions about alignment with different manufacturers springs, we started this great thread that is a “sticky” at the top of the suspension forum. Here’s the thread.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71994

Here are two of our threads on the subject.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...99&postcount=1

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...1&postcount=17

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