### Author:  [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/21 "2007-06-28T07:17:38Z")
> [@So I just bought a 2007 R1](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-just-bought-a-2007-r1/31031/8):
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> o ok do you have his name ide be willing to pick up some quick parts, from what ive read the venom 400 can add up to 25% hp???\
### Author:  [@shanehead89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shanehead89)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/22 "2007-06-28T07:34:54Z")
> [@Why you don't let your cousin drive](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-you-dont-let-your-cousin-drive/30905/69):
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> if you sold it… and put the 1-2 grand into a new car… you could get something nicer though…
thats what i wanted to do its actually kelly blue booked around 4500 last time i checked, but i havent finished paying it off yet one more year plus my parents are ticked that i want a faster car:spank: i tried this morning with a camaro in the classafieds but no luck yet. so in the meantime i was going to make with wat i had, ive looked at all the options trust me its just best to mod it a little.
As for the venom 400, if anybody has one plz post how it works, from what the company claims it shifts the automatic faster. ie\>not a two sec. delay. i think you guys are right on with the whole tricking the computer thing although they claim to increase hp. can anybody conform, this was one of the things that i was going to buy.
Thanks,
Shane
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### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/23 "2007-06-28T07:45:22Z")
dont waste your money on this car if you plan to get out of it somwhere in the near future.
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### Author:  [@shanehead89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shanehead89)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/24 "2007-06-28T07:54:04Z")
no man just want some speed thats all, if i a job in the career that im heading into ill be able to afford a corvette in cash the first year. Im just using this for the first two years of college. i agree it wont be the fastest just want to be above average.
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### Author:  [@Jenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jenn)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/25 "2007-06-28T07:54:59Z")
> [@windows login question](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-login-question/31040/5):
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> no man just want some speed thats all, if i a job in the career that im heading into ill be able to afford a corvette in cash the first year. Im just using this for the first two years of college. i agree it wont be the fastest just want to be above average.
🤣 Nothing like counting your chickens before they hatch.
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### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/26 "2007-06-28T08:09:42Z")
> [@windows login question](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-login-question/31040/5):
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> no man just want some speed thats all, if i a job in the career that im heading into ill be able to afford a corvette in cash the first year. Im just using this for the first two years of college. i agree it wont be the fastest just want to be above average.
i understand that, but the amount of work needed to put you “above average” far exceeds leaving it alone and getting something a lil quicker to start.
or are you one of those red light warriors?
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### Author:  [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/27 "2007-06-28T08:19:20Z")
Shoulda started with a GTP or something else that responds to mods decently…you can put $100 into a GTP and have a kinda fun car to drive…with way more HP than you will get out of that cougar with 1K
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### Author:  [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/28 "2007-06-28T08:27:51Z")
find a project car for sale somewhere so you can slowly put money into something and also have something to drive everyday.
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/29 "2007-06-28T08:56:31Z")
> [@Taffy's Sunday 6/17/07](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taffys-sunday-6-17-07/30745/65):
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> Shoulda started with a GTP or something else that responds to mods decently…you can put $100 into a GTP and have a kinda fun car to drive…with way more HP than you will get out of that cougar with 1K
yeah… shoulda started with a GTP :hsdance: :tool:
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### Author:  [@shanehead89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shanehead89)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/30 "2007-06-28T09:48:30Z")
> [@Local places to go canoe and fish?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-places-to-go-canoe-and-fish/30962/27):
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> find a project car for sale somewhere so you can slowly put money into something and also have something to drive everyday.
i like that idea, so everybody agrees its not worth putting money into it. And as for counting the chickens before they hatch i should have that job if not then ill at least be making enough, to do something with a newer better car than i have. No matter what im going to college and since the average pay for starting engineers are substanitial i should have a decend pay to afford better, And i believe i used the term IF NOT WHEN i get a job. but for now ill take burnyd’s idea and find a nice cheap car and make it fast!!! thanks everybody any more advice would be nice but ill look into finding a decend repairable car.
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### Author:  [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/31 "2007-06-28T09:53:01Z")
i wonder where burnyd finally got the idea:hsugh:
it only took 3 trans later to realize don’t race your daily driver
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### Author:  [@laxian55](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/laxian55)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/32 "2007-06-28T10:28:49Z")
I suggest buying a 1g DSM, you can pick up one pretty cheap to make a good base, and then just build it up.
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### Author:  [@Cheeks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cheeks)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/33 "2007-06-28T11:11:57Z")
> [@Taffy's Sunday 6/17/07](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taffys-sunday-6-17-07/30745/72):
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> I suggest buying a 1g DSM, you can pick up one pretty cheap to make a good base, and then just build it up.
but he wants something reliable and Im a dsm’er at heart
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### Author:  [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/34 "2007-06-28T11:32:22Z")
> [@questions for a 2002 dodge dakota](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/questions-for-a-2002-dodge-dakota/31020/10):
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> yeah… shoulda started with a GTP :hsdance: :tool:
💤 hey they are decent rides and are pretty cheap…nice DD’s…and for $100 you can crack into the 13’s. Not a bad deal in my eyes for a DD.
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### Author:  [@laxian55](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/laxian55)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/35 "2007-06-28T13:07:17Z")
> [@Cheeks"](#):
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> but he wants something reliable and Im a dsm’er at heart
No this is for his 2nd/project car. DSM’s are fine for that.
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### Author:  [@yamaha](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamaha)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/36 "2007-06-28T13:18:03Z")
I would recommend a project car as well. If you have 1,000-2,000 dollars, you can easily get something you can sink money into from time to time. A daily driver is just that, for getting you from point A to B. I learned this the hard way.
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### Author:  [@shanehead89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shanehead89)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-modding-plz/190802/37 "2007-06-28T14:26:10Z")
well thanks everybody i think its unanamous\< (spelling idk) that getting a project car is better than wasting my money modding the cougar. Ill start looking as soon as i get back from vacation…plus i just got a new job today so i should(see i used should not will so nobody can say the hatching egg comment lol) have an extra few thousand to put into a car!!!
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