# low budget essential upgrades- any ideas ? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455 "2005-03-22T18:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455/1 "2005-03-22T18:42:53Z")
hey… im sure im not the only one on a low budget so here are some things i thought of car type: s13 90 fastback mods: intake, f/r strut bars, vlsd, tokico shocks, lowering springs -remove extra weight in the front -move battery to the back to balance out a little -relocate heavy audio equipment to counterweight car -remove useless stuff -make a short air intake any other ideas ? ---
**Author:** ![papapump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@papapump](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/papapump)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455/2 "2005-03-22T18:51:53Z")
Exhaust, and Walbro fuel pump. You can pick up a fuel pump for $100 off of eBay. As for the exhaust, all I did was buy a mid pipe off of a 93 Camaro and modified it by cutting and welding to make it cat back. Then I welded on a 2.5" through muffler. And BAM cheap exhaust.The piping is cheap and its close to 3". Oh sorry one more thing a high flow cat. You can pick up a 2.5" magna flow for $80 at Canadian Tire Hope this helps ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455/3 "2005-03-22T19:13:14Z")
Might want to tell us what your goals are with the car? ---
**Author:** ![Solarian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solarian/32/5514_2.png) [@Solarian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Solarian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455/4 "2005-03-22T19:20:50Z")
A/C is useless stuff to some, so you can get rid of that. Depending on whether you’ll be transporting rear passengers or not, you can strip the entire back of the car. They got some pretty impressive weight reductions when they stripped the entire car, but you want to provide atleast some basic level of comfort for the driver and front passenger. If you can afford it, replace factory sound deadening with lighter aftermarket sound deadening which will also make your car quieter. There’s several threads on this stuff, just search. ---
**Author:** ![malcolm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@malcolm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/malcolm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455/5 "2005-03-22T19:37:19Z")
if you are going to track days, get a second set of doors, and gut them. easy way to take out a ton of weight. Same goes for hood, and perhaps a lexan rear window. ---
**Author:** ![Ed1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Ed1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ed1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455/6 "2005-03-22T20:02:08Z")
where can oyu get a lexan rear window;… but getting that window… woudln’t it offset the weight distribution alot… since the car was about 50/50… that window on a hatch is heavy… won’t it make a big diff on ratio after? me n00by… goo light on my comment plesae 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@GT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/low-budget-essential-upgrades-any-ideas/84455/7 "2005-03-22T21:19:36Z")
humm this has been discussed at lenght in the past… i highly suggest searching the forum and as well trying [www.freshalloy.com](http://www.freshalloy.com) they had a thread on this not long ago. locked GT