I've had my ru for about two years now, and I think I am ready to start the mods. It's a MY01 GM6 with a EJ25. What are the schools of thought towards beefing it up? Brakes first? Exhaust? The line I am thinking of would be:

exhaust, brakes, turbo

I know there is a lot more to add on in between, but I am new to this, and need to be educated....Thanks!

 

Don't forget handling. Better tires, rear swaybar, maybe some upgraded struts or even a coil-over setup.

 

I just put on Bridgestone Potenza 750s. I took it up Malibu right after getting them on, and boy are you right....tires make all the difference

 

that's another quesiton I had.....I want to change the exhaust, I went to a dealer witha performance shop to get an idea of what has to be done, and we talked about reaer sway bars, and catbacks, and flywheels...I think I know what I want to do, but the real question is:

if I make all these changes to my car, borla headers, stromung catback, new intake, and the like, when I put a turbo on my car, will I need all new pipes? is that what you are saying? if that is the case then I need to rethink my plan. Thanks

 

www.uniquemotorsports.com Chad sells up/down pipes that use the stock header (or any other header that uses the stock exhaust), and then all you need is a new cat pipe made that goes from the downpipe to the midpipe. He includes a flange, even, so all you have to do is install all the turbo stuff, get the car running, and then just drive it down to an exhaust shop to get the new pipe made. Very easy this way, and nice quality stuff, too. I have the up and down pipe, just not on the car yet (gonna wait till the warrenty is up).