Is it worth it?

[imnothinglikeyou]

I come to a fork in the road when thinking about modding my automatic p10.When i say modding i mean everything from det swap,exhaust,ect.As of right now i do not know how to drive manual on a car,but I do on a motorcycle.I wouldnt mind keeping an auto either.
The question is, it worth it to mod an auto p10 for more horsepower? Or should wait for a manual car?

[brodacious]

I'm in pretty much the same situation as you; to mod or not to mod an auto p10. I'm really tight on money (thanks to college, which runs 43k a year) so modding my car isn't a priority. I also have 160k miles on my car so I figure it's really not worth dumping a whole lot of cash into a car that's already pretty old and slow to begin with. Fortunately, my dad put in a Stillen Hi-Flow intake a while back, which is good for maybe 2 hp. Other than that, I don't have any performance mods. The only plans I have are to put some heavy tints on my windows and replace my stock speakers (one of the rears blew out anyway).

[ChickenWing]

u can always upgrade the tranny as well ...

a valve body upgrade or a full 'level 10' job ... if u have the $ ...

[P10 WRC]

you should just start with some cosmetic and suspension mods or a nice sound system. the motor is only one aspect of it and i personally would never mod the motor on an automatic car, but that's me. you should make it a nice cruising vehicle with nice amenities like a dvd player and so forth

[dsigns]

If you have the money, go for it. You can always go with a level 10 tranny and not have any problem with the AT.

[MR. RYTE]

Originally posted by P10 WRC
you should just start with some cosmetic and suspension mods or a nice sound system. the motor is only one aspect of it and i personally would never mod the motor on an automatic car, but that's me. you should make it a nice cruising vehicle with nice amenities like a dvd player and so forth

Indeed. That's EXACTLY what I've got planned for my G. Although I plan on getting the ceramic OBX header and some JWT S3 cams, my ultimate goal is to have a comfy long-distance cruiser.

Originally posted by dsigns
If you have the money, go for it. You can always go with a level 10 tranny and not have any problem with the AT.

Well, you may not have to upgrade the transmission as long as you don't have forced induction.

[Gealousy]

Everyone gives the autos a hard time, I dunno why? My friends P10 auto was sweet, in it's stock form (he never did one mod to it)... so, I don't see why you couldn't at least go the route many of our members have done and P10 WRC suggested, and thats to make a good lookin, great handling, luxurious street cruiser that makes people say "Wow, this is a '94 (or whatever year your P10 is) ??! I thought it was a brand new car!". I mean, if making it fast is the reason you bought the car, then spend some serious money and upgrade the tranny too, no big deal, but, otherwise, I'd just make it a dope street cruiser.. personally... But then, I think these engines are awsome in their stock form, something a lot of people don't agree with... DVD player...mmm... goooood...

[MR. RYTE]

Originally posted by G-ealousy
Everyone gives the autos a hard time, I dunno why? My friends P10 auto was sweet, in it's stock form (he never did one mod to it)... so, I don't see why you couldn't at least go the route many of our members have done and P10 WRC suggested, and thats to make a good lookin, great handling, luxurious street cruiser that makes people say "Wow, this is a '94 (or whatever year your P10 is) ??! I thought it was a brand new car!". I mean, if making it fast is the reason you bought the car, then spend some serious money and upgrade the tranny too, no big deal, but, otherwise, I'd just make it a dope street cruiser.. personally... But then, I think these engines are awsome in their stock form, something a lot of people don't agree with... DVD player...mmm... goooood...

Same here.
I personally don't have that much of a problem with the auto(though I'd be a fool to pass up a steal like the OBX for an extra 12 whp or so). And I also have received quite a few compliments on how great my car looks for its age.