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a K&N cold air filter drop-in. (93 CSET with 167kmi on the clock)
On the air filter, I drilled out the filter box in the driver side (US) wheel well, as well as about 20 or so holes on the bottom of the plastic fender-under liner. I've noticed a MUCH faster turbo spool up time, with a better general trottle response. Impressive change for about 80 bucks.
The Sport Suspension from Genuine/Tallafero is really awesome! Just finished the work, and the results are really, really impressive. The car handles MUCH better than it ever did. I also installed all new rubber sway bar end pieces, bumpers, etc all the way around the car.
Spent a bunch of time trying to figure out how to press in all the new rear bushings, but finally made a compression sleeve out of some copper tubing and hose clamps, which made easy work of the job. After reading posts about the rusted rear lower swaybar/shock bolts, I just went and bought a sawsall and cut them off. Didn't even try to pound them out. I would recommend this vs trying to remove them cleanly.
The Sport Suspension kit comes with all new bolts, shock bushings, and assembled struts. The front end went in very, very easily.
This kit is supposed to lower the car about a centimeter vs stock. My old dampers and springs were so soft that the new stuff actually *raised* the car about a cm! I guess I was over due....
Anyway, I would highly recommend this upgrade for any of the older non-aero cars out there. It was not that expensive, not that hard to diy, made a *huge* improvement in the car, and is not overly harsh in its ride quality.
Patrick
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