$20k Budget for Stock 2024 CT5-V BW

[Gonzo]

Looking for some help in selecting the best bang for a $20k budget for my 2024 CT5-V Blackwing. Wo

What say you?

Below is what I'm considering so far. I'll also have to pay for labor as I'd rather have a shop do the complete work.

• Supercharger Gasket Kit​
• Kong Xport Service​
• 2.3" Pulley​
• Gates Green Belt​
• Nick Williams 103mm Throttle Body​
• DSX Fex Fuel Sensor​
• DSX Fuel Line Adapter​
• NGK Spark Plugs​
• HP Tuner MPVI Interface​
• HP Tuners Credits​
• HP Tuners ECM Unlock Fee​
• Schmidty Tuning Fee​
• Dyno Tune Vehicle​
• Aeroforce Gauge and Pod​
• LMP Cold Air Intake​
• LMP Heat Exchanger and LMP Coolant Tank​
• Kooks Headers with Cats and Mid Pipes​

 

[hawk02]

I must be getting really old. I bought my 22' 5BW and will do absolutely nothing to it. To me , its perfect right out of the box. I have found in my years of owning cars.....the more you eff with them, the more headaches you get.

I learned that lesson the hard way with a 2013 Camaro ZL1. I got caught up in the forum hype around mods and thought a cold air intake and bigger crank pulley would be my ticket to muscle car nirvana. Well, one thing led to another—bigger injectors, labor, tuning, dyno time—and nearly $10K later, I had a car that never drove as well as it did stock. I went through five different tuners trying to sort it out before finally taking it back to stock, aside from the cold air intake.

Since then, I promised myself I’d never touch the engine or tuning again. These days, the only changes I make are cosmetic—wheels, carbon fiber bits, things like that. Nothing that compromises how the car runs.

 

[BigBrett]

So i asked Bill at RPM
there stage 3 kit is 19 K
Stage 3 - $19,995.00
they just did a Camaro with same package, and was i believe like 795 RWHP
that's no meth no E 85 nothing this is what i would do but add expansion tank for more cooling and a Monster triple clutch that's it

Package includes listed components and full professional installation:

• 2” Kooks Long Tube Header System w/ Off-Road Connection Pipes
• GM Exhaust Manifold Gasket (2)
• NGK Spark Plug (8)
• RPM Custom LT4 AFM Delete Camshaft Package (Includes - RPM Custom Spec’d Cam w/ Increased Fuel Flow Lobe, Dual Valve Spring Kit, 3/8" Hardened Pushrods, ARP Head Stud Kit, GM Timing Chain, GM LS7 Lifters w/ GM Lifter Trays, GM MLS Cylinder Head Gaskets, AFM Delete Valley Cover, VVT Phaser Lockout, GM VVT Cam Bolt, GM Crank Bolt, GM RTV Sealant, Mobil 1 Oil & NAPA Gold Filter Change
• ATI 15% Overdriven Harmonic Balancer
• HD Supercharger Belt
• Kong Performance X-Port CNC’d Supercharger Porting w/ 2.3” Supercharger Pulley
• Nick Williams 103mm Throttle Body
• Cordes Performance 4.5” Cold Air Intake
• Custom Global B ECU Calibration using HP Tuners

Includes baseline before and after dyno results with printout

Automatic Transmission equipped vehicles add $500.00 (Includes TCM Unlocking via HP Tuners)