my first mod was just a bone stock car with a tune by ivey... a tune itself is def the best first mod if your not lookin to do anything too crazy

 

Everyone keeps on talking about getting the car tuned right away. Why is that? What exactly needs to be tuned?

 

stock tune is very rich, idle is rough, and boost will taper near the top. A tune will solve these problems as well as give you a few more mpgs.

 

yup! even with my 9 i got a tune as my first mod and it made it a whole different car

 

other than that tho, i got an air freshener haha.

 

HKS drop in air filter and a road tune. Should cost you about 300 total

 

test pipe- 140
greddy tic cat back-580
hks filter-40
nisei uicp-200
tune-300
=1260
all that for the cost of the AMS twin tip

 

Unless you just want to buy a mail-in tune, I wouldn't get a tune right away. Get it after you do a few mods, so that the tune fits the car. If you get it tuned, then change a bunch of stuff, then the tune doesn't match any more.

 

i'd say go with what dg motors said but ill add a o2 housing downpipe combo from ams and a gm 3 port to control the boost

 

This is how I have gone...
1. Greddy SE exhaust
2. Injen Intake
3. Cobb AP

You could just go with the AP and gains are very good for the buck

 

Cat-back. Decent gains and the car is way too quiet stock.

 

my advice is to get an intake first. then upic, then licp then tune the dang thing lol

 

It would be nice to get everything you want at once, because once you upgrade this and that, that means more tune over and over again.

 

A tune.

 

First off, terry4523, welcome to the forum. I also went from a S2000 to the X and im verry happy with the choise. Love the extra torque and turbo. The first mod i did was a K&N panel/cone filter and now i can hear the turbo spool and the BOV. This doesnt yeild much hp gains but it makes driving the X A LOT more fun since the X is quiet *** hell stock. Next mod will be the UICP from speedcircuit. Good luck with you modding and have fun with the X!!