No, but think of what you could have done had you not partied. Also, what you did is even harder than what I did. VERY rarely can people balance that.

$3,000 is a lot of money for upgrades... for a college student (I'm, as well). I think you can get HFC/intake/exhaust/tune for 2k if you don't mind getting used parts (there's your 30whp), and you can then use the 1k leftover for weight reduction or tires.

:iagree: that's why I can't spend a lot of money on parts, but I'm happy with what I got :)

here's my list so far: K&N intake-350, Stillen tuner-495, stillen headers-565, Stillen pully-190, megan racing cat back-750, kinetix cats-400, header tubing, NRG fiberglass seats-500, Braile battery-150, infinity subs-160, boss amp-135. im about $500 over, im thinking about taking out the cats because ive heard some bad stuff about kinetix

oh and one more thing, better car=hotter chick=more popular=parties=hot chicks=more popular... see my point

Don't get the Stillen headers they haven't shown any gains, get Motordyne Intake Manifold or upgrade the intakes to Stillen G3's. Get the Berk HFC instead, much better quality and only a little more cost. Get an Uprev tune instead of the Stillen tune. I'm not even sure what that is. Look into used parts as well if you are trying to save money. They work the same and are a lot cheaper. That's pretty much what I'm doing.

= no it doesn't.

Confidence and humor get bitches. The car might get you "hello", but don't expect it to make you any more appealing. Same thing for muscle-mass. I observed a former roommate go from 140# to 180#, cut, after a few cycles of juice. His luck with women remained a constant. Same guy went from a 2006 Impala to a C5 Corvette. Again, same constant with the ladies.

It's who you are, not what you drive. Being a bit of a jerk (only thing that wasn't ***'ed out, lol) doesn't hurt, either, just know where the limit is.

I have no idea what you're talking about. This always works for me :roflpuke2:

im not getting the motordyne because thats been proven to drop the horsepower, it does add some torque, but by doing that it just drops the rpm range. stillen G3's add 3hp more than the K&N, but for $140 more, so a no on that. i did make a mistake though, the tuner was from Cobb tuning, but it was sold through the stillen website. one last thing, if i buy used, then there's not any warranty, you also dont know exactly what your getting

I think people are conditioned to believe they can't work hard and have fun, but you will find most successful people balance them. There are a lot of hours in the day, and if you work to use them optimally, things tend to turn out better.

As much as we are trained to believe that hard work==success, it is just one of your tools to get there. Getting in the door to most jobs/promotions comes from having people like you. I don't promote capable people, I promote capable people that "get it" -- and one of the best ways to learn social skills is interacting with a ton of people in a ton of environments. Obviously, you still have to be good at your job, but there are plenty of geniuses stuck back in the back labs.

Great post. :tup:

After working hard in highschool, I'm having abit more fun in an undergrad school, while still making the grades to get my mba at northwestern