ECU upgrade? FSTB/RSTB? Vibration? Shift Kit? Eliminate Resonator?

[sixteenXnine]

What are some good ECU upgrades (links?) for an '00 GXE and '00 GLE daily driver?

Are front strut tower braces a nonsense upgrade for a maxima?

How bout rears?

I want some vibration, but I don't want my fillings to fall out. Would some poly motor/transmission mounts gimme a lil' vibration?

Is there a shift kit for the 4spd AT? I want some almost jarring shifts... since I can't solve my 1st-to-2nd hard shift dilemma I might as well have all shifts be like that... some consistency would be nice.

Oh yeah... also, 15-30mm spacers don't help handling at all, do they?

And what's a VI?

Woohoo lol I expect all answers in paragraph form and would like this assignment turned in by tomorrow no later than 9am.

[allensteiner]

first of don't answer your own questions within a question because...you're wrong fstb, rsb etc stiffen up the body roll, the spacers improve handling by widening the wheelbase, it's not a semi - the engine doesn't vibrate enough and poly bushings dampen better than rubber, ecu upgrade...google some, vi means variable intake. the shift kit -get a vb mod...ask me what vb means

btw you forgot about the resonator - it'll make your intake a little louder.

[sixteenXnine]

it's not a semi - the engine doesn't vibrate enough and poly bushings dampen better than rubber

Ok, previous experience with poly mounts in GM w-bodies led me to believe that thy would increase vibration i these cars. For example in a Lumina if you replace the dogbone bushings with poly units, you feel more vibration... ther's not necessarily more vibration but it is felt throughout the car more.

...ask me what vb means

w0t dose vb meen?

you forgot about the resonator - it'll make your intake a little louder.

Will removing it make things unbearable? I'm gonna replace parts of the exhaust piece by piece and will probably start in that area...

[allensteiner]

i thought you meant the intake resonator it'll make your exhaust louder...haven't heard one yet though. nissan has nice sounding engines at high rpms so i would guess that it would be louder and sounding good.

gm...i regret the day i got my bonneville because it stands for "Great Mistake"...should've gotten a hyundai

vb is the valve body inside the transmission. i think the shift kit i a modded vb but someone correct me if i'm wrong. i heard it's cheaper to do a mod than to get an already modded one.