ok, my friend has a 96 camaro that he thinks is God. He busted out a best of 13.5 with exhaust programer, intake, clutch.

I am getting a 04 GMC Sierra 1500 Z71 X Cab short bed. I plan on a shift kit and servo first off to hold the tranny together. What do I need to beat him and as cheaply as possible?

I have talked to SLP who claims if I get headers, exhaust, and Intake for their head cam package I should be around 460 or so with their tuning. Sounds great to me. But I am looking at 2500 + install + tuning. I was thinking there must be some other way. I am going to do headers and intake and magnaflow exhaust for sure but what is next???

Lenny