Want more power.
Thread Starter
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 43
From: jasper, alabama
Want more power.
so I want some more power not really sure what I want though. I do not want to start changing fuel pumps and injectors. What do you guess think would be the best things for me to do.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 5,893
From: Florida
Jasper - how much money do you have to spend?
And he has a pulley already so he has a tune currently, and if he doesn't he needs to have his head examined.
You can go the nitrous route, but a nitrous kit and tune are going to be well over a grand... plus having to refill ever so often (the nitrous tank)
You can also port your blower from Steg. which will net over 500rwhp or close to it... you might need a Boost a pump, and MAF though, which would also require a tune.
You can find used ported blowers for around 400-1000 and then sell your stock one for around 300-400 so you can make some money back there.. and it only requires a retune if you're putting on the MAF.. not everyone has to though - it has to be datalogged to see if you've pegged your stock one.
But if you also go the ported blower route, you have the opportunity to also install the head cooling mod which will help you combat the heat in the 7 and 8 heads...
You can also look into suspension. Power doesn't always have to mean horsepower. you can upgrade your IRS, or swap it for a built Straight rear axle, with some good tires on there... and cut 1.5 and 1.6 60"s and be faster that way...
btw - I would never tell someone to buy a TB for these cars unless you upgrade your blower.. waste of money imo.. and you can typically have steggy port your tb when he does the blower (and most people sell them together if you buy someone elses) and you get more of a gain from it I do believe...
And he has a pulley already so he has a tune currently, and if he doesn't he needs to have his head examined.
You can go the nitrous route, but a nitrous kit and tune are going to be well over a grand... plus having to refill ever so often (the nitrous tank)
You can also port your blower from Steg. which will net over 500rwhp or close to it... you might need a Boost a pump, and MAF though, which would also require a tune.
You can find used ported blowers for around 400-1000 and then sell your stock one for around 300-400 so you can make some money back there.. and it only requires a retune if you're putting on the MAF.. not everyone has to though - it has to be datalogged to see if you've pegged your stock one.
But if you also go the ported blower route, you have the opportunity to also install the head cooling mod which will help you combat the heat in the 7 and 8 heads...
You can also look into suspension. Power doesn't always have to mean horsepower. you can upgrade your IRS, or swap it for a built Straight rear axle, with some good tires on there... and cut 1.5 and 1.6 60"s and be faster that way...
btw - I would never tell someone to buy a TB for these cars unless you upgrade your blower.. waste of money imo.. and you can typically have steggy port your tb when he does the blower (and most people sell them together if you buy someone elses) and you get more of a gain from it I do believe...
Thread Starter
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 43
From: jasper, alabama
yes I do have Pully and tune. I am pretty sure I am pretty close to pegging out my stock MAF. I really want to port my blower or get a ported blower I just don't want to mess up my car. If I get a used ported blower what else should I buy. O yea I have 4000 bucks to play with but I don't want to spend it all kinda want to update my room with some new tech.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 6,169
From: Chicago, IL
Since you dont wanna spend it all...(Which I don't blame you) I would just upgrade your suspension and get a good set of DR's. Then use the rest to upgrade ur room with some new tech. I was just in the same boat as you. I had about 4K to play with, I upgraded some suspension on my car and a new mid-pipe. I bought a new hd tv for my room & some other sh*t with the rest of the money lol.
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 5,893
From: Florida
Even with the updated heads, I would still look at spending the 100 bucks on the head cooling mod... as the car can still heat up fast...
If you have 4k to spend it should be easy... Ported blower/tb , MAF, and KB BAP + retune...
Stage 5 blower porting = 895$
MAF = 200-400 (can get them used even cheaper)
BAP = a couple hundred
Tune = 100-300
Heat Exchanger = 300
tstat = 30 bucks
head cooling mod = 100 bucks
Then some Nitto D/R --260-300 depending on size --- you WILL need them.
If you have 4k to spend it should be easy... Ported blower/tb , MAF, and KB BAP + retune...
Stage 5 blower porting = 895$
MAF = 200-400 (can get them used even cheaper)
BAP = a couple hundred
Tune = 100-300
Heat Exchanger = 300
tstat = 30 bucks
head cooling mod = 100 bucks
Then some Nitto D/R --260-300 depending on size --- you WILL need them.