This thread is turning into bitch fest 2006....someone tell me what catergory I fall into, lol...I want to know.


As far as keeping this post on topic. If you want to meet up I am willing to. I honestly think every motor has great potential, the RB20 is great because I am pretty sure w/ a little head work you can rev those things to like 10k because of the stroke/bore ratio. Also, just like a stock SR you need a FMIC, exhaust and boost controler before you need a tune or anything else, the stock ECUs are made to adjust a little for small changes in air flow - everyone who has an SR should know this. However, I am unsure as to how much boost you can push out of the stock turbo (I thought they had T3s...so a little bigger than a T25 - so you should be able to turn the boost up to around 12-13psi stock w/ a FMIC and exhaust and make nice numbers, w/ stock everything). If you do get a wideband and a FPR you can make sure you're not going to pop your motor . So spend 200-250 bucks on a wide band, 40 bucks on a boost controler (electronics are known for messing up, manual is simple and the way to go), like 100 on a FPR (honestly don't know how much they cost - make sure to get one WITH a gauge built into it at least). And if you don't have a boost guage buy one of those, as well as a real temerature gauge...trust me if something ever happens to your car like...an idle problem, you won't have to keep guessing what the problem is and you'll be able pin point it much easier w/ guages. Dispite popular belief...guages have a function, they are not there to look pretty, lol. I don't see why you couldn't put at most around 600-800 dollars into the car and make a nice 230-260whp, you can do that do an SR so I can only assume you can do it to an RB20 was well, it just might take some imagination on your part. I'd also highly reccomend getting an aftermarket intake manifold - you can pick them up for around 400-600 bucks - as the stock one looks like ass, and the aftermarket one will help flow a shit ton.