Originally Posted by
m nagger
that stuff i have to disagree with.
the best headers for any situation that remains N/A , be it a nitrous car or not, is not gonna be cheaper than 600 used, unless its dented or damaged. examples being hytech, DTR, SMSP etc....
the best intake ever is a INTAKE TUBE WITH A VELOCITY STACK. especially if its just a race car. direct air makes more power, so coming through a filter is robbing HP....
and crome should NOT COST 800 bucks... 800 bucks is more than hondata purchased, and tuned by the best tuners in the area. crome is cheap, hell you download it off the internet. for free. and ive heard of local shops chipping ecus for 100 bucks.... tuning will not break 700 bucks....
but other than that sounds like a plan.
my car was gutted entirely, i took out all the SD, and tar, and excess shit, but put carpet and shit back in afterwards due to it being my car i drove every day.
I understand what you're saying, but ITB's with Velocity stacks are very expensive. A JG Edelbrock, or Skunk2 intake is not real expensive, and will show good power gains.
And while a DTR or SMSP header will have larger gains (In the range of 3-5 hp more on a stock bottom end, a bit better on a more built car) Even a DC Sports will show 8-10 hp of improvement (especially with tuning), which is all that's needed to get to the performance level he wants, and to do it on a budget....
Crome ecu, already chipped, $140. Couple hours dyno time and tuning, $650 is a pretty good estimate most places from what I've seen.....And tuning will likely get as much as anything else....
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