Mods suggestion for 1000 bucks

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

Someone,

i need help deciding whats my next mod should be with a budget of 1000, can anyone help and suggest.

My current mods are:

CX Racing FMIC, 16g Turbo, HKS BOV, 1g Throttle Body, 255 Walpro Fuel Pump, 550 Injectors, AFPR, Ported O2 housing, Ported Exhaust Manifold, 3" Custom Straight Exhaust, AEM TruBoost Controller, AEM wideband.

tunning with ceddy mods.

thanks

92AWDHX40 · Oct 15, 2011

Well what are your goals? Looks fine for a street car.

clipto · Oct 15, 2011

Posting here about what mods you want to get youll will most likley get a responce for mods as "did you do your maintenance?" In a good way, meaning maintenance=HP but if your looking for mods your list is pretty good. Try maxing out that setup, how much boost you running now on your 16g, and what kind of 16g is it?

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

clipto said:
Posting here about what mods you want to get youll will most likley get a responce for mods as "did you do your maintenance?" Maintenance=HP but if your looking for mods your list is pretty good. Try maxing out that setup, how much boost you running now on your 16g, and what kind of 16g is it?

its the evo3 turbo. im on stock head gasket and internals, i need to change the gasket to a cometic i have with arp studs. i run from 18-20lbs but something is wrong cause it feels un responsive. i have a small leak on one injector and head gasket.

my goal for now is low 13's at the 1/4 mile.

clipto · Oct 15, 2011

915dsm said:
its the evo3 turbo. im on stock head gasket and internals, i need to change the gasket to a cometic i have with arp studs. i run from 18-20lbs but something is wrong cause it feels un responsive. i have a small leak on one injector and head gasket.

my goal for now is low 13's at the 1/4 mile.

Sounds about right my gf has a evo 2 16g at 20 pounds, that setup should get you into low 13's. She is still running her stock motor with 217k on it, knock on wood hasn't blown yet. But look into fixing up those couple of issue and lay down some track times... doh winter is coming so you have plenty of time to get it to perfection.

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

Damn... Doesnt feel like low 13's. May im sucking at tunning. I will fix the heads issues and maybe a clutch.

Anything else you can think of
Thanks

92AWDHX40 · Oct 15, 2011

I would also check the upgrade path.

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

I forgot to mention is gsx

iBoostDSM · Oct 15, 2011

915dsm said:
its the evo3 turbo. im on stock head gasket and internals, i need to change the gasket to a cometic i have with arp studs. i run from 18-20lbs but something is wrong cause it feels un responsive. i have a small leak on one injector and head gasket.

my goal for now is low 13's at the 1/4 mile.

Do you have a MHI evo 3 or a piece of junk ebay? I recently switched from a ebay 16g to a MHI and I'm only on 15 psi untuned, and let me tell you a MHI turbo should not feel unresponsive at all.

Boostinsideways · Oct 15, 2011

I would install those arps, is your cometic a MLS? If its not go ahead and change it, and install the arps. You might need bigger injectors to max out that 16g.

The 16g doesn't really pick up until 10psi+ on stock cams. Once you hit 10psi in the powerband its a real kick in the pants if your ecu isn't pulling timing because your seeing knock.

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

iugrad92turbo said:
I would also check the upgrade path.

Do i look for the head mods? I just want to get my monys worth.

92AWDHX40 · Oct 15, 2011

Look at all mods in other places to and look at what others have done on here, maybe a evo turbo.

Brakes, suspension, etc.

compression · Oct 15, 2011

i ran the time under my avatar with a very similar setup.
i also had 650's and an evo 8 fuel pump. boost at about 27 psi on some race fuel. tuning with maft & afc

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

Black-98-Gst said:
Do you have a MHI evo 3 or a piece of junk ebay? I recently switched from a ebay 16g to a MHI and I'm only on 15 psi untuned, and let me tell you a MHI turbo should not feel unresponsive at all.

I hope i do, i bought it from a dsm tunner. It felt good before, its my tunning....

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

Boostinsideways said:
I would install those arps, is your cometic a MLS? If its not go ahead and change it, and install the arps. You might need bigger injectors to max out that 16g.

The 16g doesn't really pick up until 10psi+ on stock cams. Once you hit 10psi in the powerband its a real kick in the pants if your ecu isn't pulling timing because your seeing knock.

Ill check if its mls, should i get the bc 272 cams while im at it? Do u know anyone who can tune with ceddy mods thatcan help me after all this?

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

compression said:
i ran the time under my avatar with a very similar setup.
i also had 650's and an evo 8 fuel pump. boost at about 27 psi on some race fuel. tuning with maft & afc

Maybe my head gasket is messing with my boost and making it lack power. I need to mess with the tune.

iBoostDSM · Oct 15, 2011

915dsm said:
Ill check if its mls, should i get the bc 272 cams while im at it? Do u know anyone who can tune with ceddy mods thatcan help me after all this?

I'd stay away from brian crower, I've never ran them myself but I haven't heard many good things about them. Check out Delta regrinds. I myself just got HKS 272 regrinds from delta and they feel great and they are not very expensive.

Delta Camshaft

nightmares GS-T · Oct 15, 2011

Unless you have a specific reason to pull the head then there is no need to pull it simply to change the headgasket. The stock one is plenty strong as long as your motor is in good shape. Just install the ARPs in one at a time and follow the correct installation and torque down procedures. Plenty of others have done it including myself and I was on a t3/t4 running 25 psi and now im on a FP HTA 35r running 27 psi.

915dsm · Oct 15, 2011

Black-98-Gst said:
I'd stay away from brian crower, I've never ran them myself but I haven't heard many good things about them. Check out Delta regrinds. I myself just got HKS 272 regrinds from delta and they feel great and they are not very expensive.

Delta Camshaft

Ill check it out.

Thanks for the advice.

oreo4g63 · Oct 15, 2011

Delta cams. are great I have a 272 and 280 setup. if. have a stock clutch I would go ahead and replace it if is still factory if not cams and studs wouldn't be a bad way to go either

bertrenolds · Oct 15, 2011

How about a huge spolier? Rice out your ride.

I would suggest bigger injectors, maybe some FIC 950cc's to run E85 and try finding a deal on a used dsm link setup, I got mine with ecu and dsmlink V2.5 for $250 total, best deal ever! And the best part about all of this stuff is that it could all be had for alot less then $1000 since everyone is poor now a days and no one is buying parts so everything is going for super cheap.

Replacing the stock clutch is also not a bad idea and honestly you could get a used fidanza flywheel disk and PP for pretty cheap as well. You could probably get everything in my post still for under a $1000.

Pauls99Gst · Oct 15, 2011

you keep saying it might be your tune. Whats your airfuel ratio at WOT and are you getting any knock? because if you arent getting any knock and you arent to lean more then 11.5 you are fine on pump gas.

915dsm · Oct 16, 2011

bertrenolds said:
How about a huge spolier? Rice out your ride.

I would suggest bigger injectors, maybe some FIC 950cc's to run E85 and try finding a deal on a used dsm link setup, I got mine with ecu and dsmlink V2.5 for $250 total, best deal ever! And the best part about all of this stuff is that it could all be had for alot less then $1000 since everyone is poor now a days and no one is buying parts so everything is going for super cheap.

Replacing the stock clutch is also not a bad idea and honestly you could get a used fidanza flywheel disk and PP for pretty cheap as well. You could probably get everything in my post still for under a $1000.

Is flashing the 98-99 ecus less attractive than link?

915dsm · Oct 16, 2011

Pauls99Gst said:
you keep saying it might be your tune. Whats your airfuel ratio at WOT and are you getting any knock? because if you arent getting any knock and you arent to lean more then 11.5 you are fine on pump gas.

Before the 1g tb, my WOT afr was going up to 10 and i have changed it to 12.5. I just instaled the 1g tb and was fixing some leaks. As of know i do have knock all over my rpm ranges. Im just gonna change the head gasket and re- tune with the new changes.

Ill be doing this soon. I want this car to be my daily driver and have fun both on the street and track.

Boostinsideways · Oct 16, 2011

915dsm said:
Is flashing the 98-99 ecus less attractive than link?

No. You can do nearly anything link does with an H8 ecu and the various flashing software out there.

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