fp red the stock turbo has no top end. i just raced a ducati and he could not leave me. he was right next to me and their was a car on myside so i had to slow down i would of probably left him if i had switched to the next gear.

 

Haven't swapped turbos yet but can say that meth is very nice. Of course a BBK full is in transit now. I will be enjoying bigger turbo and meth soon enough.

 

Another vote for bigger turbo here.

 

Nice replies! Bigger turbo it is then!

 

Are you on a Red? 440whp would be a really nice goal.

 

You will enjoy the car more for daily driving with the stock turbo+methanol. Torque is what make for a fun daily car and you will be giving up quite a bit in comparison to a Red on pump gas.

 

I would agree with this if you drive in a lot of traffic. I like driving my Red on the street just fine, but when I go somewhere where there are actually a lot of stoplights and traffic I miss my old smaller setup. Do you want max power above or below 5K rpm?

 

Hmm, now you guys got me thinking. I do get stuck in traffic sometimes on my way to work. I mean, I wouldn't exactly call my car a daily driver. I really only drive it on nice days. I have a beater for the crappy weather days. I love having alot of torque too...grr, decisions, decisions. I see there's an Aquamist HFS-1 kit for sale in the marketplace too. That was the kit I wanted from the getgo, and I'm like itching to jump on that...

 

Do it!

 

Sounds like you want the meth kit. You won't regret it either way. Red or Meth would be a great choice.

 

Meth would really wake your car up if your on a budget right now. Its going to give you close or even if i had to guess well over 400 wheel.

Tune it with a little more aggressive tune with meth and your set man.

I put down 381/372 on a dynojet on my stock IX turbo and i was going to throw meth in also to get over 400. Then by the time i do the Red i had all the supporting mods.

If your on a budget = Meth
If you have the money = Red

 

and having a stock turbo IX on meth, and over 400wheel will be an absolute street monster....nothing will touch that car on the street.....just another thing to keep in mind

goodluck.

 

I have to agree with this. I embarass the so called muscle cars on the street and the strip. 415/390 and soon to be higher. Sleds around here don't stand a chance.

 

seeing as how you have a daily driver other than the evo, i would go Meth and enjoy it....then down the road if u need more power, go with a bigger turbo

now if u didnt have another dd, id say go with the bigger turbo

imo meth is just too big of a risk for us dd guys, even with all the failsafes

 

Alky = big torque, just do it