3k worth of mods, what to do?
Originally Posted by Jay8141
Hello Evo Enthusiasts! I have around 2-3k ready to be spent on my 05 Evo. I already have an AMS TBE & K&N drop-in filter... What would YOU do with this budget? I'm looking for mainly performance, but is also my daily driver...
Help me out! Any ideas would be appreciated!!
Help me out! Any ideas would be appreciated!!
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
SMC Alky kit is $500.
The 100% denatured alcohol that I use is $12.77/gallon at Home Depot, and I use one can per 2 weeks. If you use 100% methanol, it's on ly about $3/gallon if you buy the 50-gallon drum for $150. It's way cheaper, but harder to source...I can just walk across the street to Home Depot for my alky, so I do that and pay more.
The 100% denatured alcohol that I use is $12.77/gallon at Home Depot, and I use one can per 2 weeks. If you use 100% methanol, it's on ly about $3/gallon if you buy the 50-gallon drum for $150. It's way cheaper, but harder to source...I can just walk across the street to Home Depot for my alky, so I do that and pay more.
Not hard to order a drum of VP Meth so many places to get it from and would be much cheaper then Home Depot. Especially since you just said you use a can every two weeks. Almost pathetic not to order a drum. Especially with summer approaching, you're bound to use more.
Pathetic not to order a drum? I don't know why you'd use that word to describe it. It's much easier for me to get a can of alky across the street (I buy 4 cans at a time - 2 months worth). I don't have any desire to keep a 50-gallon drum of meth in my garage.
Originally Posted by Warrtalon
Maybe that happened with 280s due to them being so extreme for the stock turbo, but 264s and 272s (and hybrids thereof) don't need cam gears whatsoever. Straight 272s can make some extra power with -4/-1, but at a cost down low from what I've seen on the dyno in person. It does give one helluva high trap speed, but power down low was lacking.
The whole point is that adjustable cam gears allow you to fine tune WHERE you want to make power. I had mine set to -4/-1 on the 272s because I prefer the slightly better topend along with the stock-like idle. Ted B had his running at something like -3/-3 because he wanted earlier spool and better initial torque. No adjustable cam gears = no choice.
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
SMC Alky kit is $500.
The 100% denatured alcohol that I use is $12.77/gallon at Home Depot, and I use one can per 2 weeks. If you use 100% methanol, it's on ly about $3/gallon if you buy the 50-gallon drum for $150. It's way cheaper, but harder to source...I can just walk across the street to Home Depot for my alky, so I do that and pay more.
The 100% denatured alcohol that I use is $12.77/gallon at Home Depot, and I use one can per 2 weeks. If you use 100% methanol, it's on ly about $3/gallon if you buy the 50-gallon drum for $150. It's way cheaper, but harder to source...I can just walk across the street to Home Depot for my alky, so I do that and pay more.