Help me choose my next mods!
i agree with the clutch suggestion. when you do something else and up the power, your soon to fail clutch may then cost more than you can afford to replace it with an appropriate upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
FMIC is not a good suggestion, nor is a rear swaybar, imo.
Andi, so far you have done the perfect mods for your IX, but you have to decide where you want to go next. Do you want a cheap suspension that is so-so, or do you want a little bit more power? The Megan header is not as good as porting and coating your stock manifold, but I do recommend the SS O2.
Andi, so far you have done the perfect mods for your IX, but you have to decide where you want to go next. Do you want a cheap suspension that is so-so, or do you want a little bit more power? The Megan header is not as good as porting and coating your stock manifold, but I do recommend the SS O2.
Thanks for the compliment in the order I choose to do my mods in, Plenty of search button use was performed hahaha, I also soaked up as much as I could from your posts
As far as cheap suspension goes it doesn't really bother me, I have a friend with the megan street coilovers, hes had them about a year and they perform beautifly. I also plan on porting/coating the stock header, I would only be using the megan until the stock one is done, and than maybe for the occasional car show.
Any other suggestions?
If you go the suspension route and don't want to spend much then I HIGHLY recommend a rear sway bar. Your choice on the coilovers, but for a lot of people it seems that the MR ones are just fine.
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Originally Posted by SmikeEvo
Agreed - no on FMIC, header, or sway. Yes on O2 housing.
Ever think about a LICP?
What about a clutch? Always good to think ahead for that one.
If you plan on track days - I would think about DOT4 fluid and good brake pads. Even with a stock susp. Reason being - you have to stop at the track. And you could cook them, remember cooked brakes = no stopping.
I disagree with Warr on Megan Racing coilovers being so-so. The track versions have done well for me and many others. Sure they are not Ohlins, but they arnt $3500 either. Good entry level c/o's.
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Ever think about a LICP?
What about a clutch? Always good to think ahead for that one.
If you plan on track days - I would think about DOT4 fluid and good brake pads. Even with a stock susp. Reason being - you have to stop at the track. And you could cook them, remember cooked brakes = no stopping.
I disagree with Warr on Megan Racing coilovers being so-so. The track versions have done well for me and many others. Sure they are not Ohlins, but they arnt $3500 either. Good entry level c/o's.
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I have break lines, fluid, and pads on my list.
I have an ACT HD clutch with streetlight flywheel in the garage waiting for mine to go out, I try to use as much research I can before buying mods, as you can tell.
Originally Posted by andifidie
Thanks for the compliment in the order I choose to do my mods in, Plenty of search button use was performed hahaha, I also soaked up as much as I could from your posts
As far as cheap suspension goes it doesn't really bother me, I have a friend with the megan street coilovers, hes had them about a year and they perform beautifly. I also plan on porting/coating the stock header, I would only be using the megan until the stock one is done, and than maybe for the occasional car show.
Any other suggestions?
As far as cheap suspension goes it doesn't really bother me, I have a friend with the megan street coilovers, hes had them about a year and they perform beautifly. I also plan on porting/coating the stock header, I would only be using the megan until the stock one is done, and than maybe for the occasional car show.
Any other suggestions?
As for the suspension, this is a common problem...or at least a problem in my eyes. People THINK that these types of suspensions "perform beautifully," but it seems to just be from a lack of knowing how a true coilover suspension should behave. If you just go read one comment from Robi of Robispec on his thoughts of something like a set of Megan Coilovers, and you will not dare put them on your car. It can be argued that a good set of springs with the appropriate bushings and rear sway are superior to a cheap set of coilovers in several ways. A proper set of coilovers is vastly superior to both, though, but if you don't plan to compete and don't care about having a really good suspension, then maybe the Megans WILL suit you fine. I personally have driven a modded 03 with Megans on street tires in an auto-x, and I kicked ***. I have to admit the car handled better than my MR with stock suspension and race tires, and that is worth nothing...
As for the header issue. Unless you just have money growing on trees, I don't see why you'd actually purchase a Megan manifold just to use it TEMPORARILY while waiting on your stocker to get ported and coated. Would you really spend the extra money to do that? The logical way to do it is to purchase a used stock manifold, send it in for porting/coating, install it when it arrives, then sell your stocker when you take it off. That's what I did and had 0 downtime, plus I made a small profit on the resale. =P Do _NOT_ rely on the Megan manifold for show purposes, because once it gets hot, it turns a nice shade of bluish doodoo brown - just like the exhaust and o2 housing. They start off shiny and pretty, but they turn into a hodgepodge of nasty smeared colors.
Other suggestions would be GSC 272 IX cams, BR LICP, and alky along with the SS o2 and ported/coated manifold.
Originally Posted by Warrtalon
You're welcome. Glad to see someone doing things the right way, and I don't just mean the mod path, but the manner in which you determine that path. Kudos.
As for the suspension, this is a common problem...or at least a problem in my eyes. People THINK that these types of suspensions "perform beautifully," but it seems to just be from a lack of knowing how a true coilover suspension should behave. If you just go read one comment from Robi of Robispec on his thoughts of something like a set of Megan Coilovers, and you will not dare put them on your car. It can be argued that a good set of springs with the appropriate bushings and rear sway are superior to a cheap set of coilovers in several ways. A proper set of coilovers is vastly superior to both, though, but if you don't plan to compete and don't care about having a really good suspension, then maybe the Megans WILL suit you fine. I personally have driven a modded 03 with Megans on street tires in an auto-x, and I kicked ***. I have to admit the car handled better than my MR with stock suspension and race tires, and that is worth nothing...
As for the header issue. Unless you just have money growing on trees, I don't see why you'd actually purchase a Megan manifold just to use it TEMPORARILY while waiting on your stocker to get ported and coated. Would you really spend the extra money to do that? The logical way to do it is to purchase a used stock manifold, send it in for porting/coating, install it when it arrives, then sell your stocker when you take it off. That's what I did and had 0 downtime, plus I made a small profit on the resale. =P Do _NOT_ rely on the Megan manifold for show purposes, because once it gets hot, it turns a nice shade of bluish doodoo brown - just like the exhaust and o2 housing. They start off shiny and pretty, but they turn into a hodgepodge of nasty smeared colors.
Other suggestions would be GSC 272 IX cams, BR LICP, and alky along with the SS o2 and ported/coated manifold.
As for the suspension, this is a common problem...or at least a problem in my eyes. People THINK that these types of suspensions "perform beautifully," but it seems to just be from a lack of knowing how a true coilover suspension should behave. If you just go read one comment from Robi of Robispec on his thoughts of something like a set of Megan Coilovers, and you will not dare put them on your car. It can be argued that a good set of springs with the appropriate bushings and rear sway are superior to a cheap set of coilovers in several ways. A proper set of coilovers is vastly superior to both, though, but if you don't plan to compete and don't care about having a really good suspension, then maybe the Megans WILL suit you fine. I personally have driven a modded 03 with Megans on street tires in an auto-x, and I kicked ***. I have to admit the car handled better than my MR with stock suspension and race tires, and that is worth nothing...
As for the header issue. Unless you just have money growing on trees, I don't see why you'd actually purchase a Megan manifold just to use it TEMPORARILY while waiting on your stocker to get ported and coated. Would you really spend the extra money to do that? The logical way to do it is to purchase a used stock manifold, send it in for porting/coating, install it when it arrives, then sell your stocker when you take it off. That's what I did and had 0 downtime, plus I made a small profit on the resale. =P Do _NOT_ rely on the Megan manifold for show purposes, because once it gets hot, it turns a nice shade of bluish doodoo brown - just like the exhaust and o2 housing. They start off shiny and pretty, but they turn into a hodgepodge of nasty smeared colors.
Other suggestions would be GSC 272 IX cams, BR LICP, and alky along with the SS o2 and ported/coated manifold.
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
You're welcome. Glad to see someone doing things the right way, and I don't just mean the mod path, but the manner in which you determine that path. Kudos.
As for the suspension, this is a common problem...or at least a problem in my eyes. People THINK that these types of suspensions "perform beautifully," but it seems to just be from a lack of knowing how a true coilover suspension should behave. If you just go read one comment from Robi of Robispec on his thoughts of something like a set of Megan Coilovers, and you will not dare put them on your car. It can be argued that a good set of springs with the appropriate bushings and rear sway are superior to a cheap set of coilovers in several ways. A proper set of coilovers is vastly superior to both, though, but if you don't plan to compete and don't care about having a really good suspension, then maybe the Megans WILL suit you fine. I personally have driven a modded 03 with Megans on street tires in an auto-x, and I kicked ***. I have to admit the car handled better than my MR with stock suspension and race tires, and that is worth nothing...
As for the header issue. Unless you just have money growing on trees, I don't see why you'd actually purchase a Megan manifold just to use it TEMPORARILY while waiting on your stocker to get ported and coated. Would you really spend the extra money to do that? The logical way to do it is to purchase a used stock manifold, send it in for porting/coating, install it when it arrives, then sell your stocker when you take it off. That's what I did and had 0 downtime, plus I made a small profit on the resale. =P Do _NOT_ rely on the Megan manifold for show purposes, because once it gets hot, it turns a nice shade of bluish doodoo brown - just like the exhaust and o2 housing. They start off shiny and pretty, but they turn into a hodgepodge of nasty smeared colors.
Other suggestions would be GSC 272 IX cams, BR LICP, and alky along with the SS o2 and ported/coated manifold.
As for the suspension, this is a common problem...or at least a problem in my eyes. People THINK that these types of suspensions "perform beautifully," but it seems to just be from a lack of knowing how a true coilover suspension should behave. If you just go read one comment from Robi of Robispec on his thoughts of something like a set of Megan Coilovers, and you will not dare put them on your car. It can be argued that a good set of springs with the appropriate bushings and rear sway are superior to a cheap set of coilovers in several ways. A proper set of coilovers is vastly superior to both, though, but if you don't plan to compete and don't care about having a really good suspension, then maybe the Megans WILL suit you fine. I personally have driven a modded 03 with Megans on street tires in an auto-x, and I kicked ***. I have to admit the car handled better than my MR with stock suspension and race tires, and that is worth nothing...
As for the header issue. Unless you just have money growing on trees, I don't see why you'd actually purchase a Megan manifold just to use it TEMPORARILY while waiting on your stocker to get ported and coated. Would you really spend the extra money to do that? The logical way to do it is to purchase a used stock manifold, send it in for porting/coating, install it when it arrives, then sell your stocker when you take it off. That's what I did and had 0 downtime, plus I made a small profit on the resale. =P Do _NOT_ rely on the Megan manifold for show purposes, because once it gets hot, it turns a nice shade of bluish doodoo brown - just like the exhaust and o2 housing. They start off shiny and pretty, but they turn into a hodgepodge of nasty smeared colors.
Other suggestions would be GSC 272 IX cams, BR LICP, and alky along with the SS o2 and ported/coated manifold.
I also agree on your statement about the manifolds, truth is. I got a buddy who is willing to buy the Megan off of me when I am through with it.. so I guess I could consider that a pretty good deal
I would like to wait for more info/dynosheets and or reviews on the GSC IX cams. Once again, eventually I will upgrade to them. Just not sure about now, I figure more companies will come out with them and prices will only go down
Once again, thankyou for your imput and suggestions.
