I have $1,500 to blow on my IX and I'm driving myself nuts on what my next mods should be. I'm trying to decide between the ETS stock turbo manifold + 02 housing and a re-tune or a set of rota DPT wheels . I already have most the bolt ons and making 300+whp on 91 but you can never have enough power right? On the other hand I have ZERO exterior mods done and think those dpt's whould look great. What would you guys do considering the above??

 

well you need to ask yourself do you like racing more then you care about how good your car looks lol. for my car the outside is compleatly stock except for the jdm rear but then under the hood is where all the money is spent, i LOVE racing

 

What about suspension?

 

if you have 1500 bucks.... you can easily get rims for around a grand. maybe even under if you are really lucky. then maybe you could throw a little more money in and get the other stuff! :-D

 

In my opinion building a car is all about balance. Why don't you use the money for both. Perhaps a JDM rear or something of that sort. That should leave you with 700 or so which you can use to buy a good set of cams and a re-tune.

Now you've changed the cars aesthetics slightly yet tastefully and added some nice power.

 

exterior if you only got $1500, performance mod may cost you around $1500 but in the long run you need to invest alot more

 

I always say HP first! more bang for your buch and you will be happier in the long run.

 

HP first! At least that is the way I am going. My car is kinda in need of a paint job esp the side skirts but I am not going to do that until I hit 400ish mark. I guess it all depends on your goals.

 

Personally, I go exterior first than engine. I changed only intake and TBE and got a repaint, carbon hood/lip ... set of new WORK rims and getting JDM rear bumper when I get my car back. But all up to you. Fact is I don't track, so no need for the 400 hp etc.

 

I think those power mods you are looking at aren't good choices at all. Neither of those two items are going to get you very much power. However switching to E85 will. That's my vote. Or you could BBK the car for that money.

 

Buy the wheels

 

wouldn't you have an issue with smog with an aftermarket exhaust mani?

 

One thing to think about too...not everyone likes every exterior mod....for example if you put wheels on your car and you like em, that's great...but think about when you go to sell it..Others might not like em. Personally I am not a fan of a/m wheels...on the other hand who wouldn't like more power?

 

first, JDM rear would be nice.

 

yea lets not listen to this guy. by his own words you should get whats popular what a joke. You build your car to your liking you dont go into buying a turbo and say hmmm which one would be easier to sell when i run it down. Please i say you mix and match what i do is 2 months ill get engine parts then 2 months its all exterior no matter whats availble. i think if you have 1500 i would save alittle more and just get tha turbo upgrade out the way now. then again rims make a huge difference as far as how it looks but to me i rather get my engine exterior done then get rims the factories are doing the job right now.