By wheels, you do mean your old car right? If you're talking about rims and tires, I'd like to see a picture of your solid platinum and diamond studded rims.

 

Honestly man, I wish I had 8g's to put into my car. However, (I'm not trying to sound like a *****) you should consider investing that 8g's and getting it back tenfold in a year. Just something to think about......

On a different note, this is what I would do if you don't want to risk investing it....


AEM EMS
Laptop
AMS GT35R Turbo Kit
ATP 3.5-Inch Turbo-Back Race Exhaust (no cat)
AMS Water/Alcohol Injection Kit
WORKS Valves and Retainers
HKS 272 Cams with Cam Gears
ARP Head Studs
900cc Fuel Injectors

I bet you could get all this stuff if you looked for deals.

 

1) Find a shop, find out their hourly rates, make sure they can tune your car.
2) Buy as many parts from one source as possible.

If it were me, I would drive your car to OH, drop it off at Buschurs.
And don't go for the upgraded turbo, your adding lag, so add that last.

Buschur 3in Turboback
Buschur 3In Intake
Buschur Intercooler
Buschur Upper Intercooler Pipe
Buschur Mini-battery
HKS 264 Cams
Walbro 255
AEM EMS
Stage 3 Head
ARP Head Studs


For those that are recommending things like GT35R, steer clear. These turbo's are very laggy, contrary to the claims of most of the vendors.

 

Wow, perhaps I need to see you for my investments, because the stock market has been doing rather average. And the jobs report sucked today.

 

Haha, yes perhaps I was being a bit optomistic. You can always at least make your money back. That's the way the economy works. Ups and downs. Later

 

I'm in the same boat, but my Evo is a bit more modded than yours.

Decide what you want from it. Hp, drag, road race, heavy street, etc..
Than make a plan from there.

#1, you need an exhaust to uncork the potential of the stock turbo
#2, The stock IC and piping are NOT the best, You'll be amazed how much you pick up with this.
#3, Cams!
#4, Flash, Piggy back, stand alone
#5, make sure you can get any serious HP to the road witha good clutch

The 3 biggest HP mods I did was, turbo-back, IC and piping, Cams, then you need all the supporting parts, fuel pump, and injectors.

 

If I got $8k right now, I'll get the vishnu mods for just $4k. That will make my car 357whp and I still have some extra $4k leftover to get the ralliart wheels.

 

I would do it like this:

72cc Injectors
AMS or Greddy FMIC
AMS EMS
Fuel Pump
Any type of turbo back exhaust w/hi-flow cat
Custome tune
ACT clutch kit
APR head studs
HKS cams
AMS fuel rail
Larger o2 housing
AMS larger turbo
Any money left get Volk's or SSR wheels with some sticky sticky tires

 

Why add a turbokit to start, a tubular header kit costs 4K + Installation, so your left skimping on other more important modifications. If you do the Buschur Stage 4, EMS and Stage 3 head your going to spool faster than stock and make great power.

 

$8k is a good chunk of change. I'd definitely mod the car in stages just to get a feel for how each set of mods improves the car. Then you can decide if you want more power and jump onto the next stage. Just keep in mind that mods are also compromises to low end and streetability, which is always subjective. Good luck.

 

Pay off the car?

 

Big turbo and all the trimmings...

 

Do it in stages. That way you will see your gains.

 

Just get a nice entry level Rolex. Of course with only eight grand you could never afford a gold one......

 

You got that HP with only a cone filter and boost controller? What octane gas did you use? What level of boost?