Grog and Cajun power:

Thanks for the specs and info, that was very helpful

Merry Christmas

 

Anyone know the nut size of the banded Hotside/turbo clamp - 10mm?

 

Merry Christmas. Ho ho ho

 

Yeah its 10mm.

 

Back to the topic, from my judgement, the hotside was less tedious and less time consuming but more exhausting - I was a little sore afterwards. I took my time with cams for more $ was at risk.

My car picked up about the same power as with the cams + tune but I think that the 9.8 was locking up some of the cams potential and the 10.5 unleashed it. It gave me a more solid boost, an extra 1 - 1.5 psi in first, and contrary to some other posted results, the spool is faster too. I also suggest tightening the stock actuators tension 1/2 to 1 turn.

Also, to my surprise, the exhaust has a meaner more aggressive sound - I wasn't expecting it.

The 10.5 hotside is well worth the $ and work if you still run 9.8, especially with cams.

 

The Cams takes somewhere between 2 and 3 hours depending of your level of knowledge and how well you are able to orginize your hardware as you are pulling it.

The Hotside can be a Pita due to rusty screws and the heat of the parts and off course the position of the parts.

If money is not a matter I would do some Cams first. The 9.8 hotside can give you some good results in the 1/8 of mile. First and second gear are too short to notice any big difference between the 9.8 and the 10.5. On the 1/4 mile if would make a bigger difference because you are keeping the 3rd and 4th gear longer therfore you are holding the boost higer where the 10.5 shines more than the 9.8.

I think Cams will help you more, get yourself some 264/264 and you will get the most of your 9.8 hotside turbo, it will spool up so quick that you will cross the line before you even realize it.

 

im gonna do my cams next week, i have the 10.5 hotside but jes searching around debating whether to do it myself or not.

 

the cams will be harder

 

Good advice here.