more hp?
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You are not going to see a lot of gains with any of the standard bolt-on mods unless you have a bigger turbo. The stock turbo will run out of steam before the bolt-ons make a difference. The best thing is an exhaust and a good tune. MBC is not the way to go with the X. A good 3 port with a pill will allow your tuner to do a better job. Your wasting your money with most other mods (especially the LICP), although I think you have 93 in Texas so you can squeek out a few more ponies with bolt ons compared to 91oct.
Here in California the difference between a stock turbo car with just a HFC and CBE and the same car with IC piping, FMIC, CAI, etc is about 10whp. Cams on the stock turbo will get you some more area under the curve but it's a lot of money for 20-30whp. Upgrading the turbo is the best bang for the buck, especially if you have access to E85.
Here in California the difference between a stock turbo car with just a HFC and CBE and the same car with IC piping, FMIC, CAI, etc is about 10whp. Cams on the stock turbo will get you some more area under the curve but it's a lot of money for 20-30whp. Upgrading the turbo is the best bang for the buck, especially if you have access to E85.
This.
I'm amazed at some of the bad advice being thrown around in this thread. If you've already done your exhaust, UICP, and had a tune and you're not happy with the gains, don't waste money on anything else - save up and upgrade the turbo and fueling. You'll get more gains out of that upgrade, dollar for dollar, than the other options mentioned.
Or...
...just enjoy the amazing car you already have and ignore all the jealous haters trying to bring you down.
Last edited by roy1.8t; Feb 26, 2010 at 04:05 AM.
