Cams VS Turbo
So now that meth kits are being considered, I'll have to do more research on them since i never really considered it. Is the methanol something you buy locally? I don't know who would carry it. I am definitely on a budget, but hopefully over a period of time all of these things will eventually get done. From what little ive read meth kits can be EXTREMELY risky, which sort of deters me from it since reliability is still a major factor.
I saw your setup for sale and its the reason I said that hahaha. There is a lot of mis information about meth and how its run and tuned. I looked long and hard before I decided to run it, but found out its not that big of deal at 50/50
Go with the cams/springs. Then maybe find a used IX turbo. Do you have front mount and piping? Your gonna have to run higher boost to make 400 so upgraded front mount would help.
I have upper and lower piping, but stock front mount. From what i've read replacing the front mount with an aftermarket is pricey. Not that the cams and turbo isnt, but the front mount would yield like a 15whp gain right?
Ok well i turns out there is an e85 station about 30 miles from my house. Idk if its worth the drive, but ill go for it. Other than getting tuned for it, are there any upgrades to my fuel system that are required before running it? Also can the car be tuned to run on e85 and regular 93 octane? Im sure there will be times an e85 station isnt around.
If you do cams you are going inside the engine, a turbo is basically a "bolt on." Depends on what your long term goals are and if you plan on keeping the car. Once you put cams in you are unlikely to remove them where you can pull off a turbo in an afternoon and re-sell it for 75% of what you paid for it.
I'd like high 300's, 400whp max. I'm leaning towards the hp green. But from what i've read i will need larger injectors. IS this true? Id probably be running it around 24 or 25 psi.
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