Well finally I added a cosmetiK mod to my es other than my oz spoiler. I got 16 inch kazera wheels with kumho ecsta tires. oh my GOD, with rims i fell in love with the car all over again!! haha. Ill have to take a pic and post it.

But anyway my list of mods so far
-Sri
-Catbak
-Header
- Intake manifold and throttlebody ( ill get them in about 2-3 days )
- Rims and tires

So my question to you good folks, after i install my I.M and T.B ill have a pretty good amount of mods =p . So what should my next mod be, or order of mods??? here are the options.
- Cam, cam gear with emanage
- underdrive pulley
- upgraded torque converter
- new rotors, strut bars, swaybars.
- upgraded pistons and rods
- port and polish
- upgraded fuel pump, maf, and fuel rail
- Body kit =P

Please give me your serious opinions, id really like to know what you guys would do. As you can see, im going to try to see how far I can get without going turbo. lemme know what you guys think.

Dont laugh, My goal is to make mid low 15's (in an auto!!! =o )before i go turbo...and with all the mods i think it can be done =)

 

upgrade the suspension. get the sway bar from rrm, and get front and rear strut bars, and lower tie bar from rddesigns (PDXRalliart), and some lowering springs from tein or eibach.

 

i already have lowering springs in my garage that i havent put on because i want to get new struts, so i dont blow the stocks.

 

dont worry about that yet, ppl talk about blowing them all the time but nobody ever reports actually blowing them. waht springs did you get?

 

New struts have yet to be proven to be necessary, so slap those springs on! What made you decide to go with 16s? I'm guessing weight savings and less mass to turn compared to a set of 17s.

And if you're serious about hitting that 1/4 mile time, I'd say go with a new cam and fuel management. Although depending on how long till you go turbo you might just wait and get a turbo cam. Definitely the biggest gainer you can add now though is fuel management through the e-manage (I can help you with install and troubleshooting cuz I have it installed) or RRM's piggyback (simpler option between the two).

 

I say go for the RRM piggyback to help maximize your mods. Then do suspension to make sure the car sticks to the road.

 

yeah i was thinking about the piggy just because ill use it on stage 2 turbo if i go rrm. seems that ill get more from the emanage with the cams

If i go cam ill go with the emanage, and when i turbo it later ill just have to replace it with a turbo cam.

Yeah i got the 16's for the less weight, besides im not much of a show, i like performance beter. i got dropzone lowering springs, so they'll give me bout 2 inches front and back. I guess if their really isnt much to worry bout, ill install the springs soon after i put the im and tb on.

No love for the upgraded torque converter huh? :P i figure that would help out a bit with the less restriction. my soon to be brother in-law keeps tellin me that upgraded rods and pistons with a port and polish will do wonders to the car, he said on his zx2 it added close to 20 horses...so it kinda got me wondrin. Also does Rpw sell an undrive pulley? and how can i gets one from their website, it confusses me :P

 

the NA piggy and the turbo pigy from rrm are different, you cannot continue to use the NA piggy after you go turbo.

rods, pistons, port and polish, really dont make much of a difference with a NA setup. the pistons keep the same compression of 9.5:1, they are a slightly lighter however.