Enough? or Too much?

[blk02bird]

thank you
by the way i admire your car
i am wanting to do the same
i want to get my own turbo
how much could i buy piping from you for?

[UsMuScL398]

ya but u loose a couple ponys to be quiet

[blk02bird]

well will it be like 425hp?
i dont konw what i am going to do about piping
where can i buy it

[Teufel Hunden]

Originally posted by UsMuScL398:
ya but u loose a couple ponys to be quiet

So? You don't need to be making MAXIMUM POWER all the time. There's something to be said about mellow and non-obnoxious cars as well.

[ July 05, 2004, 03:29 PM: Message edited by: Teufel Hunden ]

[Teufel Hunden]

Originally posted by blk02bird:
well will it be like 425hp?
i dont konw what i am going to do about piping
where can i buy it

Ask around at the local speed shops for the best deals. I get all my pipes through a local fabricator, and i'm not sure where he gets them.

Exhaust: If you want 450hp, you can reach that goal with a full exhaust... don't let anyone tell you that it'll cost you alot of HP or it'll be so much harder and all that BS. There's a supercharged 4.6L Mustang out here that puts down 760rwhp through a full exhaust, which includes 2 cats.

well how much will it cost to get heads and intake p&p
dont konw if i have money for that

how much money am i looking at to get the engine parts installed and balanced

Getting a good P&P job is worth spending money on. you definitely want to take the heads to a reputable machine shop and have an expert do it. I've seen alot of people on this site say you can get that done for $200 or $400. The places that are that cheap are the ones i'd personally stay away from, because they probably just have some guy in the back hog out your ports with a dremel tool. If you're not sure you have the money for it, IMO, it's worth putting things off for a bit until you can get the money gathered up for a very good machine job.

About the balancing: The price for this is relative to the machine shops in your area. Usually having the rotating assembly balanced is pretty afforable, or at least is has been in my experience. I was recently quoted $200 for a 3.8L short block balance job from a guy who's known to be fairly expensive.

[blk02bird]

i meant turbo pipe set up
like can i put on and ls1 turbo kit
what would i need to adapt
could i buy my own turbo
and get piping from somone else

[Arctc Wolf]

Upgraded turbo kit
8.0:1 pistons
L32 rods(cryo'd)
bearings, studs, bolts
MLS head gasket
SSM heads/intakes P&P'd(thermal coated combustion chambers
custom comp cam/full valvetrain(rockers/springs/retainers/pushrods/lifters
custom stall converter
3" exhaust or bigger, probly bigger
fuel pump
fuel pressure regulator
maybe fuel injectors
custom tuning

these will put u for sure 450 rwhp, and it will be reliable as long as it is built right

[Teufel Hunden]

Originally posted by Arctc Wolf:

3" exhaust or bigger, probly bigger

I disagree. 3" is more than enough for 450hp. I know a couple Supras with close to 700rwhp, and they only have a single 3" pipe.

[blk02bird]

hell
i might as well throw in a twin turbo
skyline engine for $4000 and have 600hp
how much custom work would that take?

[ReodDai]

.... ok your questions are getting right up there with .. "How much would it take to make this car I drove off a cliff to run again?"
Tons and Tons of custom work, and on a personal note don't turn an american sports car into a tokyo taxi.

[blk02bird]

how much hp do you look at putting down teufel?
what mods are you doing?
are you going this far?
email me at blk02bird@yahoo.com
if you want
i would appreciate it
thanks

[blk02bird]

well this "toko taxi" would blow your *** off the road reoddai

[ReodDai]

No it wouldn't because it wouldn't exist. If your going to quote something I say then spell it right. Why don't you just drop a supra engine in it? or lets go with a WRX engine? hey we can go wankel! The reason I called it a tokyo taxi is because skyline's really are taxi's lol.

[Teufel Hunden]

Originally posted by blk02bird:
how much hp do you look at putting down teufel?
what mods are you doing?
are you going this far?
email me at blk02bird@yahoo.com
if you want
i would appreciate it
thanks

Honestly i don't know how much rwhp i have. I will eventually get some dyno numbers, and i'll post them when i do. I might eventually build my motor to handle more boost, but for now, 10psi is good enough.

Mods: I already have the turbo system installed. Right now i'm just experimenting with a few items, like different BOVs seeing how i like them. As far as supporting mods go, i have Pace Setter headers, a Magnaflow cat and a Hooker cat-back. Tuning will be added as soon as the software shows up.

[UsMuScL398]

Originally posted by ReodDai:
No it wouldn't because it wouldn't exist. If your going to quote something I say then spell it right. Why don't you just drop a supra engine in it? or lets go with a WRX engine? hey we can go wankel! The reason I called it a tokyo taxi is because skyline's really are taxi's lol.

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