Help me spend it! I have on the car now: AFE2, Diablotune, 180* thermo and a Magnaflow catback. I'm not going forged (not enough budget) & not doing nitrous (I want full-time power improvement). I really don't drag race so I'm leaning against half-shafts as well. I'm want the most "full-time" bang for my buck. Considering my aforementioned mods: A satin Vortech V3 system with kooks headers and midpipe & a "stock bottom-end safe" CMR tune. Might be able to squeeze in a torque converter as well but install costs are part of the $8k, so I doubt it. I would have a pro do the headers/exhaust and probably do the Vortech myself, still undecided, might try to bargain for a "package deal". Or ported heads, bigger cam, torque converter, headers and midpipe with a CMR tune (all pro installed). Or... an STS twin turbo kit with tune.
sell charger and trade in on a chally.....plus the 8k will get you a nice ride you wont get upside down on with low payments.
Heads(PPP just came out with new ones or is about to) cam (call andy and get a custom made blower cam) used supercharger ( I just got a gs paxton novi 1500 for 2k)and long tubes and you got yourself a high 11 second car. then later on down the road if you save some money you can buy a forged rotating assembly
lol, no more 2-doors for me. Getting another 2-door next week... a little tit-for-tat, buy her another (436hp) car & I get my mod allowance, lol.
I like your Vortech idea!!! Give us a call, Lisa can put together an unbelievable package on a Vortech and additional mods and fit in your budget! If you want to go the heads/cam route we can help you there as well! 877-BMC-RWHP
Thom, The S/C is a great buy, but you can do heads, cam, headers, tune, and a TC for about the same price. Either way you will win.
For 8K Stu at inertia can make your car 10X better than a supercharger! Your gonna spend around 5-6K for a supercharger and then you gotta play with it to get it right. Stay nat. aspirated....much better for the motor! You could also call josh a HHP and do a stage 2 set-up which in my opinion is the best value on the market hands down! Just ask hemisfear that has it on his car......this set-up runs 7500.00 with instalation!
Go for heads, cam, highflows and catback, ported intake and upgraded injectors. You'll be miles a head. I would suggest you call Inertia.
You better hurry up and spend your "dollars'.. the AMERO is coming!! Dahahaha!!! The HHP Stage 2 set-up would be hard to beat.
I've heard awesome stuff about Stu's packages from my installer Luke and other friends. The HHP Stage II pacakge is nice as well and I'm a happy customer thus far. You'll probably have some cash left over for a bit more as well considering you have the basics.
See I would rather get one used for 2/3 the price. its still goign to cost you 2000$ to get it installed and tuned and other random parts you will need to get it up and running
If you would do sum research.......um like go to their website and look at what you get, maybe you could have an educated answere next time....DUH!!!
Tell her she needs to finish my pricing first on cam, TQ, quaife LSD and half shafts. Been waiting two weeks!! :thanks: I already ordered the TECHCO SC from you guys.......
I know we can get ~540 crank with the Vortech, what's the increase with the ported heads, cam, headers, cmr tune and catless mids? I wouldn't imagine more than 60 crank. This car is still my daily driver and I do a lot of road trips (Phoenix & Denver) almost every w/e. I just want something I can lay the occasional smackdown with (with easy mid-to-low 12's & possible high 11's with drag radials). That's all I want, lol!
I'm putting down 460 at the rears and my tuning is not done yet. But really, a good set of heads, cam and the remainder I outlined will be right there. It'll give you between 450-470 with the proper tune. Be completely free of wacked out crap for daily driving as long as you don't go for some huge cam. And will be trouble free. I keep trying to get these local vortec boys to run me, but they can't find their way to the track. Here's the last dyno I did. http://www.srtconnection.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9054
* HHP Ported & Polished Heads and Intake Manifold w/ Upgraded Springs * HHP Stage 2 Custom Camshaft * Higher stall torque converter * B&G Stage 2 PCM Flash this is off the web site, some one tell me why this costs 7500$ installed. I got my intake ported and painted for 300$ my heads cost me a little under 2000 my cam was 400 TQ 650 and who uses a bg flash any more. so lets call it a predator for 375. thats 3725$ lets just call it 4k. so your telling me it cost 3500 to install heads and cam??? I am not saying HHP doesnt have a great product,l because they do, it just cost a alot. you can get a cam with their cam specs on it and heads that are very close to being the same and a RDP TQ for alot cheaper. Black I know most my of my shit about vendors packages and things about my car. I am by no means a mechanic and I admit that. But I do spend a lot of time on this site and talking to vendors and people that know alot more than me. so my question has been thought about for a while that's why I didnt get their package a year ago. but thanks for thinking you know any thing about me and my knowledge Get a vortech kit with a upgraded intercooler, and bigger pully, mabye some water meth and you will be happy. plus a good cmr tune
Awesome, thanks Cam! Those are very respectable rear wheel numbers for an N/A motor! I could live with n/a 450 rwhp (which is all I'd expect with a s/c anyway). Truthfully, I'd like to do the an H/C/I package prior to any form of FI just b/c it'd be a pain in the ass to do it the other way around. That, and I do like the idea of laying the smackdown w/o FI also. The motor would still look bonestock. What kind of times are you running? (or have you not run yet due to the tune?) ***edit*** just saw you're running 12's. That's where I want to be!
