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Old 03-31-2004, 07:26 PM   #1
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$1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

i got 1,000 bux back on my taxes and i dont know what to buy so far i have the jdm b16a cold air intake/dc header/full exhaust this is what i was thinking but i want more opinions on what would be best

vafc2/fuelpressureregulator/camgears/mugen spec ecu

Those will run me about 900 total installed

LET ME KNOW WHAT ALL OF YOU THINK I SHOULD GET!!!
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Old 03-31-2004, 07:55 PM   #2
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

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no your plan sounds pretty good id say that works but other ideas are Cams gears vavles dnyo time.
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Old 03-31-2004, 08:02 PM   #3
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oh sorry the plan was this

vafc2/fuelpressureregulator/camgears/mugen spec ecu and DYNO TUNE IT\


SO does that sound best ?

and how much power do you guys think i'll gain off these mods
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Old 04-01-2004, 04:47 AM   #4
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

a little. you should get some cams or go see how much a port and polish would run you at a machine shop
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Old 04-01-2004, 12:28 PM   #5
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so with the vafc2/fuelpressureregulator/camgears/mugen ecu and putting it on the dyno to get tuned rite you guys dont think i'll feel much difference if any so basically its not worth going this route? i was hoping for them to be able to pull 10-15 hp out of it
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Old 04-02-2004, 10:57 AM   #6
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

Why waste the money on a chipped ECU, just to tune it to different settingsa with a VAFC? Cam gears without new cams is kind of a waste, maybe you can squeeze out another 2 or 3hp. Maybe N2o/VAFC/ and a wideband o2 sensor?
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Old 04-02-2004, 12:11 PM   #7
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i do not want n20 man sorry so please guys tell me what i should buy for 1,000 bux let me know please....
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Old 04-02-2004, 12:27 PM   #8
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

CTR cams, wideband o2 VAFC, and cam gears. Should be able to tune in about 15hp with a very noticable difference in mid range power.
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Old 04-02-2004, 12:53 PM   #9
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i can't come up on all that stuff for 1000 bux plsu installation and everything i was also thinking about buying these parts

vafc 2
skunk 2 intake man
fuel pressure regulator
throttle body 65mm or 75 mm

WOULD I NOTICE FROM THOSE MODS?
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Old 04-02-2004, 12:58 PM   #10
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

With those mods you are going to notice that you cams suckat high rpms. really.

You can get the CTR cams, at least the intake for around 300-400, gears for 160-200, VAFC for 150-220, that's 840 max, and if you have a tuner shop, you don't have to buy a wideband, just use theirs to tune.
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Old 04-02-2004, 03:06 PM   #11
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

You don't need a vafc2 on a stock engine.. I'd get the ctr cams and pistons to up your compression, adj. cam gears to tune them with, then worry about getting one. Like said, 10-15hp.

Or you could do the grown-up thing and save your money. $1000 in groceries and bills is a lot of dough to just crap away on a car..
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Old 04-02-2004, 03:37 PM   #12
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

Actually on a lightly modded motor with CTRs, a VAFC (not VAFC2) is a good idea. You'll run too rich and lose some power up top and you can lean it back in the upper rpms.
Besides replacing pistons is an ordeal, and cams pistons, and a complete rebuild is outside the budget, not to mention then you would really want to get some kind of piggyback or other fuel tuning device.
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Old 04-02-2004, 06:12 PM   #13
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well i just bought a pr3 skunk 2 programmed ecu today i felt a difference just with that i paid 180 for it now i have 820 left to spend i am trading my p28 ecu for a set of new dc sports camgears so thats out of the way i was thinking of buying skunk 2 intake manifold and a bored out throttle body and the fuel pressure regulator for now then next paycheck get the ctr camshafts.....? wat yall think
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Old 04-02-2004, 08:29 PM   #14
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also what if i just put the ctr intake camshaft then install my dc sports sprockets will that give me POWER or do i need the intake and exhaust?
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Old 04-02-2004, 08:55 PM   #15
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Re: $1,000 To Spend Help Me Do It

Some people run hte intake alone, and have good luck with it. You're on the right track, I personally wouldn't have gotten a chipped ECU, unless I needed it to run my motor, but for tuning purposes, it is pointless if you are running two different methods of control. Personally, I am not a fan of performance chips, mainly, actually only because they don't really allow tuning, at least not without the investment in of software to burn new ROMs.
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