ive heard the mrev2 is the best bang for ur buck

 

Yea how much have you spent total on 40hp gain??

 

haha here we go...Plenum Spacer was around 200, HFC'c 600, Ypipe 180, RSR Exhaust 450, DC Sports Headers Brushed 300, Intake which doesn't help from what I hear 200 sooo roughly 1930, then the biggest bang for my buck was getting a reflash and tune by TS for 650. So around 2600. If your looking to make your car FI fast the only way to go is FI but I'm pretty sure that gets expensive quick, brand new supercharger runs like 5000 probably around 3000 used, then a 1000 for install, and i'm not sure if you have to get it tuned, I would think you would. I just started off slow with my mods though, these have accumulated over the years, it's not like I went out and dropped all this money in a day, I have had my car for 3 years, I would go FI but I don't ever have 4-5k to drop in one day. Hope this helps

 

I don't have the money to go FI either right now, but when you look at it long term with all the money you have spent you only got about 40hp gain. I myself will probably do the space, z tube pop charger, and exhaust and stop there. If I want it to be faster I would go FI or get a faster car.. I can't spend that much money for that lil gain even if its over time. just my .02 cents

 

HAHA! engage boost vision!

 

first off 40WHP not HP is not a little gain, it is a very significant gain i'm pretty sure if you are measuring your increase in reg HP it would probably be a lot higher

 

sorry I forgot you said whp, but still for all that money its not worth it. You spent about half the price of FI. I would just have got a loan for 5k or put it on my cc and went FI instend of that. But its your car and more power to you.

 

FWIW, a 17% increase in power is pretty good for bolt-ons. Plus you're looking at closer to $10k to go FI correctly.

 

10K!!! dayumm that must be a nice set up. its whatever though, I would just buy a faster car for all the money thats being spent.

 

Yep - also there is the reliability factor - you need at least 10K to get into a properly done Forced Induction install, plus you need reserves for when something goes wrong...and it will.

People on here forget that bolt ons don't give as much HP as a pure FI car, but at least it is still quite reliable.

 

your missing about 5-6k more to go FI my friend

 

Seriously I have not decided which route I am going to go with my car but logically thinking if I am going to spend 10k on FI alone plus all the other mods I want to do and the cost of the car, it just makes sense to me to buy a faster car. I probably will end up doing just your average intake, exhaust, and spacer and be happy with that because I want my car to be reliable. Different ppl different scenarios. Some ppl only have one car, some ppl don't have as much money to play with. Some ppl live at home and there parents pay for all their ****.

 

Save up your money and go FI.

 

Very true that some people on here sound like they live with their parents and get their parents to buy their parts, even though most will deny it. Bottom line is if you dont have the money for something, then either save up for it or dont try to do it.