After deciding about saving up for forced induction I've began to ask myself, "Is it really worth it putting FI in a car with 112k miles 03 Coupe?" Either my funds go to FI or they go to Brakes or Air suspension. What do you guys think? I'm not looking for 500whp. I'm not a racer, but I do wanna smoke the gay camaros lol Around 350whp+ is okay with me. TT kits might be too much for me. A single turbo or a reliable SC such as vortech is my ideal FI.

 

Sc would be the least amount of day to day maintenance... Just my 2 pennies

 

Why would a supercharger be les maintinence than brakes or suspension? There's plenty of thins to go wrong when your boosted...

As for your question I think you need to consider what you really want down the road. You wanna go fast, or you wanna look good? Form vs function. Don't let someone else make the choice for you though.

 

I think he meant its less maintenance that a turbo..

 

Well I voted for FI ....sorry..... I was thinking Sc is less maintenance the tc thats all

 

Ah,gotcha gotcha. Mah bad lol.

 

I've seen newer Cameros put down over 400whp/wtq on a DJ with just bolt-ons and a tune. I don't think a BASIC SC setup on your engine is going to help much, but I'll let the Vortech guys answer that. 350whp/wtq Camero, maybe since they're 300lbs heavier. And we don't know your budget either.

Here's what you don't want to hear:
1) Order a prebuilt shortblock
2) Single turbo setup
3) Supporting mods
4) Installed/tuned at a reputable shop

Done!!! Bolt-on Cameros no longer a problem

 

If you're not planning on racing the car at a track or other competitive circuit, I wouldn't bother with the brake upgrades. Air suspension.... why?

If you're just looking to have more fun with your car, forced induction is the no brainer... but it's also really frickin expensive. I'm going to suggest that you just save your money and do simple bolt on fun mods like an intake, and maybe a cat-back exhaust if you don't already have one.

What do you really want out of your car? Decide that first then pick the mods that get you there based on that. If you let the mods themselves drive you with no real target goal for your car, you're going to just throw tons of money at your car for no real reason. Also keep in mind that if you go forced induction, you're pretty much also going to want to do exhaust upgrades and you will need to have the car tuned... so it's going to cost you more than just the price of buying the kit.

 

The real question is, how much money does your fund include?

 

^+1 this...

 

I'd have to agree with him.
Al depends on how deep your funds are and how far your willing to go.

 

Considering a quality forced induction setup will cost you at least 3-4 or more times what a high quality brake/suspension will cost you I'm not exactly sure I understand the question here. The options you've given are nowhere near in the same cost bracket.

 

I vote brakes. Unless you really have money for the FI which i am not sure you have the bolt ons to support the FI. I say just brakes. They will make you car look better is you can get an awesome color

 

forced induction if you can afford it, no question. I don't really take this car to the track either so I can justify spending over $1K on brakes!

 

I have over 3k in funds. And they are increasing day by day. Few weeks I'll have enough for FI+tune. As for my performance mods I already have TDX2 exhaust and plenum spacer. And I'm dropped on Tanabe pro 5 coilovers. I wanted air suspension because I'm also deciding to add a front bumper and side skirts which will make my car look lower(then I will start scraping on the crazy roads here). Also the driveway will kick my ***. I really like the drop I have right now. It's practical and looks good. But adding a body kit would make me have to raise it a little bit to compensate for the height. Don't want to do that, but I do want a body kit. Hence why I want air ride. Just worried about the quality and things going wrong