Hey there everyone, I am new to these forums but excited to finally be part of this now.... I've had my 04 coupe as a daily driver for over 7 years now and have enjoyed everyday of it. Besides it being the stock sport package with bremebo brakes, I have added a nismo cai and aftermarket cats. I am not bored with it but would love to get about 50 more horses out of it without forced induction. Thinking that stage 2 cams might get me there? Nismo offers some for about 1300 currently, they claim that it works great with the stock springs but I'm just wondering if its be better to get new springs and maybe rebuild the head while it's all apart? I just want a somewhat simple and affordable mod while still being able to drive the car daily, just want an idea of if stage 2 cams would be worth the work alone?
Thanks so much for your time and info,
-Ian

 

Even on a fully built motor cams only add about 15whp. They cost like $2k or more, it's not a very cost effective upgrade when you can buy a vortech supercharger for $5k and make +100whp.

 

And the supercharger is easier to install.

 

Thanks so much, that would definitely not be worth the money then. I've been told before a super charger would go well with the cai I already have and an easier job than a twin turbo, but would it be healthier for the engine? The engine I have now has a little over 100k on it and is running great, Id love to do it just worry about spending all that just to blow it being my daily driver...

 

Did you ever do it ? And or did you ever do the supercharger?