wow... talk about not responding to mods well! That's what 3-4k in mods for 50hp?

Forced induction FTMFW... I put $1500 into my evo (turbo back exhaust [bitch to install], high flow cat, intake) and picked up an easy 50hp. A tune ($200-1000 depending on who does it) gets you 50-100 hp depending on mods and boost levels.

 

Turbos are a different ball game.

 

i've spent 1600 on bolt-ons so far...nowhere near 5k like some of you are talking...another 700 on headers should do the trick...hopefully a company will come out with some cheaper headers...those impuls are just too pricy!

 

WOW stock thats nuts. I wonder what base line in these are I cant see you picking up more than 15-20 WHP on just a tune. But that also depends on how pig rich our cars run. If your at 304WHP now with full exhaust and tune you should be up around 340-350 WHP just the cats alone should yeild 15-20WHP. But You may have maxed evething out already. Keep us posted.

 

Yea you telling me I spent $2200 on my EVO TBE, intercooler, intake, fuel pump and dyno tune.. And got 373WHP.

 

But NA is must harder to get power out of with bolt ons. I think these companies have done great with the tuning solutions they now have..

 

Sick!

 

Those are great gains on NA for a good price, this is not a turbo evo which is much cheaper and easier to upgrade, nice job! 50hp on NA for 4k is not bad AT ALL!

 

50whp would be a amazing. I just don't think it's possible (even in theory).


When it comes to bolt on mods, think about it this way.

You can only "add" so much power to a car by "uncorking" it with
Run open intake, open exhaust, and tune your car. On our cars, I'd guess that'd add about 30whp.

Then subtract HP for however restrictive you exhaust and intake are.

The engine is only so powerful. As testing has proven, tuning is good for 10-15hp, intake a couple hp, and exhaust another 10-15hp. That's it. It doesn't add up to 50.

I'm still staying tuned for track times. People get too hung up on dyno numbers. You really need a baseline comparison on the SAME dyno in the SAME conditions to compare raw numbers. If not, it's just a tuning tool.

I've seen plenty of times where the high dyno cars are slower than other cars that dyno lower. How fast you are tells the real story.

 

No Kidding! I spend that much on my old STi and was able to get 420whp!

 

^it should be above 2000 no more than 2500
parts for our cars are really expensive
im glad i dont have a BMW, its even worse for them lol