Well car remains on jack stands, if it cools off I am going to clean the engine bay and detail the car some. Then I have some gauge rework to do and bushing installs to do as well.
I am pretty much 100% confident the car will sit until next spring. I have gotten rid of a lot of debt lately and am starting to feel good about everything.
So with tax return and bonus next april I should have plenty to get it up and running again.
So far here is the new setup that is finalized, unless I somehow change my mind over the winter which yes can happen easily lol:
- ID1300 injectors
- wally 255 with install kit in tank
- radium surge tank for AEM320 pump, mounted in trunk where my washer reservoir was.
- new lines and wiring to battery for surge tank
- MAP 3.5" intake
- MAP UICP
- stock exhaust mani - ported/coated (want spool back, no long tube stuff, then I can run SA too
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- Map Rev3 intake mani
- 64mm TB
- MAP o2 dump downpipe, was going to do recirc but I like the loudness I think and the extra power.
I am really undecided what to do about my turbo though. For a while I was going to rock a stock turbo, be around 400whp (dynojet) and the same torque or more but with my engine I think it will get boring with it falling on its face.
So then I was going to do just a mild upgrade, Ef2 basically, which with a 2.2L should be around stock spool with more up top. Well then I keep hearing from others to go a bit more as I will still run outta turbo up top. So I started looking at my old FPred graphs, they were pretty damn fun looking. I realized I miss that setup and it was a good balance.
So fast forward to today, FPred seems to make sense but the price is the same for fpred and fpblack.
I spoke to another few guys that said it was very noticeable going from the Ef4 down to the fpblack and that the fpblack spooled 100-200rpms later than the fpred, so why not go black. Here is my old comparo:
Well that makes a lot of sense to me, same price, why not so here is my old fpred vs fpblack. It appears I have come full circle. Spool before 4k then so should be close to 3500 on my new motor I hope..I guess we will see.
I don't much care for going anything over 550whp, I don't want to max out my fuel setup at all, so I will run lower power if I need to but I don't know if I see a reason not to go fpblack over fpred.
Thoughts?
Also, I am planning some other lightweight stuff, 2pc rotors and carbon Driveshaft from driveshaft shop once I get the car running again.
Surge tank is 100% the first thing I am buying as I want a reliable fuel system. Then after that, certain things like porting don't need to happen right away but mind as well while its all apart.
I am in no hurry to get the car running so its not like this will all happen at once but just trying to find a good balance here. I was also thinking the EF2.5 or new MHI turbo (basically fpgreen) but again with my motor setup I don't know if that is enough air.
Decisions decisions, not sure what the hell to do. Good thing I don't need to decide right away. Wondering what you guys think. I think my setup will handle 550whp pretty reliably so I am not worried about that being too much power, unlike my last setup.
Oh, twin disc clutch will also probably make its way in the car in the future when my ACT craps out or if I have trouble with it at the track if I ever make it back there.
Proceed to give me crap for changing setups again