Alright, Im having a hard time deciding which way to go with the car. As it sits, power numbers are super weak sauce, a tune would fix this some, but at only 5 psi on a non intercooled roots blower with it being 725 degrees (yes I checked the weather channel) outside, it's never going to make any decent power. Right now it's only 20-30 rwhp above where it should be n/a, but the tune is jacked at wot, way too rich.
Now I have a buyer for the blower lined up, which would give me the cash to do a few different things, or at the same time, I could keep the blower and try to push it.
Option 1, sell blower, pocket a bit of the money and do other things with the car, and put a bottle on it, hopefully get a pi intake to line up with the weird SVO heads, and it should get into the low 400's on da jug, which I would probably be content with......for now.
Option 2, sell blower AND SVO Heads, buy Trickflows, cams and put a cheap PI intake on it, it should hopefully make mid 300's n/a, and 500ish on a 150 shot, the stock motor will not like this power, but it seems like it would last longer than a blower setup, because blower = hurting the poor stock motor at all times when wot.
Option 3, keep blower, pulley it, get a methanol setup, bigger inlet tube, 90mm maf, tb, etc, and try for 400 rwhp, possibly spray a small shot to get it in the 430-450 range.
Option 4, sell blower, get a used Vortech, pi intake, methanol, and hope the rods dont exit the block quickly
Option 5, sell blower, heads, stock shortblock, buy aluminum block pi motor from Explorer, add cams and bottle
Option 6, sell blower, get On3Performance cheap ass turbo kit, only downside to this is, tubular k member, a arms, and coilovers are required, which starts putting the price way up there.
The Vortech is tempting, as I know it can make power, and even more on a built shortblock later, at the same time, belt slinging, belt slip, etc, blarg. The Eaton is cool because it's hidden, but it has alot of shortcomings in the power department. The nitrous options are all interesting, but at the end of the day, you have to keep refilling the sumbitch. The turbo setup is the biggest bastard to install, and requires tubular everything, it wouldnt be so bad if just a k member would work, but having to get everything just to make it fit, kind of sucks.
Now I have a buyer for the blower lined up, which would give me the cash to do a few different things, or at the same time, I could keep the blower and try to push it.
Option 1, sell blower, pocket a bit of the money and do other things with the car, and put a bottle on it, hopefully get a pi intake to line up with the weird SVO heads, and it should get into the low 400's on da jug, which I would probably be content with......for now.
Option 2, sell blower AND SVO Heads, buy Trickflows, cams and put a cheap PI intake on it, it should hopefully make mid 300's n/a, and 500ish on a 150 shot, the stock motor will not like this power, but it seems like it would last longer than a blower setup, because blower = hurting the poor stock motor at all times when wot.
Option 3, keep blower, pulley it, get a methanol setup, bigger inlet tube, 90mm maf, tb, etc, and try for 400 rwhp, possibly spray a small shot to get it in the 430-450 range.
Option 4, sell blower, get a used Vortech, pi intake, methanol, and hope the rods dont exit the block quickly
Option 5, sell blower, heads, stock shortblock, buy aluminum block pi motor from Explorer, add cams and bottle
Option 6, sell blower, get On3Performance cheap ass turbo kit, only downside to this is, tubular k member, a arms, and coilovers are required, which starts putting the price way up there.
The Vortech is tempting, as I know it can make power, and even more on a built shortblock later, at the same time, belt slinging, belt slip, etc, blarg. The Eaton is cool because it's hidden, but it has alot of shortcomings in the power department. The nitrous options are all interesting, but at the end of the day, you have to keep refilling the sumbitch. The turbo setup is the biggest bastard to install, and requires tubular everything, it wouldnt be so bad if just a k member would work, but having to get everything just to make it fit, kind of sucks.
