I am thinking of going FI later on, but most likely not for another year or so if that makes a differance.

Thanks

blue shadow - right now i have a thermal exhaust. in march i am going to put the car into the shop. i am getting intake, headers, cams, cam gears, high flow cat, pullies, and thinking about a VAFC.

if i go FI, then i will be rebuilding my engine completely.

you will need a bigger header and a more free flowing exhsaut to go with the cams because there is going ot be more back pressure. cam gears and a VAFC are also very useful when trying to get fullpotential out of your cams. to me, stage three is a little too much stage two is what i have wanted. the only reason you SHOULD get the valve springs and retainers is so you wont have floating valves and you will be able to rev higher than the stock. after you get a higher revving engine you should get an ECU or reprogram your factory ECU so it will let you rev higher becuase cams usually make the power in the higher rpms.

blue shadow - right now i have a thermal exhaust. in march i am going to put the car into the shop. i am getting intake, headers, cams, cam gears, high flow cat, pullies, and thinking about a VAFC.

if i go FI, then i will be rebuilding my engine completely.

When you go FI you will also have to get rid of all of that stuff, maybe even the cams. Probably the only thing you'll be able to keep and use are the cam gears and pullies, but everything else would have to go. (you can keep the VAFC if you plan on doing the hack).

Add up the cost of doing all the NA stuff you listed and tell me how much you would be spending. That's money that you can start saving for your turbo and engine build.

thanks shadow, its lookin like ot would set me back almost $2400 total if i had to replace the cams as well. but i think that going FI is just a pipe dream right now. i guess i better make a solid decision soon though. appreciate it.
Doug

act. for 2400 exactly 2k_teg was selling max-rev kits for h-series. it ended w/the begining opf this year, but there will be more sales, plus his normal prices are good too.

thanks shadow, its lookin like ot would set me back almost $2400 total if i had to replace the cams as well. but i think that going FI is just a pipe dream right now. i guess i better make a solid decision soon though. appreciate it.
Doug

For another $600-$1100 you'd have yourself a proper turbo setup. Then while you are enjoying a low boost Lude, you can save up for your engine buildup which should cost you roughly $2000-$3000. (varies depending on if you do your own labor)

It's not so far off as it seems, the only thing about FI is you have to get eveything done at once. With NA you can do things in small steps, one-two mods at a time.

shadow - where are you getting the figures for this turbo with all of the fuel mgmt already... i would love to take a look at it. the thing is that i dont want to go FI half assed and be dissapointed because i can only run a couple of pounds of boost for almost a year. well more like 8 months, but still. what will i be running at with that, 6 psi? and on that note, then wont i just be killing my engine. even though i will be doing a rebuild what kind of problems can i expect? i should probably be getting into the turbo post for all of this. thanks for the info guys.