I just came into an extra 2,300 dollars to spend on my car. I was thinking about by the JUN2 cams and the Comptech 4-2-1 header and Skunk2 cams gears and raising compression up. I was also think about buying one of HKS GT Ball-Bearing Turbochargers or one of their HKS Signature Turbochargers and build a kit around it or just buying a kit off of someone. If I go turbo I have to save some more money and wait. If you had the extra cash how would you spend it.

 

if I had $2300:
cams gears, VAFC, carsound cat, 2.5 catback, and tuning.

or maybe some Mugen seats....

or maybe some dope rims...

 

Screw turbo on a C5. It's nice, but impractical IMO.

The header you listed will choke off the output potential of the cams, no matter which ones you decide on going with...

$2300 buys a JDM 4-1, 2.5" cat, cams/gears/retainers, and a v-afc...

However, I'd spend a little of that dough on track events


[Modified by darth vadeR, 11:57 AM 2/6/2002]

 

.....what mods do you have right now?

Good header and exhaust or final drive would be good upgrades for bone stock itr that will stay allmotor in the future.

For turbo, of course you'll need a bigger exhaust and turbo manifold, and turbo, ic, etc.....

Which way are you leaning towards and why?

 

I have a V-AFC, and APexi N1 exhaust, and a injen cold air intake. I was looking at the comptech beacuse it had good gain from the Great header test.

 

spec A toda cams
gears
a good header
save a few more bucks and get a nice set of coilovers
might want to add tires to this list if you haven't changed those stockers out yet

 

atleast 4 kegs of cheap, american beer
100lbs of carne asada
4-5 strippers
and one saturday evening

You`re set!

 

Spoon header, Carsound cat, Spoon cam gears, Spoon Cams and some more tuning. Barely enough.

 

SPOON
Get some skunk type 2 cams, skunk2 valvetrain, VAFC, descent header, and a chipped p28 ecu with skunk2ecu and some tuning
A little over 2300 but nice set up

 

whatever

 

last SPOON type R i've seen put down 180+ at the wheels for an extreme amount of $$$ not worth it for the money IMHO
don't get me wrong the product is made great but doesn't seem to yield very good gains

 

spoon = overrated

 

Overated, perhaps
Overpriced definitely

I just didn't think SPOON in general deserved a

 

perhaps not a for quality, but spoon is something that i would never
recommend to anyone.

 

But I like the look of DC2R Spoon.. so I go with Spoon look.. hehe

 

HKS GT2835 ball bearing turbo

 

coilovers, and pads... maybe some track time...

 

You guys are giving Spoon a and recommending Skunk2? I wouldn't use Skunk2 on anything that I own.

Stick with Jun, Toda or Spoon. All of those companies make good products. You pay a little more, but isn't that worth the extra piece of mind?

 

what piece of mind?
skunk2 gears are fine. and i, like most people, am on a budget.
I can make that extra 100-150 go a long way.

But waste your money on all the jdm crap, its YOUR money afterall.

 

Wow, this coming from a "product" of the JDM. Don't you have a Mugen header yourself Steve? If you could do it over, would you still stick with the Mugen?

 

Budgets suck .. but they are a necessity!

Rick - who right now is KING of getting the most for his money ......

 

Going with an SMS shortly.

I got the mugen WAY back in 1997. Long before i knew better or before
anything else was out. Its better than the current spoon imo, and
probably one of the better ones out, but the JDM DC is about the same thing
for about 1/3 of the price.

 

Nat`y Light Ice for that reply

 

It's not really just the Spoon that you don't believe in. You also feel that the Mugen and Toda are overpriced and overrated, correct?

I got the Spoon because of their reputation and the belief that they will cater to modifications I have planned better than all the other mass produced headers out there. I'm hitting the dyno once I install it. I'll see then if it's a champ or a chump


[Modified by CPR, 3:18 PM 2/6/2002]

 

they are all the same if you are stock.
Unfortunately, I am not.