well first im going to introduce myself..

my name is jose.. got a 2004 ep3

i live in boston..



well right now i got my car stock.. but i want to star tuning it. well the mods i will get so far are

injen CAI
megan racing cat back
megan midpipe
dc headers
Kpro


thats all i got so far in mind to get for my ep3.. but anyone has more mods.. cause i just can think of those..besides a turbo kit..??

hey which is the best ep3 turbo kit bolt on you can buy?

want to make 250-300 on a stock block?



and on a turbo kit do i need mbc right??

thanks

 

you can make 250-300 no problem with boost or spray...

I'd recommend a better header brand and exhaust if you want to make better numbers though...


And it's RBC not MBC cause I'm assuming you're talking about the intake manifold.

*If you plan on going boost don't buy anything and start buying your kit and a 3" exhaust.

 

u think that the revhard turbo kit is good? it has the Kpro in the package right?
how much hp can i make

got any good 3'' exhaust and headers some good brands that could make good power?

 

suspension mods

 

sry man but do some research. go look at ephatch or club ep3.net or google. what has the world come to............

 

i got a stock ep3 too. i'm going to work on the suspension first.

 

250 to 300 whp on a stick ep3 block. Good luck. Hope u got deep pockets!! And rbc wont do **** for the a3 block!! I would also stay away from megan unless u like replacing ur parts after a couple years. Do it right or dont do it at all. And i agree with kobe, do ur research!! Rev hard it a good company but i'd rock full race if i were to turbo!!!

 

most of the mods are useless if you're going to boost.

 

X2 Start with the suspension first.There is no point in putting all that work in to the motor and riding on a crappy suspension.

 

Seriously though. Why can't people think of they're own **** to do to their cars? You're on a forum, look around for ideas. Stop asking people what to do, build your car for yourself. If anything, go about getting advice or guidance in a better way i.e.... Hey I was thinking about doing this... what do you guys think? Any input?

You might as well just hand your keys over and let someone else build your car. How do you think most people figure out what they want to do to their cars? They research and look at pics, and car part websites etc...

 

hmmm k20a3 is trash...i know this from owning a base dc5. all motor=slow, boost it= waste of money, if anything save up for an a2 swap.

 

actually boostying it is not a waste of money! its acually smart in a sense. if you turbo the a3 you can just swap the kit over to a k24 which has more potential boosted.

so you can drive around in your 250+ boosted a3 and save up for that k24 and just swap all the parts over. the only thing you will need is like motor mounts but everythin else is already at your disposal!


the a3 is trash when its NA but if you boost it, it will keep up and **** up evos and sti! its a good motor that can take up to 320hp depending on how hard you push it!

 

i noticed on h-t, people always say "go do your own research." lol. if you don't want to help them, then don't. but this is a way of research, asking people for suggestions for direct feedback. he's asking people who know more knowledge than him, and he learns in the process.

just like you recommended not buying megan, because you'll need to replace every 2 years or whatever.. i dont think on the megan site it'll say "will break in 2 years."

but whatev. i'm off to another forum.

 

Its not that we don't want to help but there is an FAQ and this topic has been covered more then 100 times...

Also Megan isn't as bad as they use to be... the are a little better now but most people still remember how crap they were when they first came out!
Skunk2 is another prime example... They use to be very good but now they are referred to as Junk2 or Scarp2...

 

i've seen a lot of your posts, and YOU actually do want to help. but others give attitude and stuff. ideno, i think it's disrespectful.

but ya, i can tell you're one of the really well respected ones on h-t.

 

you know ill agree with you on that! i used to do that when i was brand new with moding my ep and asked alot of questions (noob status). some said do research that most the info is on ephatch and some gave me the info i needed. ill admit i occasionaly do it my self and tell people research only becuase when i did the researching thing i came upon info that really helped me out with other aspects that i didnt consider or know! matchewspoo you are right though, aking is a way of research, asking people for suggestions for direct feedback!

 

Don't get me wrong I don't mind if you ask for our opinion about certain things (except for what wheels, what wing, what lip... leave to for the picture thread plz). I will gladly give you my opinion or help you out but you got to some research on your own!

Its like my teacher always tells us in class if he keep troubleshooting all our problems what is the point of being in computers??? You got to do part of the work... help me help you! I can't tell you want to do you got to tell me this is what I want whats your thoughts?

The only thing is that when it comes to basic power mods like intake, header, exhaust its been asked and done before... so a lot of threads with good info! When it comes to more complicated stuff like cams, pistons etc... ya I can see the info starts getting limited as not everybody does it! Its like suspension, its been covered a million times the info hasn't changed but if you want to know what camber to use, swaybars etc... more complex stuff is not going to get the above comments such as go research it, its been covered already, blah blah blah... plus attitude!

I don't want to be a dick just it gets annoying because you keep answering the same question and the threads with good question get flushed out for these types of questions (sorry OP not hating on you personally)! One problem is that the mods of this section don't do anything at all for us... just look at our for sale thread, its of the month of JUNE!!!

Just my 0.02$

 

i get what you're saying dave. but some people, not you, take it up the *** and somewhat bash on the OP.