So I'm a college kid and i have an EG6. It has a d15z1.
List of things I put into it in the past year is
Short ram intake
Headers
Function& Form type 1's
Straight piped it with 2 1/4 inch pipe.
and an ES Oval.

I don't have lots of money to work with but I need some advice in what to add.. my next step is to get a Skunk 2 Intake Mani early next year along with a intake mani gasket. Thanks





Please HELP!!!***

 

O **** i think i posted it twice.. fml

 

Well...I guess I'll post this before anyone jumps your case...first off...looks pretty clean so far...secondly...

What are your goals?

What is your budget?

If somebody disagrees with me go ahead and chime in but I'm gonna have to say a skunk2 intake mani would be a bad place to start really...for what you spend you will see VERY minimal gains. You could be halfway to a good turbo setup with what you will spend on that unless you know somebody selling one for really cheap. IIRC the d16y8 mani will bolt up, and will be way cheaper.

D-series motors respond like **** to bolt-ons. Do you want to keep the D or do a swap?

If you keep the d most people will say building N/A is pretty budget consuming for the gains you will get. You will spend thousands getting a good n/a build. If you put a turbo on it you'll see alot of gain, with minimal spending.

How many miles are on the motor?

 

I agree, the skunk2 manifold would be a waste of money, yes the y8 manifold will bolt right up.
Turboing the car would yeild the most bank for the buck. Just do the hf manifold and adapter plate setup with a turbo from a factory turboed car

 

14b turbo from the 1st gen dsms. Ebay intercooler and piping. Chipped p28 from phearable. Everything else choose yourself. Find a local tuner...Do alot of research before you ask a bunch of turbo questions though...people on h-t don't like to be asked a million questions that are easily answered with a simple search. Not being rude just saving you some hating.

Just looked at pricing on that intake mani... 250? seriously put that towards a turbo build before buying that...and I'm guessing you would've bought a hondata or some similar heatshield gasket...another 50 or something...300 would be halfway towards a modest budget turbo setup *not including tuning and all that mess but you get the idea* if you shop around.

 

Thanks guys for the help. Imma take your word for it cuz i really need to save money on this.
O yeah and I don't want a swap just yet, I'm planning on building my single cam, have it nice and quick, then eventuallly when it blows i'm going for the swap. But the last thing i want to do is blow it so I don't know when the swap is going to come in.

 

the miles on it right now is i think 178,xxx

 

Quit wasting your time and money buying bolt ons and making your rice bucket loud.

For a SOHC all the bolt ons you're doing could actually make your car slower or do nothing.

The only way you're going to get real power out of a SOHC d-series is to raise the compression and put a solid cam in it.

The money you're dumping on intake/intake manifold/exhaust/header etc is all money you could be saving for a turbo.

You could pretty easily spend $2000 on bolt ons and other nonsense without knowing and by then you could have built a solid mild turbo setup with a good turbo manifold and make 200whp reliably.

 

even a stock block on turbo can be reliable. ive been running my boosted z6 on 10psi for 2 yrs no problems what so ever . i redid all the seals, new water pump ,oil pump,head gasket. i haven't had any burnt or leaked any oil or any smoke from my exhaust. your better off selling all your bolt ons to save up for turbo or begin maybe rebuilding the basics on ur block so its reliable so you have no problems in the future or for many miles to come. as they all have stated is that a D series does not respond well to bolt ons but does wake up a bit with alil bit of boost. and d d series motors are a dime a dozen and many parts interchange between them all besides the d17 which are junk.