hey ive got $1500 to spend off an insurance claim. im gonna stay all motor and im gonna stay with my B16 so i dont wanna hear anything about swaps or mini-me swaps.

anyway im debating on what i should buy. my first choice was Skunk2 stage 2 cams, springs, retainers, and a header. then maybe sometime down the road ill get pistons to up the compression. my second choice was pistons, header, exhaust, and other little bolt ons.

anyone have any inputs as to what i should do???

 

a really good header like hytech or smsp. that will help you out a lot with future mods

 

I know you said all motor, but you could build a decent turbo setup for that much money and have a lot higher gains. If you are detemined to stay all motor, go with i/h/e, cams, springs and retainers. Maybe a VAFC too if you can afford it.

 

think i can get IHE cams retainers and springs all for $1500???

$800 - cams
$400 - springs retainters
$250 - header
$500 - exhaust
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$1950

those are all Inlinefour prices. if you know anywhere cheaper (besides ebay) then let me know.

 

Dude $400 for springs? You must be looking at skunk....IMO, go with Portflow on ILF's site, $200, they'll handle just about any cam u throw at them.

Cams, go with CTR's, get some cam gears, and have them tuned all for under $800....

As far as exhaust, personally I think aftermarket exhausts are overpriced, and sold just by the name. Any muffler shop will mandrel bend a pipe, throw on a muffler you can get for $200, for around $150 w/labor.

As for header, DC makes a nice 4-1 header for around 3 hunnet, one of the better ones in that price range.

hth

 

the 400 is for springs and retainers. ill check out portflow though.

why the CTR cams over Skunk2. i was just wondering if i should consider crower so now im down to 3 types of cams.

your right about exhaust and i can get the 4-1 DC for about $250

 

The thing is for the price of the skunk cams, the money can be spent on other mods to make up for the difference in HP, ie a type r intake manifold, or VAFC. There isn't really much of a difference in HP between the 2 that I'm aware of. ITR's have nasty midrange.

 

i was told the b16 intake mani is the best for the b16 so im gonna keep it. ive already bored the TB. im highly conisdering the CTR cams now unless someone can talk me out of it.

 

ok im deffinatly going with the cams and valvetrain but what cams??? the CTR will only save me like $100 over the Skunk 2

 

Just get the intake cam. The CTR exhaust cam isnt much different than the stock b16 one, all the power comes from the intake. Thatll only run around 3 hunnet bills, then get cam gears, advance it 2 or 3 degrees....instant 3 or 4 ponies on top of what the cam will give u.

 

oh ok. then i would have enough for some pistons too.

anyone else have any input???

 

LS stroker

 

If it were me, I'd find a JDM ITR tranny.

 

Get the skunk 2 stage2's, i just got mine not in yet though but im pretty sure they put down more power then the CTR's not positive though. And try to find some typr r valvesprings.

 

http://www.importreview.com/re....html

heres a link to a spring test on b-series. as you can see, the portflows held up to everything they tested, and the price is excellent.......

 

rocket motorsports m22's... $950shipped Cams, springs, and retainers
Bisimoto B Series header..... around $650 or so

$1600 and will make some very nice power.

 

Yes, m22's are nasty cams......

 

some big cams (600-800)
springs and retainers $300-400
b16a pistons $200

 

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Bisimoto B Series header..... around $650 or so

$1600 and will make some very nice power. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i second this.....

just no money left for an exhaust though also look at headertech/anr for that price. im also happy with the performance of my 10-94 header but i doubt ill get much support on that one

 

whats the rocket motorsports site?

 

sorry to say you should go bigger motor.
i have a jdm itr block that would rock!

it's like night and day bro.

 

you could get some badass headwork done with that money. i have a friend who ran a 13.7 in a 94 cx with i/h/e and some really bad *** head work.

 

http://m24x.com

IM Rocket on the board if you're gonna go with the M cams, he runs the place.

 

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That's what I would do too. Find a nice used gsr or itr shortblock and slap that in, and still have some cash left over for some bolt on's.

 

well im up **** creek. the bank wont sign over the check until the car is already fixed.

the only damage you can see is the bumper overlaps 1/2 in one corner so im trying to think of a way to make them think the car is fixed without it being fixed.