Quote: Originally Posted by
Josh16061 
Looking to get 300ish. I want the most I can squeeze out of the stock turbo. My budget is around $4-5k depending on how much of my college I have to pay for this fall. If I get most of my scholarships it should be an even $5k. Again, I would like to play with the stock turbo and not go any bigger until I am sure I can handle a 300hp FWD car. Don't wanna maim myself at the track or around town with a car that is too much for me to handle. Big turbo may be in the budget a couple years down the road. I have a dyno accessible to me that is only 5 miles away and many (at least 15, half of which are very knowledgable) local SRT guys here in Toledo that are more than willing to help with tuning. One of which (KNIGHT) uses the DSP on his car. If you have ever heard of Dasmopar parts, the guy lives a fifteen minute drive from me and is very active locally.
...sorry for the long post.
well to get 300HP out of the stock turbo, its going to take a good amount of mods. Then you need to get the power to the ground, if your going to track the car. You seem to have plenty of cash, but do your HW on your mods before you spend the cash. The biggest thing on these cars is not how much power you have, its how it transfers to the ground. You could have the 300HP car but just spin 1-2 gear and do nothing.. I would try to do the basic power mods like exhaust, WGA, DSP, BFMIC, and then you could go from there.. Your going to need to tune for the meth with the diablo though. You should already have that catch can on the car, when you pull out your stock IC, youll see why
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I say the biggest thing though is the traction issue.. If your not picky about the vibrations and noises, then get solid MMs. There are plenty of threads that discuss the MMs, so just do a quick search..
