About a couple months ago, i talked to sharif@forged about installing cams for my n/a set up...lol Figured....
Sharif recommand APS TT, but Install/tune price was out of my budget and i didn't even know what boost was at that time. ( Well..still don't know, never boost before. Just drove Evo/STI twice lol )
After i stayed FI forum all the time, search and read and watch on youtube....again and again...talked to many members thru PMs...Passed up many sweet deals on private classifield. Today finally ordered vortech kit thru paul @ advancedracetechnology.
I will install myself, after that I will take it to forged, to get tuned/install few other stuff.

Lol can i stay on FI forum now?

-JLee

EDIT: Install pictures are posted, hope these help who wants to install themself.

 

welcome to the dark side...

 

Congrats Chef - I hope you are satisfied.

 

hey man, if you need help with the install, I'd be willing to drive over to GR just to help out so I can learn

 

Thanks for gave me good deal on your TN kit.

You are more then welcome.

 

I think u should have went with the TN kit instead of the vortech. U wont be happy with it until u upgrade to at least the 2.87 pulley.

I would have went turbo if I wasnt in Kali (cops everywhere and not CARB legal).

 

Hmmmm S/C.... you get a Student Visa..

 

That shop is bad for my bank account. Sometimes (actually, a lot of times) I get bored with my car, but every time I walk in to that shop, I'm reminded how awesome modifying my car is. But I digress...

Congrats and welcome to the dark side.

 

Congrats bro! You are going to love being F/I regardless of the kit. Sorry I couldn't get you a price sooner on that Vortech BTW!

-George
GT Motorsports

 

should've went turbo , but hey if you're happy with your decision that's all it matters .

 

hehe It's all good. i will need few more parts soon, touch you back!! don't forget about me

Hey you still gotta give me a ride! i still wanna feel TT Powa!

 

go w/ the 3.12 pulley and you should be good

vortech is a good kit, you will enjoy it

 

Congrats man...it's good you already got the ACT clutch/flywheel...I was slip sliding away with the stock clutch whenever I tried to push the Vortech hard...

What pulley are you running?

 

Congrats

 

Awesome! You will love being FI now.



George, i dont think you could have matched his pricing.

 

Everytime I am in his car, it makes me want to buy turbos yesterday. You might not want your S/C anymore after being in Billy's car (j/k...kinda). Congrats on the purchase!

 

I will be running 3.33 pulley or not running blower untill i get to forged. My clutch/flywheel still on break-in period..lol wanna revvvv!! And You were slip sliding away with clutch? you should look into bigger tires..but what do i know.

 

Nahh...I meant my clutch was slipping...after a while everytime I tried to rev it hard my clutch would slip...smelled like burnt clutch, thought my clutch was worn out...when i swapped out for the ACT setup, I found out I still had about 15k miles of clutch disc left...go figure...

Anyway, the moral of the story is...even though Vortechs aren't as torquey as turbos, they can still be hard for stock clutches to handle, particularly if you go down a pulley like I did...

BTW, if you want to upgrade to a 3.12 pulley, lemme know...I'm running a 2.87 right now...

 

ya one of the used turbo kits woulda offered less boredom in a few months. Congrats on making the big leap though.

 

Welcome to the darkside and i think youll like the pull of the vortech in the upper rpm's.