LOL, true. I'm thinking the same thing as you, but there are some people that claim gaining 10-15rwhp with the TS reflash alone... so I'm not sure how much you actually gain from that...

 

for $2500, I won't be able to do much cuz my gf would take everything and go buy a couple prada bags. Even though she keeps telling me that "I won't buy anything anymore."

 

Nawwwwwwwwwwwwwssss.

 

Buy everything you can used... my advice.. Except the pop charger.

 

Do you want to stay NA or go with FI down the road?

 

10-15 is doable but not at peak

 

JWT Pop (120) , crawford HFC(500)/plenum(500), exhaust of your choice(700), headers(1200). Maybe a TS reflash (600). Thats a bit over your price range, but thats basically "the" N/A bolt on list. (You could of course save money by going with race pipes and a plenum spacer, but thats your choice, I prefer to have HFC). All of that will get you at least 30 whp.

 

I really don't see the point in half assing F/I on this car. If you are going to do it right look at least 10k in parts and labor and alot of time in the shop. The only F/I solutions I would run on a stock motor are: Stillen (Stage 2) and HKS SC which put out about the same amount of power as a decent NA setup. Some people just want to work on the car to extract mroe power, improve acceleration and make it insanely fun to drive with little worries, that's possible with NA.

That said...

Pulleys, Flywheel, Sway Bars, Test Pipes alone will make a huge difference. Intake and exhaust won't do much for this car by themselves but once you have everything on and tuned with cams you will notice a huge difference in power and response. I would spend most of your time improving the handling and braking ability of the car.

 

FI rules! It's like a whole new car - for a fraction of the price.

 

Bbk

 

a haircut and a pedicure

 

i like BBK... or no2

 

N/A is cheaper to maintain.

 

2500$ eh.... is that in Canadian funds??? if so I'd get 4 cute escorts girls for the night....if in U.S funds I could only get 3....

 

The lightest 17-inch wheels that I can find. 17x8.5 all around would be fine with me. $2,500 isn't enough for titanium wheels (I don't think), but I’d settle for Gram Light F or Weld Racing.

 

I was going to say that...

but blowing half a turbo charger in one night is bad...
but then you can say you had four cute escort girls for a night

 

2500 huh. If you drive a base get a lsd and the 3.9FD from evo. Done