U-TECH, Bolt on's and Meth.......
 

I may have to put my turbo kit purchase on hold for a bit as I am buying a house. After much research I have found that a U-TECH is a must have when going FI. I was thinking of buying a utech, a borla exhaust w/resonated dp's, and I already have a crawford manifold. Would I see any gains if I had a utech installed and tuned the car? I have heard a utech can add 10+ hp on a n/a car. What if I added meth and adjusted the timing etc. on a n/a car, would this yield any gains? I am mainly trying to do a few things to mod my car a little and hopefully most of these parts I can keep when I add a supercharger or turbo.

yes, a tuned utec will fully utilize the power those mods may offer.

Adding meth will certainly give you some good power. Are you going with 100% meth or 50/50 mix with water? Obviously, it will be even more beneficial with FI but once it's on and you're tuned, the benefits will be:

1. Much higher timing because of extra timing you'll be able to run on the car
2. Cleaner engine :) Alcohol will clean the internals and keep your engine running smooth.

also remember that if you are going to a tuner, it will be ~500$ for a based tune and a couple hundred dollars for a tune update. Make sure you have ALL your parts installed before you go in for a tune, otherwise it will get $$$ very quickly.

So water/meth injection on an N/A car will give you gains???

It will to the extent that it'll lower intake & cylinder temps and reduce knocking. I'd go with a 50/50 mix however. Pure meth will affect your AFR's requiring additional tuning to compensate.