08-26-2006, 07:49 AM
Holy shit, that's some serious modification Scotty!!
More power to ya!
Some advice, from someone who is obviously heavily into modifying cars, is to think long and hard about modifying your daily driver to that extent. No matter how good something looks on paper, hidden costs or other problems always develop. It would really suck to have your DD be out of commission for months because you had one bad knock...... or something important you may have overlooked or not expected breaks for some reason.
That said, go for it imo! Just be prepared for the plethora of stock parts that will have a much higher potential to break or require replacement after your upgrades (gearset, injectors, fuel pump, maybe fuel rails? etc.). I'm personally saving already for another set of stock axles just in case, and possibly a PPG dogbox gearset (which I REALLY don't want to have to spend money on hah)
One thing that you might consider: Does your current chip have the ability to be custom dyno tuned? If so, you could add maybe 20-30 more whp and more importantly to you flatten your torque/hp curves up to redline very easily. I don't know much about the GIAC chip, but most base maps on engine managements are left extremely rich and leave a lot on the table as far as horsepower and gas mileage.
Just food for thought! I'm a huge proponent of getting your ride custom tuned, especially if you can find a good tuner nearby.
More power to ya!
Some advice, from someone who is obviously heavily into modifying cars, is to think long and hard about modifying your daily driver to that extent. No matter how good something looks on paper, hidden costs or other problems always develop. It would really suck to have your DD be out of commission for months because you had one bad knock...... or something important you may have overlooked or not expected breaks for some reason.
That said, go for it imo! Just be prepared for the plethora of stock parts that will have a much higher potential to break or require replacement after your upgrades (gearset, injectors, fuel pump, maybe fuel rails? etc.). I'm personally saving already for another set of stock axles just in case, and possibly a PPG dogbox gearset (which I REALLY don't want to have to spend money on hah)
One thing that you might consider: Does your current chip have the ability to be custom dyno tuned? If so, you could add maybe 20-30 more whp and more importantly to you flatten your torque/hp curves up to redline very easily. I don't know much about the GIAC chip, but most base maps on engine managements are left extremely rich and leave a lot on the table as far as horsepower and gas mileage.
Just food for thought! I'm a huge proponent of getting your ride custom tuned, especially if you can find a good tuner nearby.
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Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks