Best Bang for Your Buck
 

Hey its me again. I have a 2000 Lx with a 1.8 L and already have an SRI intake (ebay all the way!) and i was jsut wondering what would be the best thing I culd put on for a couple hundred bucks (like under $400) that would give me the most gain.

Thanks again

anything other than turbo is a waste IMO

New Wagner stage II cams are about that price. Best mod by far, short of a turbo.

Not for HP but if you have a standard, adding a short shifter is a big improvement for driving pleasure.

A cat-back will give you a couple of Horse-Pressures for about that much green.

Yes, Much FUN! Get the Kartboy bushings too. They are only $25, easy to install and make the shifter feel way more solid with less vibration.

I've dreamed about a turbo. And ofcourse I have a manual, with an engine this small I don't know what i'd do with an automatic. My dad has a nissam with the VQ V6 with like 265 hp, but its an automatic and feels slow. I'm trying to save up for a turbo too but its gonna take a wihle. I've got 6 more years of school until I can get a real job. WHen that happenes I'm gonna go crazy probably to a mazda3 or maybe a 6.

ummm...my p5 n/a can hang with a stock msp.

what performance mods you got?

sweet!

how much all that run you?

roughly $3800...not including installation.

yeah, i could have bought a turbo with that...but the wife would notice $4K taken out of the checking account...she hasn't noticed me nickel and diming it over the past year.

however, she has given me the ok to save up for a turbo.

i'm trying to decide if i want to go turbo or up my compression....hmmm...decisions, decisions.

I definitely like the pics Topher, the deletion of the mazda emblem is definitely different. Was that difficult to accomplish?

and 1.8 L coils.. are those ignition coils or suspension?

The emblem wasn't just removed, the whole grill was replaced witht the AutoExe style grill. The coils refer to ignition coils, on the 2.0 you can only swap out 2 of the plug wires because the other 2 are built into the coils, but on the 1.8L you can swap all 4.

not only that...but they also smooth out the powerband...and they're the same coils tripoint runs on their cars.

and yes, that is a whole new grill.

i am going to sell my mintblue eyelines if anyone's interested.