A young friend of mine has a 1995 integra and has did minor bolt on's.. pulley's, header and
k&n air filter.
He is always going on about having 300hp at the wheels and always asking me for advice and help. I of course always give him hell for spending so much money and not getting much in return. Well he listens to me and has did all this to his car, he gets it dyno and it makes around 115hp at the wheels
Now at this point my friend has around $8-9k in his car and very tore up over all this. I tell him the only way to make any serious power is to get a turbo.
Well he listened to me and with his dad's help he gets a nice turbo kit (t3 t4 hybrid) he pays $3.8k for the kit and pays a nice shop $800 to install and dial it in and dyno it. They get 8psi out of it before it pings, the guy tells him on pump gas he cant run any higher boost are more timing are the motor will be hurt. At 8psi the car makes around 164-171hp @ 6,700rpm at the wheels now and no pinging. His car makes the same amount of torque pretty much.
My young friend is happy and I told him he just paid $4.6k for 50hp
He is now dead set on getting some pistons to lower his compression and says he will run 20psi of boost are more.
I told him to replace his flywheel, rods and crank too why he was at it so the bottom end would stay together.
I told him I respect what he did and what he is doing but he just enforced my thoughts that ricers pay alot and get so little in return.
I then showed him the crate motors from coast high performance.... he just said he likes his rice, and I tell him I like rice with my chicken.
I guess he is hot roddin his car and doing what he likes
I just expect more for my money and I love my stang and the great aftermarket thats out there for it.
So anyone think $4,600.00 for 50hp is good investment? I guess with the right pistons, rods and crank he can turn the boost up... but his dad is making him pay off the credit card they used to order the turbo kit with, so he wont be getting them anytime soon.