So ive been doing some thinking and ive decided that I want to try and do the lowest budget setup i can. right now the choice is either N/A, or F/I

Figure for N/A i could finish the whole 1.8 thing... 1.8 cam, 1.8 pistons along with the 1.8 ecu i already got but would I need some sort of piggyback for that also.. as well as any fuel mods?

I could also go F/I, get a junkyard turbo, junkyard side mount, junkyard gsx fuel pump... and prolly still need to spend about a grand between new clutch, flywheel, and piggyback.


anything else I could be leaving out that I could pick up from the junkyard? other then self porting BBTB and head.... trying to do the lowest budget setup possible. Reason is i want a new car, and tib is becoming too much of a project, but to fuel my addicting habbit of ripping things apart and putting em together, i need to keep working on the tib as i save until i got a new car, then the tib can become a full out project.

O i also forgot about junkyard rims... gonna do me some researching for 4/114.3 bolt patterns onother cars and the weights of those rims so basically, low budget lightweight rims without going steelies

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I could also go F/I, get a junkyard turbo, junkyard side mount, junkyard gsx fuel pump... and prolly still need to spend about a grand between new clutch, flywheel, and piggyback.</div>

Do that and youll have a junkyard car lmao.gif

honestly youd prolly have more costly problems trying to hack together a fully junkyard setup than if you were to go with new parts (mainly turbo), not initially, but when stuff keeps breaking and you keep replacing it youll kick yourself for not going with new stuff.

If you go used everything else, at least get a new turbo or rebuild the used turbo...

 

well, you dont want to do something if its all budgeted ESPECIALLY if its going to be a budget turbo setup. if your on a budget, stick with N/A, cant really mess that up, just make sure internals are installed correctly.

it also depends on what your goals are with each setup. personally if i was on a sortof budget, knowing what i know, i would go with the 1.8 setup and a small wet nitrous system. it would be fun when you wanna mess around, and still somewhat quick without the nitrous.

if you get a junkyard turbo, manifold, SMIC, pump, FPR, etc; you will need to worry about turbos ready to crap out, intercooler leaking, fuel pump being old, and boost has alotta maintenance and stuff.

i would say stick with N/A.

i duno what your mods are, but i would go with

bored IM, bored TB, AEM CAI, 1.8L pistons, 1.8L cam, 1.8L ECU, piggyback emanage, full exhaust, 50shot nitrous setup, an IM spacer. that would prob. make me quite happy if i had an N/A setup.

 

Well, lol im not just gonna go find parts off a junkyard and go hey, those look good and bolt em on my tib lol. Im going to inspect everything to make sure it works but to be honest i dont really care if it turns my car into a junkyard special. Im good at keeping my tib clean and im also the kinda guy who takes everything apart and cleans it. When i put my oil catch can on, i took my im and tb off just to clean them out lol. Im a neat freak and i like to polish just about anything lol. If its broke, I buy a rebuild kit and fix it, if its unsalvageable, i justwont do it.

 

Budget performance = N/A with Nitrous in my books.

 

Ok

268 cams ecu

I/H/E 4-1 headder

bbtb

cheap

adavanta 1.8 tranny swap short gears

 

so 1.8 rods and pistons will fit in the 2.0 block easy? or do i need to send the block somewhere to get milled or w/e it is to make clearance? And the advante tranny, is it direct bolt on and will a tiburon clutch/fidanza flywheel bolt to that?

 

maybe I missed something here, why would you install the 1.8 internals on a n/a engine. They're going to lower compression (good for turbo, not good for n/a).


Here's what I'm running and I have dyno'd at 150whp and 142ft/lbs:
2.0 beta with aem intake, bored TB/IM, iridium plugs, magnacor wires, 1.8 intake cam, 1.ecu, 1.8 flywheeel (you'll need a crankshaft spacer), 1.8 tranny, Forza 4-2-1 header, factory cat (put in recently for inspection), and motoria catback (with a magnaflow muffler replacing the resonator in the mid pipe), and apex'i safc with a light tune.

thats about as good as u can get without going turbo. I don't even want to think how much this has cost me over the years, it would have been cheaper to keep a lot of things stock and just turboing.



P.S. Also remember that SS Autochrome=Motoria=Forza

 

1.8 pistons and rods increase compression in 2.0 block so im told...


About this 1.8 tranny could someone elaborate more on what exactly it is and what i need to make put a clutchmasters stage 1 + fidanza flywheel?

o btw bro ditch the safc...unless somebody found a fix for our ecu =P

 

^Increase compression?? Noo thatd be a real bad thing lol the pistons and rods decrease compression to 8:5:1 I believe. On high horsepower applications thats necessary, but when your only planning to go up to 250hp or so for example its not really worth it imo and it can actually make you lose hp.