N/A hp or boost?, Trying to gather information... Options

[bseaman_5]

I've been reading a lot about boosting the 5sfe and I think I have decided it just wouldn't be practical being that my celi is my dd... I would love to boost it but I'm thinking it would almost just be more beneficial for me to leave it as a N/A and just try to get as much HP out of it as I can.. So what I'm really looking for is what things can I do to get the most HP out of my car? I have already done a CAI, Header, and 2.5" decat Custom exhaust all the way back. I have read that I can't advance the timing on my car cuz the ECU fixes it back to stock settings.. I've read about webcams?? But don't know much about it, and what could I do for my Fuel management? But if I could even get a list of things to add as much HP that would be great. And I'll prolly end up asking questions about a lot of stuff cuz I'm still learning here.. Thanks in advance..

B.

This post has been edited by bseaman_5: Oct 13, 2008 - 5:38 PM

[DEATH]

Death: thanks for your response, and I kno I'm not ready to start a project I still have much research to go through. I kno that for sure and I'm not the type to question if or why I need a part if anything it would be the purpose of it, the function so I get a better understanding, like I said I have much more researching left to do. I have read presure2's name in a lot of what I've already read so maybe I should be messaging him? I understand it will take a lot of work and quite a bit of money to get this done but when I do get this project off the ground I will do it the best way I possibly can not half a$$ing any of it, I will have to build it to last, this is my only car. Now you did say something about too many miles, my car has 146xxx on it, I hope that isn't too much. .

Sounds like you have the right attitude and the right idea. Now what you need to do is read everything you can pertaining to the 5S-FTE. Start with Presure2's build thread and the two links someone gave you above. Then make your way over to MR2oc where many of those guys have done the same thing and read as much as they have to offer. After that assess your goals and start coming up with a plan. In the meantime be saving LOTS of money as no matter what the bill ends up being for parts there will be lots of other things that pop up that need attn.
146k is alot IMO - especially if it hasn't been perfectly maintained. Your best bet is to plan to do a rebuild and maybe build up some of it with upgraded parts at the same time - don't let that discourage you. If you do your own rebuild it doesn't cost a terrible amount of money.
That being said - for the price of a rebuild and the Turbo components you could probably swap a 3S-GTE - just another option.