Whats the best way to make power with 7afe??...Suggestions??, Building on a budget. Options

[rapid3642]

I got a 94 ST, now first off i do want to add that its my daily driver, i could take the max 3 days at a time to do a long build. Now i got nothing done to this thing, and im dieing to make some power out of it!, ill defiantly turbo, but maybe i should consider other options?? im not sure, im here to find the best way to squeeze the most out of the ST without emptying out my pockets and doing mods that could risk having my car down for weeks at a time. Im trying to prevent any unexpected down times. My budget in this build that i wont mind doing is probably around 2k, is there a way to make power out of the ST with 2k of cash?? like i said keep in mind this is my daily driver and needs to drive everyday to work and back, so i want to stay out of mods that could easily go wrong. Thanks!

I probably posted in the wrong section lol, if so can a admin move my post to the appropriate forums? Thanks

P.S. Tired of Normal sedan's messing with me and putting my car to shame.

This post has been edited by rapid3642: Oct 17, 2011 - 11:44 AM

[stephen_lee]

N/A stuff. Things that won't kill your reliability.

-Advance timing to 15* btdc, run supreme
-If its auto, convert to manual. that'll make a big change.
-Exhaust
-Headers (move power band to higher RPM)
-Cams ($500 or so. can be installed in a day. No downtime IF you buy a stock set of cams to ship off to be ground)


Advancing the timing requires supreme gas or you'll probably get pinging.

If you get cams, you will want to get some device to tune the car with. Hell, tuning alone on a stock motor can gain you 10hp I bet.

F/I stuff may hurt reliability... and take a bit to install:

-Turbo (2 bar map, double injector size and you're left with little tuning to do)
-Supercharge (lots of custom stuff)
-N2O (Probably the cheapest and quickest to install. lots of "IFs" though)

Swaps:

Relatively simple, "bolt in".
-4age
-4agze

May take a good while, and require new mounts, tranny, etc...
-7age (this is a hybrid motor, will take longer than the 3days to do...)
-v6
-3sgte


Of course search feature is your friend.

This post has been edited by stephen_lee: Oct 17, 2011 - 12:17 PM