Possibilities going N/A

[mp3moose]

Let me know about those cams man, and the head of course. I just need those two things and managment and I will be set. Well, and a header which is small potatoes. Anywho, I will an all N/A guy and would like to see the ball get rolling so I can follow in someone's foosteps. =)

Moose

 

[twilightprotege]

yes the FS is a good engine. the iron block is heavy, but very very strong.

i'm sort of half tempted to make replacing the ecu with a stand alone haltech my next performance mod to the car because it's something that i can just re-tune for turbo when i eventually go that way....and the fact that the haltech factory is 1/2 hour drive from me

 

[twilightprotege]

moose - i'll post my initial "feelings" when i install the head with the new cams monday night ..... well it better friggen be monday night unless mazda screws up again and sends the wrong valve stem seals to the head shop

 

[flat_black]

Hell yeah, man. =) Go get yourself a Haltech next; It'll make the port and polish job that much better! You'll be able to tune it at all, then you can dyno the hell out of the car. =)

 

[Installshield 2]

Andrew, I would definately agree with a Haltech being your next mod...You can get adequate gains on the stock engine with just better tuning...And by the time you have major mods performed, you will hopefully have learned how to use Haltech's goofy software...Mistakes in tuning are not nearly as costly with a minorly built engine, but if you wait until basically every machanical issue is overcome, a mistake in the ignition timing could make an expensive grenade...

 

[flat_black]

Very true. Tuning from a baseline setup is much easier than tuning from a nonexistant setup, then guestimating a good starting point. And with an engine that'll surely be almost new, that'll save everything from rapid initial wear.

Oh, are you putting in a new set of rods or anything while you have the engine apart? Just curious. =) Also, how much did the head work end up costing you?

 

[twilightprotege]

yeah it's sounding to me as if it'll be a goer...and also it's a good opportunity to persuade my fiancee that we need a laptop - she wants one, so woops, now we'll just have to get one

it wont be until about this time next year. my fiancee and i are getting married in april next year so no more car mods for andrew until after then...but fingers crossed i'll have a promotion at my work by then aswell

 

[twilightprotege]

not doing anything internally while the head is off - dont have the money, and also i dont want to spend money on stuff (like HC pistons) when eventually i'll be going FI in a couple of years time. the head work alone is costing me around $1000aud - that's around $680usd....unfortunately you have to buy new gaskets on top of that and the only ones available in australia are genuine mazda crap so that's an extra $400aud.

next internal mod to the car will definately be knife edging the crank...there should be quite a bit to gain there

 

[curt2go]

This has been a very interesting discussion. i love it.. When I first came to this forum it was all about FI but the reason is that the N/A is not popular yet is that the parts arent their yet. But it seems like their is some pioneers ready to take the chalenge. I come from a chevy drag racing background. I have always built my own motors ported my own heads matching the intake and all those things.. This thread has seriously got me thinking about N/A. Another reason for some people going na is they run an auto not a manual. this is my case. i really don't want to put more than 160 WHP into my car for fear of trani problems. So i do have a couple of questions...

1) What is the best header?
2) and exhaust(Direct bolt on)?
3) and intake mani?
3) Where can you get the j-spec cams?
4) How much are the top end gasket set for the 2.0L?

I have a Ractive axle back system and an injen intake already..

I think if you can do alot of the work yourself and don;t get too carried away on the porting ther can be some horsepower. How much we will see in the near future. TTY

 

[twilightprotege]

best below are proven power wise
best header at the moment - awr
exhaust - all similar - prob best to get a custom mandrel bent
intake mani - only one available is j-spec, but not worth the money, you'll be better off just porting the stock one or getting one made up
j-spec cams - look for 2nd hand ones on here. i just sold mine actually
gasket set - mazda stuff comes in at about $400aud, that's around $280usd, but that included valve stem seals

i'm installing my ported head and custom cams tonight aussie time (monday night), so i'll let everyone know how they feel etc....

 

[Installshield 2]

best below are proven power wise
best header at the moment - awr
exhaust - all similar - prob best to get a custom mandrel bent
intake mani - only one available is j-spec, but not worth the money, you'll be better off just porting the stock one or getting one made up
j-spec cams - look for 2nd hand ones on here. i just sold mine actually
gasket set - mazda stuff comes in at about $400aud, that's around $280usd, but that included valve stem seals

i'm installing my ported head and custom cams tonight aussie time (monday night), so i'll let everyone know how they feel etc....

I agree with that...right now the AWR header is king for gains, and check corksport for at least the intake cam...the exhuast cam is harder to come by..

so you got your stuff back Andrew?...let us know how it goes...

 

[twilightprotege]

getting it couriered to me very shortly. i'm at work at the moment...will be installing everything tonight.

a good way to get around the exhaust cam (and cheaper) is to just buy the j-spec intake, and get your original intake came re-pinned for the exhaust cam.

 

[twilightprotege]

enjoy :

http://www.msprotege.com/vbb225/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36043

 

[batmang]

N/A pride.

 

[akhilleus]

I second that

 

[twilightprotege]

motion is passed unanimously

 

[glyph]

off topic: akhilleus, I noticed you do the iPod thing too! I got the 40gb going into an aux input on the front of my deck, and have belkins cupholder mount on its way.

 

[akhilleus]

Yeah i have the rcainput 1/8" to rca then rca to ai-net for the ipod... but currently it isnt hooked up cause one of the rca's is messed up... i will have to have it replaced... i have the original ipod... although my parents have the 2 previous generations.
go NA...

 

[Gen1GT]

Holy s***, that was a long read.

Everyone keeps talking about how much power they THINK they'll make NA, but no-one does anything to back it up.

Make your 150whp for $2000, and I'll eat my words.

 

[ddogg777]

What happened to green mp3?