bang for my bucks?
 

Alright, i have been saving up money to put into my 8 since i got it last year. After car payments, gas and stuff i have scavenged a little chunk that i would saftly say, would be ok to spend. Yes, there probably are some past threads about this but im in a hurry and i got to get to work soon so if anyone would be so kind to inform me or even just give me links to look at.

Im looking to spend around 2-4k and i wondered what will give me the most for the money, even if its 1 single thing or 4 small items. Im def. not looking to rice my car out and put a big ass exaust on it, but i guess i would do it for a last resort.

Any comments are welcome

You could void your warrantee and get the Greddy turbo. I think others will agree that'll probably be the biggest bang for your buck if you're looking for straight up performance. In doin' so you'll eventually need a new clutch to handle the extra power. Otherwise there's always added looks. The 8 is a sexy beast but with a few extra touches it can be a porn star, just without the sex and nakedness. :p Happy modding!

how much do the new clutches run? and so i can understand it better, why cant mine handle it?

best bang for ur buck are suspension parts. get sways/ coilovers/ struts and your car will be a totally different beast! it will feel like a whole new car and not change your appearance except for making it lower.

Volk Racing SF-Challenge rims

Revi Intake
Flywheel
Sway Bars

Save the rest for future stuff!
And ofcourse Volk SF Challenge Rims! :D

Turbo...:)

I'd classify the greddy turbo as more of a "whimper" for the buck, not a bang..

Stick with suspension mods and the couple bolt on NA mods that exist. The greddy kit looks like an expensive way to void your warranty for meager or nonexistant gains.

The aftermarket has simply not gotten anywhere with this car yet.

This is comical. 60-70 whp as little to no gain ? It is the most you can get. NA mods are the ones that have yielded little gains.

For $4,000 you can get a Greddy turbo, installation & tuning, but would need about another $500 for Blow off valve, Boost Gauge.

If you want big gain, everyday hp/tq gain the turbo is the way to go.

If this is for 1/4 mile racing then Nitrous might be a good deal cheaper, fast street driving turbo, or other upcoming kits.

I do agree that suspension upgrades were a very good purchase. With Racing Beat suspension it is much better.

Other than that I wouldn't listen to someone when they say little to no gain with a turbo. So 1+ sec. off the 1/4 mile time is "little". ? Try spending $4K on NA mods I doubt you would even get half that.

Handling - Braking - Power

The Big Three in That Order, or just get some nice rims and a tint job and go to the beach :)

Volk Racing SF-Challenge 19" + Huber Optik 30% = ~ $3800 :D :D :D

^wow thats a lot of taco's you could get for that price :p

mod the NAs first then if you have money later, bolt on a SC? (hope a good one will come out soon..)

There are plenty of posts floating around this forum about wildly varying dyno results from the Greddy. This is why its questionable. I *know* how turbos add power, and I *know* that there aren't any really worthwhile NA mods to do at this time. But it would be far better to wait for a better engineered FI product that doesn't cut corners by leaving out essential parts of a PROPER turbo system.

The Greddy turbo system is like any other system on the market. Or any other "big" power adder. It needs to be tuned. If people think that they are going to get big power by just bolting it on they are sadly mistaken, but there are several of us that have gotten the 60-70 whp that the manufacture has claimed. If you have anything, from the SSR/SFR Turbo kit to the Canzoomer. If you just throw it on your car I guarantee it won't provide you with the hp you were expecting (For example the Canzoomer was getting 0-5 whp in the RX Tuner magazine because it wasn't tuned to the particular car). Not even nitrous is a simple install for this car. This car has it's eccentricities and you have to work with them. If you think any turbo system is going to be relatively maintenance free, you should have seen the long, long thread on the SSR/SFR system in their vendor (& now FI) section, or the fact that PTP (which sounds like the best) has taken this long to get their system to the market. No superchargers (& Pettit has taken a really, really long time). Nothing is easy, all will need tuning & will have warts & all in the beginning. Look at Pettits flub in R&T & their ECU programming. Guarantee even after these kits come out they will still have issues. It's the ECU/MAF on this car. That is what is problematic. Nobody has found an all encompassing way/one size fits all solution for it. What works on one car, does not on another, etc.