Originally Posted by blackenedwings

My general thought is that people who are unwilling to read the STICKIED posts in this exact forum before posting about forced induction have no business messing with their engine.

Originally Posted by Mitharan

I know about cars, though only the basics and never really tried tuning anything up. I've got an '04 with 38k miles and would like to get up to about 300 hp before i do anything cosmetic and such. The trick is 1 I'm on a bit of a budget, 2 given the difficulty of trying to fix a blown engine I'd like to steer clear of turbos if possible (if I cant do it without one I'll give in but not my first choice)

Just wondering if anyone has a particular setup or direction to go to starting the work. Most of it will have to occur in steps as I save up the cash to do it so I dont want to do something that makes my car un-drivable till i can get the money for the next step.

Originally Posted by apocolypse31

now now guys,he never said anything about not going f/i (s/c),he just clearly stated he wants to "steer clear of turbos" if possible, so i think he still has a chance