Okay so I just came into some extra funds and I want to finally get serious about upgrading the performance of my cavy....it is a 2200 and so far the only things done to it are a WAI and a aftermarket magnaflow muffler....I have read so much and I need some help on what would be the best bang for my buck...I am not ready to go internal yet however...thanks
Best bang for the buck on a 2200? Nitrous oxide.. no comparison.
thanks for the input but I am using this as a daily driver as well
OP wrote:Best bang for the buck on a 2200? Nitrous oxide.. no comparison.
Mine a daily driver on spray. you only use it when you want to not all the time. and you should look at getting a full exhaust or basicly any bolton's you can think of.
roller rockers
bigger TB
under drive pulleys or lightwieght one
header bigger cata nd piping
dis 2
msd coils
upper mount
lower mount
short shifter or shift plus
or just buy your internals now since you ran into the money and act like you never had it. Are you planning on boost or all motor? What lies ahead for your LN2? Plenty of people will help you if you ask ,or tell us your intentions.
I suppose I am leaning towards the B&M shifter plus since it is cheaper than the interceptor and can be changed from inside. Also I am looking hard in the direction of a header and cat back...would a larger TB be wasted money at this time?
Jake Walcisak wrote:I suppose I am leaning towards the B&M shifter plus since it is cheaper than the interceptor and can be changed from inside. Also I am looking hard in the direction of a header and cat back...would a larger TB be wasted money at this time?
If you go with the RSM 62mm, yes, for a basically stock engine i think youll lose power down low and not gain it all back up top.
A 2.3 56mm TB works very well and can be had at the local yard pretty cheap, alot of late 80's early 90's cars came with the 2.3 quad 4 and all of them weather LO or HO or W41 came with the 56mm TB. Just make sure if your car has cruise and you want to keep it, you get a TB from a caer that has cruise. really an easy swap with lots of threads detailing how its done.
A header and catback will be worth the most power , roller rockers are a good investment that can work if you build the engine later. A pulley can make a noticable differance, i installed one from ASP on mine and could tell it did something beside lighten my wallet.
while they wont add any power, if you havent already poly upper and lower engine mounts will help get more of the power to the ground, and they are pretty cheap.
I would stay away from all the jet modules, or any kind of chip ir IAT resister mod, they dont work over the long haul, it is more beneficial to relocate the IAT sensor to a lower part of the intake track rather than putting in a reister, the PCM will learn over time and it can learn to ignore the IAT if it sees the same temp all the time, but putting it lower in the air stream it will read cooler air and make a differance by telling the PCM to add more fuel.
These are just some of the things i have done to my car and seem good results.
Start small and work from there.
Mike
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would stay away from all the jet modules, or any kind of chip ir IAT resister mod, they dont work over the long haul, it is more beneficial to relocate the IAT sensor to a lower part of the intake track rather than putting in a reister, the PCM will learn over time and it can learn to ignore the IAT if it sees the same temp all the time, but putting it lower in the air stream it will read cooler air and make a differance by telling the PCM to add more fuel.
just remember, adding more fuel, and not more spark and air, can more or less waste fuel.
i;d try and keep it closer to the TB as thats the temp thats closer to what will be goin in the engine.
more or less try and keep it in the same space as it was stock.
more fuel without the air density to support it and enough spark to ignite it all contributes to carbon buildup over time.
Jake, I just came along this post...
My suggestion to you is to invest in the rest of your exhaust system with a nice header upgrade, magnaflow cat & 2 1/4" piping. From there depends on what kind of gains you're looking for. Someone suggested nitrous...ok...sounds fine and dandy but you don't want to get into dangerous territory and not know what you're doing. Granted, nitrous is just as damaging as any other form of boost but it's something that can easily be messed up on and less education can lead to motor issues.
If you really do want to run nitrous, check out the nitrous forum and read alot about what people do and how people react to it.
Jake Walcisak wrote:I suppose I am leaning towards the B&M shifter plus since it is cheaper than the interceptor and can be changed from inside.
Just because it's cheaper, doesn't mean it's better. I personally have the interceptor and it was a great buy and very easy install. I read a bunch of posts in the transmission forum about people messing up the install of the B & M shifter and throwing codes and having problems. With the B & M shift plus, you have to splice wires and run wires and all this crap to get it to work inside your vehicle and you only have 2 or 3 settings (can't remember how many).
With the interceptor, you plug it right in between your tranny cable and the motor, very easy install. So what you can't adjust it inside your vehicle, when you find a setting you like, you don't really want to change it because you're comfortable with it. Your "Trac Off" light might come on if you turn it up too high but that's about it...your car will still run fine.
If you look in the classifieds, you can find them mega cheap...Here are some people selling them right now:
http://www.j-body.org/classifieds/engine/34800/
http://www.j-body.org/classifieds/engine/34461/
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