$1700 to get started
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$1700 to get started Hey guys, just some quick advice from you... I've got $1700 to put into my car and at first I wanted to to do headers and someother stuff, back when I wanted to go the S/C route. Now I changed my mind for a turbo setup, and obviously I don't want headers any more. What would be good to do for now considering I don't want to put the money towards the T/C since that money is coming soon as well. Since my car's an A4 and all, I was thinking gettin a stall, tranny cooler, and an FI cam. Does this sound about right? I know a stall will be great no matter what I do, and I figure an FI cam will give me a gain now as well as a big gain when the turbo(s) go on. So what do you guys think? Should I give it a go? What cam is good for and A4 with turbos? Thanks again for the help guys.
Re: $1700 to get started Lingenfelter has their GT2-3 cam on sale right now. It is the cam they run in their twin turbo vettes. It is like 207/220 .571/.578 118.5LSA. I am running that with my powerdyne and it works great. A lot of the guys who are buying it are N/A and they are figuring they won't have to tune because of the wide LSA. Should work fine for both.
-Geoff
-Geoff
Re: $1700 to get started mann you just got me totally lost, but I'd say if you dont have more than 5k for a turbo, not including the parts you would need to strenthen, then spend the money you do have on cam, pushrods, headers and opened exhaust, and maybee a 100 dry shot kit, 
that'll make a big difference
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Re: $1700 to get started
mann you just got me totally lost, but I'd say if you dont have more than 5k for a turbo, not including the parts you would need to strenthen, then spend the money you do have on cam, pushrods, headers and opened exhaust, and maybee a 100 dry shot kit, that'll make a big difference
that'll make a big difference 
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Re: $1700 to get started I would prob. do all the suspesion first (subframes.lca's,drop brakets,and maybe a k-memeber)all those things the car still needs and you can still go with either power adder. the tourque convertor would also be a good idea. just tell them you plan on turbo charging it when you get the converter. A cam would be great to ,but i think there are more places to put the money.The only reason i say this is that my LT-1 car made 524.4 and 668.8 to the ground with stock cam and heads. The pistons will be the weak point,i believe that a turbo will make enough power with a stock cam to out do the strength of the pistons. This is just my two cents, hope it helped ya. 
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Re: $1700 to get started Thanks for all the advice guys. I think I'm gonna end up just doing a stall with a tranny cooler, and maybe even get the Predator to mess with my shifts and delete TM. I WOULD go with Edit but I need a laptop first 