well ive been thinking about where to go next with my car, so on the agenda is
-throttle body (ez boy i guess)
-cams
-ecu tweak

now im not sure how much this is all gunna cost me but i got a fair idea, but yeh, what cams should i get? where from? im in perth (W.A) so rpw is an option, and also the ecu, i noticed alot of you (that have an a/m ecu) are using a greddy? is this just the greddy e-manage? also where in perth should i get the mods done.. reccomendations etc...

thx in advance,
tom

**** planning it!!

just do it!!!! and post up the results and PICS!!! lol

I'd get the RPW plennum chamber before I did the cams (cost about the same, and should give you a better basis once you get cams). A Rising rate fuel pressure reg probably wouldn't go astray with that list of mods.

my 2c.

Having just done this, let me say..

RPW cams are fine. Just make sure your installer (if it isn't RPW) knows what they're doing. There are about 3 different styles of cam for our engines, with the dowel pins in different orientations and if you end up with the wrong sort, sure it'll go in the car, but things will be all out of whack. I'm no engine guru so someone with a clue will probably laugh at my terminology, but I know what I mean lol I had to get David to overnight a fresh set of cams to me because the first set were wrong.

The more air you can get to your engine the better. So exhaust and intake are important for making power and you won't see the most out of your cams unless you look at these areas. RPW's or Street Torque's inlet manifolds are a good investment! Head work is a better one.

The factory FPR supplies enough rail pressure for about 155kW ATW. A rising rate FPR might be a good thing anyway even with less power if you have flat spots.

ECU wise, yeah, the GReddy people are running the E-Manage. I'm using a Haltech Interceptor. If you ask me the single most important factor when choosing an ECU is whether or not there is trustworthy experience near by.

Cost wise..

cams - $1200
cam gears - $250ish
manifold - $800 - $1100
ecu - $800 - $1200ish

and then the labor..

as for dyno time, the more time you spend on the dyno the better your final tune will be.. but the law of diminishing returns applies. You might get 85% of a good tune in 3 hours, 10% in the next 3 hours, and the 5% to make it perfect could take another 3 hours. Note I made those numbers up but the principle applies.

cool thx man, yeh the exhaust is all taken care of, pace makers, hi-flow cat 2.5' and the obligitory lukey muffler, im currently makin up a cai kit, so teh, now im looking at some of the more serious mods, but just so you people dont start wanting pics and what not, this is a fair way off, im just carefully planning it out so i can budget it all