[Rainyraven]

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the question on my mind is..
A. how much MpG a tank will you gain from the GDI because maybe in a year that part alone would pay for all the extra work ? I don't know but its a thought
B. Honestly do you think hot rodders back in the day said hey.. that mod is only going to get me a extra 5hp why bother?? NOOO
They said HELL YA Extra 5 hp.. and honestly a extra 30 hp is a nice bump add that with a few other mods and suddenly things are imporving.

Of course I have to say the turbo kit would be better and give you a bigger gain but a person might be able to do this GDI mod alittle cheaper if he / she has the know how to do the work

Just my ten cents

 

[Rainyraven]

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LOL Ok fair enough

I've built a few cars myself.. one of which was a nissan hardbody I put a 350 chevy motor in it that was a big gain was is worth doing ? yes
did it cost me alot ? no not really.. it was a matter of waiting for the parts to come up.


lets face it just puting the turbo on the koup is costing a large chunk of change.. and even if you keep the car 5 years the turbo most likely is not going to pay itself completly off either.
So its been my plan to work out both down the road.. turbo and GDI I honestly plan to keep this car intell I'm dead or its dead or both lol So whatever I spend on it wont really matter anyway lol

please dont take my post as a HAHA or A eff you or as some kind of I know better then you or as a I'm mad and I'm going to argue tell I'm blue in the face

But I have a plan to just by a GDI motor and computer for my koup down the road.. seeing the guys thread I was doubting it would be as easy as just putting the GDI head on the stock motor But I've not done any homework on that yet

But I get what your saying its not a real pratical way to find H/P gains

not too be a jerk but in most peoples eyes even bothering to buy a compact car for 20,000 dollars and then spending another 4 to 5 just for a turbo kit is not real pratical either lol,
But I agree the turbo is closer to pratical yet still
to me building cars is about a dream, you dream a dream and then you turn that into something real.. and people can go wow that guys Effing nuts why did he even bother? but then they see it run and go OOh Thats why