Originally Posted by Asahi
Asuuming smog legal doesn't mean carb legal it would be very easy. The key will be in the tuning.
The most important choices will the cams you choose and the tuning system you pick.
Even CARB legal I think you could touch 200 whp with some Skunk2 stage 1s, the usual bolt ons, and a lot of dyno time.
Originally Posted by JoJa15
By "Smog legal" I just mean that the car needs to pass the sniffer test. I live in Denton County, Texas.
Virtually anything can pass a sniffer test with the right tuning.
Originally Posted by JoJa15
What kind of cams should I buy? What should I use for tunning (VAFC, Hondata, AEM EMS?).
Forget the VAFC, imho.
Between the Hondata and the AEM EMS, I would say it really depends on how much of a hands on car person you are. If you're probably just going to get the car tuned and then forget about the ECU side of things, go Hondata. You'll save a grip of money, and more tuners are fluent with Hondata than AEM.
The AEM EMS will give you the ability to do all sorts of interesting little things. For example, the project I'm currently looking at is using some of my low side grounds to create a Formula-style sweep of shift lights. You can also add and datalog additional sensors, try out the new traction control, blah blah blah you get the point.
On the other hand, when it comes to smog if you had an AEM EMS all you'd need to change to a smog safe tune would be a floppy disk and a laptop.
http://forum.aempower.com/bbs/files/...ease030910.exe - AEM software. Check it out.