All helpful information. I know you want to be helpful about the price thing thats kewl about the computer and all. I say the Skunk2s 1s because my power goal initially will be daily driven/tunable to SAE 185-215whp revving to about 9K maximum.
I say Hytech because its an awesome setup that will have no inherent loss and will work well from 250 to 260+ duration cams. Also, the Skunk2 cams just work well and if it works, hey I am not going to argue with that. I have no experience with Jun or Toda cams, I want a reliable stock like performance from this car as well. I dont want to make all my power from the cam as this causes inherent vibration in the motor and places more strain on the valvetrain. A .0020" mill and a P/P job, tuned with an EMS and the right sized injectors will make a nice setup I feel I am only going the full monty on the exhaust for the sake of how clean it is, it could be a stock peice for how well it is designed and it will be a testament to the vision I have for the car. I am not going the "impress my friends" route, it is for me. I will still use the stock intake tract and box, with my 4" lower cold air extension retaining a quiet wail under the hood. I want to be quiet and fly by most cars on the street, be able to sit at a stop light looking completely like a stock GSR, only with an "OEM performance" look and feel.
$800 for labor from the machine shop is about right, you providing the parts which is another cost. Why is everyone so sensitive about "I only spent this" hey, sometimes things cost money. ME:
99 GSR had
A 68mm portmatched Stock GSR intake manifold with hand ported secondaries and 70/60/68 TB had
GSR computer, H,E and Stock intake with Comptech filter and sealed fresh air extension
used GSR head and valves, cams, caps 750
NEW ITR Shortblock 2950
Tech Labor with me assisting 500 for 3 days work
Parts:
ARP head studs 125
stock head gasket had
NGK wires had
all new tune up stuff had
new thermostat had
timing belt 60
ITR LMAs 275
hondata thermal IM gasket had
new valve cover gasket had
ITR valvesprings had
Skunk2 Ti retainers had
GSR cams
mugen fan switch and thermo 100
tensioner pulley 50
valve stem seals 65
fluids and filter 20
odd parts, brake cleen 50
a used stock clutch 0 (rusty top drawer special which grabs GRRREAT!)
ITR flywheel had
machining the flywheel 0
axxis ultimates 100 from andie lin
USDM 98 ITR muffler 0 a gift from a buddy
fluidyne radiator 325
ITR spark plugs 40
I think thats it. So YOU can total it and see how much money I "wasted." Mycar is happy and I like it, it can last a long time now if I play my cards right and take care of this motor. I want it to be more but power isnt everything. I want the car with more power and BALANCED to perform in like manner, like a stock HONDA. I also expect the motor when tuned to last at least 100K. I dont expect to be beating on it alot, mainly a few hundred hard miles a month for the life of the car.
You have given me some sound advice which I will take into my picture as I put my setup together. I want basically a stock GSR/ITR motor extracted with exhaust/fuel delivery and electronics mainly with just enough cam to get me there. A hot setup is fun, but it will be nice I am sure either way I plan to go.
253/249 is enough cam for me! Anything else seems to be too much for my needs. For now, I am amazed at how well the motor responds. I have felt as much as 165whp in my car so far on my previous motor, and I can tell you this engine already OWNS that one, especially above 4K-7500. I dont have to rev the car so high to make acceleration which is NICE. I have 1500mi now and am ready to go to the 10/30w amsoil. After that, I want to make a 0,0 16BTDC baseline run. I estimate 168/125 on the dyno with 125 at 5250rpm.