Originally Posted by
Omniscient
Single cams are whimpy naturally asparated. Upgrading your valve train, getting a cam and a gear will only get you maybe 15whp for the 800 or so dollars you would have to spend. The only cost effective way to make power on single cams is either a bottle of nitrous for about 350$ or a turbo setup for 1000-5000$.
and even then, that shitty y7 block just isnt gonna be up for alot of power. Boost on a smaller turbo, like a t25 or 14b or a smaller t3 and a modest set up and you could probably get 200hp safly. You can make the kit pretty easily for about 1000-1500 depending how much you buy new