-KangaRod-

Hey, my buddies got $1000 to spend and wanted me to look into the best way to spend it upgrading his motor. His current setup includes a B16 with a stock bottom end and an ITR cylinder head. He's got and ITR intake manifold + AEM cold air, with a high performance exhaust. I Recommended he get a set of stage1 skunk2's with Skunk2 gears and retainers and a VAFC w/ some ARP rod bolts (As too FatBooty's advice). That'd come out to just over $1000 whadda think about that?

westcoaststyle

$1000 + saving = turbo kit

-KangaRod-

(see sig)

MrFatbooty

If you really feel like taking the rods out just to change the bolts be my guest. Same deal with the cams, you won't get a huge gain as compared to the ITR's unless you get the head ported. The skunks like porting.

For a grand to spend on that car I'd get a header (you didn't say if he's got one or not), cam gears, a Hondata s100 and some dyno pulls.

There's no such thing as a universal setup.

westcoaststyle

I thought you said this was for your 'friends' car... what does your sig have to do with your friend?

MrFatbooty

He was noting his distaste for power adders.

-KangaRod-

that made you sound very "aristocratic". I could just see you rolling that out between sips of brandy.hahah, oh well. its been a long day.
Ya westcoast, I rag on turbos and nozz a lot, so I couldn't go to my buddy and be like, HEY get a turbo. You know?

MrFatbooty

I'm an English major, it tends to show through sometimes.

-KangaRod-

hehe.
What could he do about turbo? He asked me about them today. How could one run only $1000? Thats pretty cheap.

MrFatbooty

If you have a TIG welder you could probably fab up some kinda makeshift manifold out of a B-series flange and a old CRX HF manifold. Then grab the turbo parts off of like an old Saab at a junkyard. But yeah for $1000 grand you can't really do much or get something resembling reliable parts.