First of all, I'm not really planning on doing anything in the near future (my wife would kill me - plus I want plenty of time for warranty-type stuff to shake out/break.whatever) but I'm thinking, ya know?
OK, so my car will never see a track. I'm also not gonna be doing any real "street racing", either - other than an occasional "stop light dash". Truthfully, 99% of my driving will be below 5k RPM. When I'm driving like a grown-up, I generally will stay below 3.5k. So, since most of my driving is "down low" and even my spirited driving is mostly in the 2k to 4.5k range, I am much more interested in torque than I am in peak horsepower.
So, with all that said, what plans should I make for the future? My thoughts are that, since I am not pushing high RPMs, induction and exhaust capacity are not as important as efficiency, if you follow me. By that I mean that 90mm TB and 1 7/8" pipes are virtually without value to me but a nice clean CAI and port-matching are.
Here's what I'm thinking - StainlessWorks headers w/ cats feeding the stock cat-backs; AFR Mongoose ported street heads; a rather mild cam (something like a Lunati's 212*/221* 0.510" 116* LSA, for instance, or Comp Cam's 212*/218* 0.522"/0.529" 114* LSA) that is aimed at grunt rather than scream; a nice smooth airbox/pipe combo (when the vendors get that figured out a little better); port-matching at the interfaces; and a little dyno time to get the tune very bump-free.
I really like the nearly linear nature of the stock power curve - I believe that is a huge part of what makes this car so fun to drive. I want to increase the torque from a bit off idle to around 5k (especially in the 2.5k to 4.5k range) but without introducing any spikes.
OK, thoughts? I'm very curious to hear the thoughts of some of you with a few years of "hot rod" miles (and I'll just have to tolerate the rest of you!
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OK, so my car will never see a track. I'm also not gonna be doing any real "street racing", either - other than an occasional "stop light dash". Truthfully, 99% of my driving will be below 5k RPM. When I'm driving like a grown-up, I generally will stay below 3.5k. So, since most of my driving is "down low" and even my spirited driving is mostly in the 2k to 4.5k range, I am much more interested in torque than I am in peak horsepower.
So, with all that said, what plans should I make for the future? My thoughts are that, since I am not pushing high RPMs, induction and exhaust capacity are not as important as efficiency, if you follow me. By that I mean that 90mm TB and 1 7/8" pipes are virtually without value to me but a nice clean CAI and port-matching are.
Here's what I'm thinking - StainlessWorks headers w/ cats feeding the stock cat-backs; AFR Mongoose ported street heads; a rather mild cam (something like a Lunati's 212*/221* 0.510" 116* LSA, for instance, or Comp Cam's 212*/218* 0.522"/0.529" 114* LSA) that is aimed at grunt rather than scream; a nice smooth airbox/pipe combo (when the vendors get that figured out a little better); port-matching at the interfaces; and a little dyno time to get the tune very bump-free.
I really like the nearly linear nature of the stock power curve - I believe that is a huge part of what makes this car so fun to drive. I want to increase the torque from a bit off idle to around 5k (especially in the 2.5k to 4.5k range) but without introducing any spikes.
OK, thoughts? I'm very curious to hear the thoughts of some of you with a few years of "hot rod" miles (and I'll just have to tolerate the rest of you!