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Hi Folks I'm planning on selling my current daily driver and work on another project. Thinking of getting a stock Pontiac Sunfire and turning it into a daily driver and demo car for the business. Looking to break withing 150-200 hp and 145-190 fpt Does anyone out there know what to do with...

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Did some shopping around today. The 2.7 is cheaper to buy than the 2.0 or 2.4 by about $200. If I could buy a donor car at an auction or something like that, I'd have the harnesses, ECU, and engine all at my disposal.

That's what I'm thinking. I'm not interested in drag or street racing. I'd like quicker acceleration, more low-end power, and more torque, So I can get going in, through, and out of traffic more efficiently, but at the same time, need it to be as reliable as possible. Building a boosted engine...

Hello, My mechanic told me my Elantra's engine needs to be rebuilt. This turn of events has me thinking: it would be a good excuse to upgrade or replace my engine. I have 3 options in mind: 1. rebuild, bore, and boost 2. replace with a tiburon 2.0 with less miles on it, bore and boost 3...

2.5" exhaust pipe, new resonator & muffler installed. Found out engine needs to be rebuilt soon, and its close to 160,000 miles. thinking of a swap to a tib 2.0 then supercharging it, or a sonata v6. Opinions?

Hello, and I apologise for resurrecting this thread. That intake has been modified. No more laundry hose ;). replaced with 3" piping to "nyam" air smack-dab from the front of the car. Found a slightly damaged body kit at 1/6 the original cost. For less than $100 I repaired, modified, and...

Sorry to resurrect this but I thought I'd let you know that the problem was fixed by regrounding all the amps to one spot solidly to the chassis and the head unit/radio was changed. No more whine and better sound quality.

Read on many a Hyundai forum that that SC has been discontinued and only 3 are left on the continental US. Also, "An unexpected error occured. Please try again later." was what I got when I clicked on the link. Thanks anyways. I'm gonna go with your previous suggestions of either the tC or...

Is that 6" of GROUND WIRE or 6" inches in DISTANCE? I guess that's why most installers say to ground HUs in a new spot... I'll do the same with the EQ. One thing though about the whine I hear: the pitch of it doesn't go up or down with the engine revs. It's one consistent pitch that goes...

tear-down started this pm.... adding 4 speakers, 4 tweeters, and another amp Plan: 4 crossover component speaker systems 150 rms wired in series to the PA 2ohm-stable, 2 channel amp. 4 infinity reference speakers (two 6"s and two 6x9's) 100 w rms series wired to pioneer 760w gm-3500t...

under the rear seat..... underneath seat belt bolts one on each side. will see about grounding them all to one spot (where's a good spot?) and changing the RCAs. I'm also going to rewire the eq and head unit to new spots other than the factory one.

No.... all power, ground, and remote wiring on driver side. RCAs on passenger side.

what's the likelyhood of it being the head unit? rearranged the ground on the amps twice and made sure the connectors and surfaces were clean and that didn't help. And I guess it wouldn't hurt to check the eq's ground either, right?

it's a jvc head unit hooked up to an eq, then to the amps; but my question was about the SPEAKER crossover for the doors. the 5½" speakers and tweeter wire up to the SPEAKER crossover component which gets the signal from the amp. The component sets are 4 ohm stabe 100w RMS , but the amp is 300 x...

Hi guys! I got another project going and I hit a snag.... I have four 4ohm crossover speaker/tweeter components for my doors that I want to install. But I only have a 2 channel 2 ohm stable amp. Right now the speakers that are in there already are parallel-wired to decrease the ohms. Can the...

I know what you mean Tommy, and thanks Claymore for asking that question so others will know why the pony SC wouldn't work. My decision is to look really hard for the scion SC, but if it's hard to come by because of cost or availability (want a used one), I'll go for the Eaton Cobalt/Redline...

did a craigslist search. lots of mustang vortechs in the area. would those fit?

VERY helpful. Thanks! Before I saw this reply, I looked up the Scion's SC and took one look at it and said to myself, "That looks like a turbo blower. I wonder if anyone dared to......, nahhhh!!" The dismissed idea was confirmed. Look HERE at how one guy did it. not sure if i have the...

I'm new to alot of this so what exactly is a roots type? I'm gonna research all 3 SC types (I'm all over the place with this... was thinking of the M62 as an affordable option, but now that you mentioned the centrifugal sc, it seems like a more efficient option). Am I understanding it right if I...

M62 it is then. Also it sounds like SC is the way to go for stock compression. I'll do my exhaust and header work first (quicker to buy/install) and then get to supercharging. saw someone on youtube install one on a civic. my H not being straight isn't a good excuse not to try, too. I've heard...

by charge cooling, you mean intercooling? I'm thinking of low boost. Not doing quarter mile runs; just need quicker-than-present acceleration and torque to deal with the daily-driving traffic and hauling power for the toys being installed in the car.

QUESTION: In your opinions, which would be better for an automatic dohc car? Turbo or SC? And why? Also, which does best with stock compression, or as little engine modifications as possible? I was recently going back-n-forth with a gentleman who is making supercharger systems from rebuilt...

same as mine. that box is completely out. only the intake tubing as shown in the picture remains. I will replace the vent tubing that is going around the radiator with something else that is more sturdy. I have definitely controlled the intake's heat soak issues with this system. UPDATE: The...

here's the air intake prototype took the ribbed neck out and made it straight 3" tubing. put the stock box back in with some mods. Filter is NOT what you think. Its a pressurized airbox for the 3" tall CONE filter. for pod/cone filters to work, YOU NEED PRESSURIZED AIR . Tubing runs from the...

PLENTY of M90 SCs locally, so as soon as I get the more affordable mods done 1st, then I will see about getting one.

Can I please message you on how to go about sourcing the parts, what would be needed, and how to route the setup? The first one looks like what would work, only if we turned it 180 degrees counter-clockwise (Elantra exhaust manifold is at the front). I will not be messing with the engine's...

UPDATE: I got an email from a guy who's been installing both the Eaton M62 and the M90 into popular applications, and is modifying M62s for 4 cylinder cars. The only issues he mentioned were firewall clearance and PS belt fitment. An intercooler and a 5th injector to cool discharge was also...

Heard back from the Sales Rep @ Sprintex superchargers. He said that they can provide the supercharger ITSELF, so there isn't a direct fitment set for the 03. So the bottom line is, whether you use a donor from GM or Merc, or a universal one like Sprintex, you will have to do some custom...

UPDATE: the car went back to a stock box, but with a twist.... the pod/cone is in the box to avoid heat soak and to feed it pressurized air. The accordian-type hosing from the throttle body replaced with str8 piping to the box. snorkel back at the front of the car behind the grill and...

now i'm stumped.... I've seen how they do it with the front-mount intercooler on turbos, but I'm still limited in knowledge about mechanics and modding, honestly. Is there a sticky for that?

read some more about using Eaton MR45's and it seems that folks with MR2's and 1.6 Accents (in Australia) either used or talked about using either the Mini OR the Cobalt/Ion 62. I want to go with the one that takes up the LEAST room to make it easier for whatever cutting, welding, and fitting...

looked at the choices suggested. may not fit. the cobalt's sits at the front of the engine bay (engine headers facing the firewall, right? backwards). more space up front. The elantra's intake is at the back, maybe 5" from the firewall. there'd be alot of machining and modding to get that to...

one of my clients has a machine shop and does alot of automotive stuff, so that MIGHT work. I'll look up the Cobalt and Saturn superchargers. THANX!:bigsmile:

did the search... first was EEEEE!-bay: only had those stupid electrical ones that DONT work. That myth been busted long time. next was Google: found supercharger PULLEYS, but no supercharger. Looked up other forums: apparently only 3 Alpine superchargers were sold originally in the US and...

Tommy, where would I order it from? The company closed and I've come up with zilch doing web searches. I DID come up on alot of mini superchargers in my searches and some are as low as $600 but with no kit, just the charger. I'll look again now, tho. Thanks for the suggestion.

Need your input, guys: Alpine Performance stopped making superchargers for Hyundai/Kia 4cyl engines after the world's economy took a dump on every1, but on their site i read that they used the Eaton MP45 supercharger as a platform. This IS the same Eaton used on the Mini Coopers, right? So my...

Project number 1: INTAKE CONE/POD FILTER TUBING & AIR BOX BUILD Plan: build new intake tubing/piping system. build an air box for the filter. Might explore forced air induction into the air box as well build inlet tubing system to channel air into the air box via velocity (while the...

UPDATE: going to make an insulated air box for the filter AND start a new thread. This is going to be way more than just an ecu reflash. this is more of a total upgrade project, if anything. THANK YOU guys for your input.

I call the front. The car is an 03 elantra.