I have been debating on my priorities as far as my car goes lately. Maybe some rude opinions from you guys will help me on my way .

I have a spare head that I can P&P and put a cam in on the current motor and finish up the exhaust instead of having a header to stock exhaust via a discount flexpipe chunk Cam gear, manual steering rack conversion and fix my A/C. Then work on suspension and a zxtuner transmission with a 4 spider gear differential and a 4.80 something final drive . And probably buy the turbo manifold/turbo by the end of the year just to have it so I don't need it later.

OR

Wait on all that, buy a turbo/manifold and bolt it to the current motor which will hold about 10psi stock SAFELY, until the spare motor is done in about a year or less. Spend my money on the forged pistons/rods I need to have made etc. and drive the car in it's current status.

Decisions, decisions

 

If it was me I know I couldn't wait for the power .. so I'd go with the turbo asap

 

It's a hard debate, because if I finish off my exhaust now, I will have to redo it later when I do go turbo. =/ I also don't know how much the stock transaxle can hold up to. I know of some people at around 200whp or so with the stock drivetrain.

 

So I'm guessing that's the go ahead to just get the turbo and say screw the header etc for now?

 

P&P the head, get a nice turbo grind cam, and throw on a turbo once you get all the N/A bugs worked out of tuning and whatnot.

 

Put the turbo on it.

 

*sighs* to turbo or build up safely, that is the question...

 

I usually try to avoid doing things twice. If that means waiting, thats fine. Be patient.

 

Trade it in on a Mustang...j/k Turbo is the only way to go. Good luck.

Briane