Originally Posted by
hachibill
get rid of that shitty ass cometic HG. get something that won't blow, like a HKS, tomei or apexi. that and for gods sake don't do megasquirt. get a real mangament system like aem or something. you'll be alot ahppier in the long run. that and make sure you get a ball bearing turbo. a 3071r will get you welll over 420hp and spool alot faster than that t3/t4. besides that it should be pretty sick.
there is nothing wrong with cometic head gaskets. there is plenty mr2's out there runnin over 5-600hp on this hg. most builders use this hg even ats and i have never once heard anything bad about it unless it was user error.
MS is a Real ems...the only difference between megasquirt and aem is that aem is plug and play and megasquirt is going to take a little research and time to do. which i dont mind because im all about learning how things work and becoming more knowledgable. as long as you know how to make it work on a 3sgte then you wont have an issue. i havent researched it that much because im not to that point yet on my build. i do know that i need a trigger wheel and gm coils to make it work. along with a few other things. but guess who will be laughing at you after you spend 3g to get your aem setup on your car? it doesnt just cost 1500 bucks. thiers shit you have to buy for it that they dont tell you about innitially. your lookin at 2 grand just to get everything you need and another 1000 for a good tuner to tune your shit. i'll have my ems in and working with 600 bucks whos laughing now?
the turbo i have is already pretty big. theres no point in me spending all this money on another turbo when i already have a custom turbo setup as it is. my turbo does need a rebuild so if anyone knows someone whos legit who can rebuild my precision t3/t4 60-1 lmk. granted all i need to make bigger numbers is a bigger turbo it assentually isnt needed right now. 400-430whp is good enough for me right now.