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New update: Been working on an intake manifold for the last two days...just experimenting and stuff. I'm not sure if it's gonna work good or not, but whatever...I've been guinea-pigging for too long to even care about the wasted money so I'm going crazy and reckless with it, LOL.

It's cool how everything starts with a bare aluminum pipe.


I'm installing ARP head studs tomorrow for extra safety and hopefully break-in the engine this week to take it to the dyno. A few pics, since I never provide visual stuff.

The weapon.


Bye-bye, EGR.


Welding the pipe to the stock manifold.




Not aiming for prettiness.


My hands are too small for belonging to a male...I know.


A teaser.


When it's properly polished, it'll look awesome. We had to fabricate a piece to be able to secure the transmission cable to the throttle body. The engineering was tricky but we achieved it.

More later.

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In that case, a swap is your best bet. When you get tired of the stock power, you can bump it while staying reliable. EVERYBODY craves more boost. You'll start feeling your car getting slower, which is just an effect of getting used to the power. A turbo car is not like a naturally aspirated car. Why do you think I keep breaking my engine? I could've left it at 10 PSI and be done with it, but the same day it started feeling slower. When I first turbocharged it, at only 3 PSI the car felt way faster and I said to myself, "Wow, this is enough for me." BS. I wanted only 200 WHP and was going to stop at that. Now I want more.