#10818, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 0
on 5psi with stage I you should be about as fast as a type-r, I'm not to sure, I've always had the stage II. But your whp should be right around 180
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#10820, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 2
Yucky, only 40 horses from a stage 1......lol what should I expect to get when I go stage 5, cept for all four tires spinning horribly fast.
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#10822, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 4
ahhhh thas more like it lol, I thought you only meant added to the stock ponies lol
-Michael 1999 GS Eclipse Soon to be Stage 5 GS-X'd Wanted: :Sensei type 1 bumper :Blitz style 2 sideskirts :and help finding a bumper that will look good with the above combination..
turbo8u: "jiggle jiggle then vroom vroom pshhhh" -Mike Pruett 2gnt member# 976 MOPAR Stage 2 SRTForums.com member #37 (Yeah, I signed up when it first came out, and ended up getting one, cool huh?) "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." - General George Patton (1885-1945)
#10824, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 6
I got my injectors from a place in mississippi, when i was on the super street tour. But i think jc whitney carries them for about the same price
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#10825, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 7
Well, I just put the HRC stage I on my avenger. There's a noticable difference. I really wanted boost so I started small. It does get up and go, make no mistake about that. Plus my car is about 2-300 lbs heavier than an eclipse. Not to mention it gets the engine used to the boost instead of just nailing it with 8psi that stage II would give you.
#10826, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 8
Stage 1 is what I had for about 5k miles. It was DEFINTELY worth it. I absolultely loved it. Boost is boost in my book. And boost is absoultey the shiznits.
Of course you get more power with stage 2, but the difference in stage 1 and n/a is a friggin worlds apart as opposed to the difference in stage 1 and 2.
#10827, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 0
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Not worth it???? A stage 1 will put you around 180 whp from somewhere around 125-130whp stock. 50-55whp for $2000 is pretty damn good except for NOS but you get your 180hp all the time instead of when you press a button or flick a switch. Unless someone else can name another mod that gives you that much hp for a less amount of money ...
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#10829, "RE: Stage 1 worth it?" In response to Reply # 11
LMFAO!! Nice Sean! LOL... I think thats the route I'll take!
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quite a bit faster than a FWD 4G63. i think from a standstill start, a stage one 420A would only have a slight edge on a GSX/TSIAWD. turbo is the biggest horsepower per dollar, period, including nitrous (nitrous is all good but it disqualifies itself because it will cost more than a turbo the longer you use it and its temporary). bill hahn had a comparison of the HP/Dollar of a turbo compared to nitrous and bolt ons a while back but i cant remember where i saw it. it may have been on his site. you may say you only want power temporarily...bullshit. ive got the turbo and i drive under boost ALL THE TIME. i would go insane if i had to press a button then let off after 10 seconds. once youve got it you will want it all the time. see all these people getting greedy with turbos and blowing up? why? more power...that same hunger wont blow up a NOS'd car, it will put a hole in your wallet from bottle refills. id only say nitrous is superior if youre using your car for racing only. (or if youre broke). www.blue2gnt.homestead.comwww.geocities.com/blue2gnt
If i were to buy a new kit i'd get a stage 1, you can convert to stage II for a lot less than they charge for the extra's. I wouldn't get my hopes up to high for gs-t/gsx, those cars are on a whole nother level. Anyone who races isn't going to keep one stock because horsepower comes so cheap its ridiculous, and even with the t25 they can get 250-270 hp, which is just about what the stock 420A limits you to.
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Well I did the Staged upgrade path and it worx well for me, since I'm a poor ass student boy. Got the kit and you can really feel the difference. The power is overwhelming at first, if it's only 40 horsies there is a big difference. It'll even pull on higher gears. Problem with stage 1 is the lack of the intercooler, the engine will get really hot. I installed a huge oil cooler just to be on the safe side. If your gonna get the kit now I'd say definately go for it since it's also winter and you'll have less heating problems.
The biggest appeal to buying the Stage 1 for me is the fact that I didn't pay like 800 dolla more for just an intercooler. I went to the junkyard and found myself a starion intercooler for a reasonable price and bought some piping. Heh if you do you upgrades in stages though, you learn to appreciate the power you got and learn to use it to the full ability. On a warm day I can drive the car to the limit because I can cope with the power, but at night the car turns into a monster and it's a whole new ball game ^_^
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