Upgrade Decision? A&A with Headers or Cam?
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Racer
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Upgrade Decision? A&A with Headers or Cam?
What would be best upgrade to do while installing an A&A V3-Si kit: headers or cam?
I have a fairly stock 2003 coupe with slight suspension upgrades. It is a pedestrian A4 with 2.73 gears and I am currently budgeting and planning upgrades. I live abroad and am only stateside for about 2 months out of the year, so I need to have all the parts ordered and ready to go when I get back in July. I am starting off with big ticket items, and then I'll work my way down and eventually add a converter and bump it up to new rear gear. I think I eventually want to go to a 3.42 rear, but the primary focus of this car will always be a road trip cruiser, so cruising at 1800rpm at 75mph is nice.
I understand that a lot will say to start with the gear, then exhaust, then supercharger, but those will be easier to do in the future. Considering I only have a little bit of time to play with the car every year I wanted to start with the supercharger.
So, what would you do?
I have a fairly stock 2003 coupe with slight suspension upgrades. It is a pedestrian A4 with 2.73 gears and I am currently budgeting and planning upgrades. I live abroad and am only stateside for about 2 months out of the year, so I need to have all the parts ordered and ready to go when I get back in July. I am starting off with big ticket items, and then I'll work my way down and eventually add a converter and bump it up to new rear gear. I think I eventually want to go to a 3.42 rear, but the primary focus of this car will always be a road trip cruiser, so cruising at 1800rpm at 75mph is nice.
I understand that a lot will say to start with the gear, then exhaust, then supercharger, but those will be easier to do in the future. Considering I only have a little bit of time to play with the car every year I wanted to start with the supercharger.
So, what would you do?
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if you know for sure you will do both I would probably do the cam first because it is more labor intensive and headers will be much easier to install after everything else is done... if you are only going to do one or the other then I would do headers
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If long term you want to do both, do cam now, as you very well may already be taking the balancer off.
If you're only going to do one, or want to maintain stock driveability as much as possible--headers.
If you're only going to do one, or want to maintain stock driveability as much as possible--headers.
