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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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HEY GUYS! I'M LOOKING 4 UP-GRADES IN STEPS ON MY 02 C5 VERT (A4).. MY 1ST UP-GRADE WAS A COLD AIR INTAKE (VARARAM). WHAT SHOULD BE NEXT? THANKS!

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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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If you really must continue modification, the next step would be long tube headers with hi-flow catalytic converters and tuning. If you have 2.73 gears, a gear change to 3.42s is also a good modification. Just my .02.
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Originally Posted by david1st
HEY GUYS! I'M LOOKING 4 UP-GRADES IN STEPS ON MY 02 C5 VERT (A4).. MY 1ST UP-GRADE WAS A COLD AIR INTAKE (VARARAM). WHAT SHOULD BE NEXT? THANKS!
Don't waste your money on a vararam, etc, etc, etc. Get a ECS Paxton Supercharger and be done with it.
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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want more info..... s/c vs. turbo(s)
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I 2nd the SC, If I could start over, I would get the SC and be done with it.
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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What are your goals? What I mean by that is do you want a street car? Do you plan on tracking the car, IE drag race or road race. Do you care about milage? Do you care about drivability? How about emissions tests? All these thing have to go into the equation.

Now that being said, if all you want is a fast street car, than the SC is the way to go.

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s/c over turbo???
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s/c over turbo???
Both have there Pros & Cons

Most choice a SC which are about 5K cheaper than a turbo set up

ECS Paxton SC installed (turn key) is around 8K
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looking at just a faster street car....what avg. mpg do you get with a s/c ?
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looking at just a faster street car....what avg. mpg do you get with a s/c ?
I heard the same if not better staying under 3,000 rpm's. ( I am not capable of that so I don't know for sure) After 3,000 rpm any power adder would need extra fuel to make the extra power
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