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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 09:05 AM
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soo i guess its time for me to start one of these, actually i was bored lol.
to start off i have a 1993 sc400. i got the car completely stock from my dad about a year ago.
So far I've done:
-cornering light mod
-replaced corner light and the running lights in the head lights with amber bulbs
-6000k HID
-alpine single din (no metra kit yet)
-two 12' kicker CVR's/MTX amp

what i have planned:
-HKS universal (catback) with 2.75-3" piping
-tokico struts/eibach lowring spring combo
-97+ sides and rear bumper
-95-96 modded clears tails
-an N/A setup thats going to give me at leat 350+ hp (still researching parts)
-and hopefully this weekend im hoping to pick up enkei PF01 replicas from my uncle, if anyone has pics with these rims on their sc post'em up.
thanks.

when i first got the car afyer a good cleaning



my new-ish single din w/o metra kit


basically what the car looks like now minus the blue fog lights in the middle


new rims





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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by kpkim01
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-an N/A setup thats going to give me at leat 350+ hp (still researching parts)
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Thats going to be alot of $$$....just go na-t
Old Sep 1, 2010 | 09:18 AM
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you think it would be cheaper that way? lol i just wanted to be different, and i thought it would of cost less
Old Sep 1, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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you're not going to get 350hp very easily if at all on an n/a 1uz.
If you really want to hit that number then reconsider a swap or turbo options.
A 1uz with intake exhaust and some add ons makes for a really fun car but it will probably be under the 300 mark realistically, only you can decide if you need to hit that number or not.
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NA tuning is super expensive especially with numbers you want.

On another notw, this thread is useless without pics!
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In the end, possibly, but more successful. Although with a built n/a, you would have some serious throttle response, the cost of building an n/a engine isnt worth it when for the same cost you can simply go na-t and make more hp.

**EDIT** OP has a 400, and I was thinking 300..still, na-t.
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NA tuning is expensive especially with the kind of numbers u want.

On another note, this thread is useless without pics!
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Originally Posted by kwg
NA tuning is expensive especially with the kind of numbers u want.

On another note, this thread is useless without pics!
Are you having connection issues? you've double-posted the last 2-3 threads you replied to
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Originally Posted by kwg
NA tuning is super expensive especially with numbers you want.

On another notw, this thread is useless without pics!
i dont have my camera on me but pics will be up soon
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got some more pics up !!!
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Originally Posted by kpkim01
got some more pics up !!!
Car looks great, and I like the new rims, but not the offsets..oh and blur out your plates

So have you come to a solid decision yet about n/a or f/i?
Old Sep 6, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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I really would like an n\a set up but I think I'm definatly gunna boost
Old Sep 6, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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clean sc, excellent choice taking off those fogs. Did they work btw? I always see cars with them, but I have never seen them on.
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thanks, and yea they did work lol
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ooh man, guess who picked up a set of control arm bushings?!?!?!

installing them should be fun, it came with instructions and stuff and said it was good for both fron lower and upper. best 70$ i ever spent!!



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