yes, displacement and smaller turbos

 

More displacement, compression ratio, stroke, timing, flow, or low RPM boost.

 

I would love to see what it would drive like with a stroker crank and bigger pistons... but before I spend that kind of money I'll do the APR Stage III+ to it. I can live with 396hp & 378ft/lbs of torque at peak. [8D]

The weird thing I noticed reading their Dyno results chart for the VVT car is that both hp & torque are lower at low rpm than stock. I guess the bigger turbo takes a little longer to spool up initially.

 

it is a larger turbo, they take longer to spool. thats why i said smaller turbo and not bigger. so it is expected to have less power down low.

 

Shorter intake runners like that on the RMR intake manifold are said to increase torque also.

 

short runners push the torque into higher rpms, giving you more hp and long runners give you more low end torque, moves power to the left.

 

And dont forget cams if you go BT, with the stock turbo the gains are not that great, but if you upgrade look into a set of cams.

 

That I definitely plan on in the budget. My exhaust FINALLY FINALLY shipped today and it goes in this Friday. WHOO HOO!! I was wondering ifdoingcamswould have benefits. I don't imagine that the same grinds that work well withthe Garrettwould be as efficient with the K04. I need to talk to Chris at APR and see what kind of difference they'll do on the Stage III+ kit if you buy the FMIC separately. I'm sure there's a price break I'm going to loose if I buy the kit in stages. I figure though at least I can budget for the FMIC and then do my brakes before I build this thing up to the point where it has more go than stop. That's never a good thing.

I still haven't decided between the Brembos or the Wilwoods. I had a Wilwood BBK on a Miata that I had and it was awesome. The Brembo kits are supposedly tuned better to the application. My experience with the Wilwoods was that they weren't finished as nicely as the Brembos but it sure did stop like it hit a wall.

 

the wilwoods are two peice and the brembos are one peice (unless you get the $2k+ kit) Mywilwoods are cool to the touch in a matter of mins after a hard run where one peices needs x2-3 more time to cool.