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Originally Posted by rippergeo NA with performance cams and ECU remap also does very very well |
Most performance cams don't work well unless you bump up the compression. I have seen enough number of cars running high comp to realize its not worth the hassle at all. Besides, another thing is, not many people have access to the right tools to even P&P a head. If I were you, I would go to only a handful of people in the country to get my head touched upon. Just not worth the risk.
I was having a discussion with a few BHPians yest and worked out a cost to power ratio between a NA v/s FI setup.
NA setup:
1. P&P - 15k.
2. Exhaust - 20k.
3. ECU - 26k.
4. Cam - 20-25k.
5. Intake - 5-8k.
6. Gear ratios - 15k.
7. Clutch - 10-20k.
8. Pistons for high comp, overboring, blah blah - 20k.
After all this, you still are not sure if you have tread down the right path. You have no clue how much power you are making or if its just your butt dyno working. You are not even sure, if your port matching is done properly, if your head has been worked upon properly, if you car is going to be reliable or not. You pay a bomb for the cam, but what is the guarantee that the specs are what you told they were? I have seen instances where customers have been promised brand new billets with X duration from branded companies, but a stock cam has been reground from Electra and put into their cars. How many tuners give you the cam spec sheet to prove what is running in your car is what you actually paid for or profile your cam in front of you? Louis, its a big bad world out there.
So eventually, you have paid around 1-1.25 lakhs for a good NA setup. I would say, instead go get yourself a 7psi TC setup for slightly more and you will surely have more power than any NA setup most tuners in our country can dish out unless you go to some great people like Bobby Jayram, Leela, J Anand, Raj Hingorani.
Advantage is, if you don't like it you can always take of the TC kit and still run on a bone stock engine. What if you don't like the NA setup? You have to change everything including the head. Loss of money and you need to buy more stuff to get it back to stock. If TC setup works for you at 7psi you will be happy. If you want more, go forged. When you are selling of this car, plonk out the TC kit and put it on your next car. Paisa vasool?
I think differently to most, so don't take my words too seriously. Just that I have been watching this whole scene quietly for the last 2yrs and I have been shocked to see how this whole thing works.
If you do enough research around, talking to the right people anyone will say that a TC setup is far more better on an engine than building a high comp setup.
At the end of the day, one needs to go to the right people for either builds. That is the key!