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Well given the true cost of those doesn't look like any major modifications are coming in the near future. I'm very pleased with my car, but I live in a very upscale area where there are 2 Evo's, 1 M3, 1M5, 1 S4 and many other high performance vehicles parked in the lot everyday. goes on and I would rather like to be able to keep up with these vehicles. Looks like I'll go with my orginal plan of practical mods like the intake and header and just work on it over a long period of time. If I keep up at a steady pace the car will be a monster by the time I finish college. Don't trip about me driving a car this powerful, while 17's year old's generally are bad and reckless driver's, I for one like speed but know the limit, I just want to get to that limit faster. I'm not going to go 200 over the edge of a airstrip like that rtard did. Talking of the two buckets, I did just have an experience today. I was going around this tight corner with a very wide entrance I can usually take around 50 if I hit it right. I've seen my friend's S4 take it at 65 though. Anyway today I was taking it at 35 in order to practice the full motion of the turn. Little did I know that unlike usual, there was a large amount of gravel spread over the road. After hitting the apex of this essentially U turn, the car simply carried on forward without turning at all due to the gravel causing the front wheels to took it. I was able to salvage the situation, but it was one of the scariest experiences I've had on the road. I am aware of the gas mileage issues on the S4, but all in all it's one of the best handling vehicles I've ever driven. The grip on that thing is amazing and the power is very satisfing. I realize I'm inexperienced, but I'm learning the ways of the road at the local raceway with high perfomance driving schools.

From the looks of it now doesn't look like N/A will be the route for me. I'm looking to keep up with my friend's S4 on the freeway. While I am a better driver than him, the superior horsepower really shows. Also how can you really go wrong in corners with 4 wheel drive. I do have the means to do self installation. Although my own mechanical experience is rather limited, I have very close friends in the racing industry willing to let me use their garage and help out. That 10k for the BS stroker kit is a bit pricey, while the performance it adds is appealing. Did you mean to say that some of that 10k is installation costs or the kits itself. If the latter it's basically out of the question budget wise. I do see, however, me being able to get the cash to add a turbo kit. I see the SRT and Turbonetics (the one's I'm leaning towards) ones on the market for around 4 grand, which is definitely an amount I can pull off. Also, I'm not trying to destroy my engine/rice out my car as the NO2 might accomplish. A concern of mine would be turbolag, however with the motor already with good performance it doesn't seem like this should be an issue. Will boost provide the performance I'm looking for (getting fast but not too fast), while still having the comparable refinement. I have never really driven a boosted car before, other than my friend's 95 which doesn't really fall under the performance category. If I do go with the idea of a turbocharger, I think I would go for mid range power over low or high rpm

Do you have it in the power or snow settings?

My first question would be, realistically, how much power could be squeezed from an N/A engine, and what would that power band look like. There already are sports tires on the car and I'm looking to get some lower springs and a coilover as well. What I would like to see in the end would be around 100 HP at the wheel, so I'm thinking that may not be accomplishable through the N/A route. I'm not looking for one single number, but moreover an improved and customized ride, with emphasize on acceleration times. I don't plan to really take test the power on the road except in the small hours of the morning.

After some careful consideration, I have decided for the short to mid term I would like to upgrade my IS300 with N/A modifications, with a possibility in the long term of going toward forced induction. I just got my Lexus and I'm satisfied with the performance so far. This is my second car now, got it off my Dad and I'm only 17, I guess I'm rather lucky. I would like to ask some further advice. I am planning on going with the SRT CAI w/ Race-ECU in addition to mounting a new header from a friend in the racing business and a new Catback (this I haven't done a lot of research into yet, but I'm leaning toward the Apexi). My question is what advice would you give to squeeze more out of the engine N/A style, and if I gather up the cash in the future for a turbocharger with some of my Mod's but useless. My budget for the car is around $500, with 2 grand I have now. Ultimately my goal for the vehicle is increased acceleration so I'm also leaning toward a new torque converter (I have the EShift), with my asspiration for a 6 second 0-60 N/A.