Inman! You're practically next door, I work across the street from the Lechemere T station, on Cambridge Street.

Scottmandue - Definitely, next time you're out here I'll pull together some boston pelicanites to show you some of the less traveled sites!

You're welcome to stop over anytime and check out the project :-)

nick

nickd, intercoolers do no just gice you Hp when installed, it lets you run more boost at safe temps. Adjustable cam gears are not pointless, It can help you tune where you want your power band to be. Performance cams are also not pointless, Maybe he wants a more agressive power band on his 931. I have seen tons of guys run forged rods whats the big deal 1500 a set. People spent 5-6,000 on Supercharge kits for their 944. I think alot of you reasoning on the upgrades you listed are based on your pure opinion not on facts. It all dpeneds on how he wants the car to drive. A shaved crank will help the engine rev faster building boost faster. Yes it might be more noticable on the track but it can benifit a street car.

Trying to refute facts from what you hear second hand on the internet does not impress.

In fact, adding an intercooler to a non-intercooled turbo does add power all by itself- the charge becomes cooler and denser. This is one of the simplest relationships in an internal combustion engine. Turning the boost up is something you can do in addition because of the drop in charge temp allowing you to further increase the density (that's what pounds-per-square-inch is by the way). You might want to brush up on engine mechanics a little.

A cam gear will move the power band around, but why would you want to? The stock 931 timing is an excellent balance between torque & hp.

A cam is the very last thing you worry about on any turbo, and there is much more to choosing a proper turbo cam than an n/a.

So you have seen tons of guys run forged rods in engines that don't have rod problems to begin with? If you want to save reciprocating mass, just turn down the flywheel. It's a whole lot cheaper and does exactly the same thing. I guess you loose a some bragging rights though...

Every engine has a unique set of limitations.

I suppose this is based on my opinion though, and not the fact that I have been driving and modifying 2.0L's for years and I leave out what would be a novel under my name of modifications I use.

nick

nickd, Im not questioning your skills, and I do stand corrected, I was thinking more along the lines of changing from a TMIC to a FMIC not from a non intercooled to a intercooled. Even then a 35hp boost from adding a IC to a non IC car seems like a big boost in power when not adding more boost. Please correct me if Im wrong, Im not trying to start a fight or say nasty things, just trying to get things clear. Second I never said that I just repeat what I hear second hand from the internet, not really sure where you got that idea from. So like I said in a past post, I can say Im a guru in 931's or in turbos but I do know A thing or 2 but as you so clearly stated you know more, so I gotta run and brush up on my mechanical skills now before I wake up and go to work at toyota ;)