Although you make a few valid points, they are invalid in this thread. If you would have read the entire thread you would realize the thread starter said he would be doing extensive internal work including cams, pistons etc which would shoot your NA buildup cost well over $2000. So that again favors a turbo setup as far as price goes.nuts510 wrote:I know everybody is screaming Turbo, yes one can make a lot of power with the Turbo, but I don't see anybody talking about money, let's see by the time you buy Turbo get it stuffed on your car that some sort of fuel management you'll probably spend 2000 plus dollars and I've noticed an awful lot of these Turbo swaps for the 2.4 motor seem to have problems with gasket leakage and in general a lot of them don't work very well. If you have the money and SR or many other motor swap and do this car nicely. but what so many people don't understand is one must stay in budget. Installing a header with at least a 2 1/2 exhaust and an intake does make it a significant difference in the way these motor run. You will only see about a 10 to 15 horsepower increase but one thing you will notice above 4000 RPM's the engine is much comfortable and makes a noticeable improvement in drivability. All the headers you mentioned help I like the DC sports mainly because it fits up under the car nicely. If you are going other modifications you might benefit more from a long runner Header like the pacesetter.if you look closely at the cheaper headers you will notice the runners are not the same length, this matters that's why the better header companies work so hard to make him the same length. Well I hope this helps
I applaud both sides of the turbo vs all motor setup debate for having such a civilized discussion. What it comes down to is what your total budget is and how much power you are looking to make. The thread starter says he is going to be swapping out internals and trying to make an all motor setup. My point was since he is spending that much money on an all motor setup, you might as well have a nicely built turbo setup which will make a lot more power.
But everybody has their own prefrences. I was merely trying to point out that when you do a correct all motor build, it is almost as expensive as doing a correct turbo setup.
