Not trying to spam-up or troll, just thought some might find this useful.

gosh ya know I have read almost exactly the opposite myself. If your looking for a good track time(straight line or twisties) suspension mods is one of the best bangs for the buck even before the motor mods. Its been a while but there was a guy on here or the other site that had done a full suspension upgrade and very very little to the motor and was breaking well into the 13s IIRC. Now take that and put some power behind it and suddenly the dyno numbers actually mean something. Also not sure what heads/cam costs $2k to net 20 hp. There is either something very wrong with the head/intake combo or they are just that bad.

I mean if all you want is a dyno queen with a big number to brag online then yea skip the suspension crap and just pour it all into the motor. But almost anyone knows that a good driver with a good suspension can beat a dyno queen nearly every time so I would watch out bragging those numbers in real life or someone with less power and a better suspension will embarrass you if you line them up.

 

Why go easy with the bolt ons? If someone plans on doing a head/cam swap eventually they will need those bolt ons and it's better to start off with the cheap stuff that won't need a tune before jumping into the bigger ticket items. And yes, different dynos and different tunes will yield 20-30hp differences. You can manipulate a dyno to read whatever the hell you want.

 

I have to agree. Long before I was worried about what the numbers were I just started simple like most do with a CAI and maybe a larger maf/throttle body. I say maybe because until you open up the bottom end and the heads the gain from upgrading those is minimal at best but later when you do have the cash for head/cam then you will be glad you have it already. Now for how different the dynos can be there can be a %15-20 difference between different brands and that is not insignificant. And then again remember how much temps/humidity can play in the motor making more/less power. Here is a good article that explains some of the differences.

http://www.badasscars.com/index.cfm...duct_id=64/category_id=13/mode=prod/prd64.htm

 

I want to know where all thes aftermarket heads are. All we have for the modular engine is the Trick Flow heads. There have been people making 400 crank hp with pi heads. Not to mention, all the "stage x" ported heads are just modified PI heads. Don't get me wrong, I would love a set of trick flow heads but then you need a cam that is ground specifically for them and that severely limits your options. I'm going to use some npi heads on my special build

 

funny that there are more head options on the pushrods then on the modular. I know I almost shat myself when my buddy with his terminator told me what a set of cams would run him.