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Originally Posted by MrXhUteMan
and where to start for better performance (read: Mods)
Cheers guys.
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I'd say you need to think very carefully about where you might like to end up as far as mods go. I didn't and just thought I'd be happy with it fairly stock and have spent HEAPS since. would probably have been better off spending a bit more and buying one already modded or at least had an xr as a base rather than forte/sr.
mods I've done are probably typical of the common options. there's an inbetween choice of putting new heads on the 5L that I didn't bother with...
stock+extractors had 136rwkw (petrol)
add crane cam, rr's, timing gears etc $3k 150rwkw (dedicated lpg)
new 3" exhaust and retune $1k 162rwkw
347 stroker rebuild with afr185 heads, new cam, ported manifold, 3.7 gears, more-stall $$$$$$ (job is in progress can't wait to get it back. be happy with anything over 230rwkw)
so yeah the first cam job was a waste of money in hindsight since all that is now being replaced. If you're like me and reading the threads on other people's builds is likely to tempt you into more mods, then I'd say don't buy the stocky, go for a pre-modded one and potentially save big bucks...