Re: (JRL)
The man speaketh the truth and Jim's cars are always well taken care of.
There's also lots of value in working through a project, especially if you find the right car or already have the right car.
Just look at my own car and the project it has become. It started out as a '98 V70 AWD 190hp 13G turbo etc.
The first upgrade was an IPD stage 1 flash, exhaust and air filter.
Since then it has gotten an M58 manual AWD transmission, a rebuilt 15G turbo, a step up on injectors and a T5 M ECU which worked pretty well but wasn't optimized for the GLT engine. Still not satisfied, I added the S60R manifold and custom made software based off a T5 M map but optimized for the GLT engine from Sweden. I still have plans for a downpipe upgrade and possibly changing the 15G to an angled 16T (very slight power increase there). So you see how project creep goes...over a number of years.
If you want more power than that, you probably would have to put in 450cc injectors (the green ones), an 18T turbo, more custom software for that and all the supporting mods, and you'd likely want to upgrade to stronger rods. Now that would be one hell of a car http://********************/smile/emthup.gif