hey guys i realized that since i live in california, there are only so many modifications that i can "legally" do to my car.....

I was thinking about trying to change my fuel system. Injectors, pump, and everything that goes with fuel mods.

My question is
1. is this really worth it, am i going to see a horsepower increase?
2. About what would it cost to do all of these fuel mods?

I know ABSOLUTLY NOTHING about fuel delivery and how it works, so if you wanna add something that i don't know about go for it. Hey im only 17 right how much do i know??? lol

 

Adding fuel to a car that cant and wont use it will get you nothing but a smaller bank account.

 

you wont see any increase in power, the stock fuel system will handle alot more hp than a stock car has before it reaches its limit.

 

Plus you'll fail emissions if you're dumping more fuel into the engine than is needed.

 

ok screw it i guess ill just get a 224/224 cam and heads and mid-length headers and HOPE i pass emmisions lol

 

hey do you live in antioch,you car sounds like one that i ve seen running around here

 

no i live on the walnut creek/alamo border

 

Mids will not pass visual. Only shorties, but they're not worth it IMO.

That CheaTR cam will do much better with the Cali imposed exhaust restictions than a 224.

 

Just save your money and get a procharger!

 

haha... bingo!

Hey, i feel for ya, man. I'm born and raised in Cali and legally modding your car has become a bitch there. You could always buy a pre-72 vehicle and go to town on that. No smog checks...

We need that little burnout smiley...

 

You can still have a fast car in ca. You can do a little cam and all the bolt ons You just have to be careful with the headers.. I just change mine back to stcok every 2 years. Throw on a little spray and you have deep 11's.

or procharger

 

ya but the thing is, is that i have an extra C.A.R.B. plate left over from another set of headers so i was thinking that i could put the mid'length headers in and that i could weld on the carb plate and have good chances. SO ya i kinda don't have lots of money (only 17yrs) and prochargers and like 5 g's and heads/cams are like 2g's 3 w/ install. so ya im just gonna have to live with that i got for now unless you guys think i can get by with the header idea. I'll try to convince my pop's about the heads/cams.

 

Or you can become an emission inspector and pass your own vehicles

 

Dude, that's pretty illegal and any tech inspector that cares about his job will NOT pass you if you do that. Sure, you could probably play dumb and act like you don't know and you bought it like that, but good luck getting the tech to pass you.

 

oh, well than it looks like i gonna have to just remove my mid-length's every 2 years huh? i don't see any other way around this .....