Looking at buying a complete holden intake swap. Here's the question, I need to make up my mind about my next move, costs will be similar I believe. But option 2 could get expensive. Both will need hp tuners.

Option 1:

Holden swap
Abbott Stage 2 heads
Large n/a cam from abbott
New valve springs
Multi-angle valve grind
Thinner copper headgaskets (to raise c/r)


Option 2:

Supercharger running off main accessory belt (paxton or vortech unit)
Intercooler
Piping
Stock heads, intake, etc.

 

You have too much money... I'm jealous

 

lol, that's because I'm switching from state university to community, got a couple grand I'm going to play with

 

I can't do that... They don't offer the classes that I need

 

is there a hp difference between option 1 and 2?

 

Until he gets forged pistons and redoes his valvetrain... There won't be much diff between 1 and 2

 

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Being that he won't be able to go much higher than 6 pounds of boost. I wouldn't recommend more than 7 on stock rods, pistons, and the like

 

Damn I keep wanting to edit stuff in lol. Steve I would go ahead and go with option 1 because you'll have more options after that

 

so he would be better off doing that part after he gets forged pistons etc.

 

Yeah he'd need new pistons, rods, all new valvetrain, heads, higher flow injectors, etc etc. It gets expensive fast...