my GSR?

[Mangrum]

First, be realistic. 2000 GSR makes around 150-155whp BONE STOCK. With $3000 you can get to 190whp pretty easily with small mods. mid 200s is impossible unless you want to spend $10K-15K on a build engine, dyno time, etc.

REALISTICALLY, for $3000 your looking at a setup i just recently did :
Skunk2 Stage 1s-$500
Mr. Kidd/Batlground Header-$400
Skunk2 Intake manifold $200
AEM Intake $250
Crome Pro ECU and Harness-$270
Skunk2 Mega Power R Exhaust-$450
PARTS-$2070

The extra money would get you install and tuning an you would make about what this customer makes:
http://batlground.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=195


So you wold pick up about 40whp and 15-20TQ. the car would feel totally different, much faster than what you have.

Now you could do a QUALITY turbo kit for around $4500, make 220-230whp/180-190TQ and be much faster, but it does cost more.

thank you that is what i was looking for.. that helps me! you didnt mention anything about pistons or really anything internal in the block. what is the reason for that? is that not needed for that setup or would pistons be useful as well for a little more of a difference? cause like i stated i wanted to go NA. so would pistons and raising the compression be a good thing or a bad thing?

[Batlground]

thank you that is what i was looking for.. that helps me! you didnt mention anything about pistons or really anything internal in the block. what is the reason for that? is that not needed for that setup or would pistons be useful as well for a little more of a difference? cause like i stated i wanted to go NA. so would pistons and raising the compression be a good thing or a bad thing?

Adding pistons and higher compression will definetly increase power, but you stated you had a $3000 budget.

for $3000, you cant do internals the RIGHT way. you could slap some pistons in the car, sure, but it wouldnt be done RIGHT.

And with $3000 and a stock engine like you have, what i listed is a good, reliable power gain. You would be happy with that gain and thats a lot of good solid mods, and it leaves you room to grow.