Quote Originally Posted by h22 jones View Post
Tranny is killing you and you still have the option to add cams or did you mean not even take the valve cover off ? There is a tone of ways to get cheap h22 hp but your going to have to go into the motor .
How is the trans killing me? And I wasn't including taking the valve cover off. Mainly talking about not having to take the head off.

Quote Originally Posted by h22 jones View Post
you could buy the best header and intake made . You could get a three inch exhaust but if you dont upgrade your cams nothing but a balance shft removal kit will ad hp. Its alot to install it also. I have made 185hp on every healthy stock h22 ive had with bolt ons . I ran 13.5-13.6 with each one . Looks like you your making what it should be with the bolt ons that you have.
I'm in the process of assembling my 3" exhaust. And I've been contemplating ugrading my cams, but didn't want to have to take the head off to install the valvetrain. Then of course the issue with degreeing the cams......which is another thing I'm confused on. I thought the motor vibrates like crazy after removing the balance shafts anyways?