Thanks for all the input guys. I hope to start adding a few mods here and there soon.
Im trying to sell my LT1 Fiero,
once that thing is gone ill probably be able to start with the mods.
FI is definatelly attractive to me, im just not sure if I want to go that rount yet, maybe once the warranty expires in another 20,000 miles

 

Why would you recomend staying away from EBay?
Isnt alot of the stuff on there brand new?

 

The no name stuff on ebay is usually crap.

It's hard to retain OEM reliability with FI, especially turbocharging. If you're drag racing, though, the car should be fairly "reliable" with turboing. It wont ACTUALLY be reliable....but turbo guys will describe leaky, smoky, constantly out of tune cars to be "reliable" sometimes...the kind of cars that are fast for 11-13 seconds and then have to be shut down before they blow up.

So I guess it just depends on your definition of reliable. Drag race and daily driving miss daisy reliability is easy. Consider that even 100 passes down the 1/4 mile are only 25 miles of hard driving. A Yugo with a blown head gasket would probably be reliable for 25 miles of hard driving.

Keep it NA. Enjoy driving the car. It's more fun to drive an S2000 than the fix/tune an S2000 constantly.

Unless you really really know what you're doing, and you really really have money, forget about turboing.

Bolt ons for this car are generally expensive and seldom effective...but you'll retain factory esque reliability. Just dont do anything crazy like drive thru a lake with a CAI.

 

lmao b serious- we agree on something... well for the most part. IMO FI doesnt really make your car unreliable, it depends on yes, what kind of turbo it is and how hard you push it, and how often you push it.

obviously nothing can withstand a driver constantly gunning the pedal and shifting at redline....

 

i had a vortec supercharger on my car for about 8 months..that was it everything else was stock. needless to say there were many problems so i took it off. Many of my members were i am at have gone FI and not to say its unreliable but they dont depend on there cars to get them to work every day

 

FI is something you have to do right the first time. When you slap a "bolt-on" FI kit onto a NA car with no reinforcement it is usually a recipe for disaster. On top of that a lot of times someone will have the car boosted and running great and then get greedy and turn up the boost to levels that the car can't handle.

I've known plenty of people who were boosted aftermarket on many different car types and ran their cars (post boost) for over 100,000 miles. The big thing is, you can't boost the car and then be lax on maintenance as it will bite you in the ass. Also, you gotta pay out to get it done right the first time. Cheap, reliable, fast...you can only have two.

If you really don't want to risk it with FI then work the other parts of the car, Suspension mods are usually (IMO) by far the most rewarding and enjoyable mods dollar for dollar. Brake upgrades are a good accent to suspension work. A nice set of lightweight forged rims can greatly affect performance (acceleration, cornering, braking) AND looks. A nice exhaust system can add a lovely sound to the experience (and free up a little power even ) and if you combine it with an Intake and Headers you can even get some decent gains (from what i've seen from others, only have Cat-Back Exhaust and an AFR tune on mine). From there it's all your preference, what do you really want done on the car?

Oh and TIRES! A good set of tires (especially the sticky R compounds) can drastically improve overall performance. It is afterall the only part of the car that touches the road. That being said, there are trade-offs for going with the stickiest of the icky rubber, namely shortened tire life and higher costs for replacement.