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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 11:57 PM
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i just got my dad to co-sign me for a credit card instead of me saving 800 dollars a month to save up for my PLAN i finally can do what i have been waiting to do.
Comptech Supercharger
Front Mount Intercooler
with Nitrous Express N-Tercooler

Any advice or inputs will be appreciated
i searched the internet and found that i will be the only one doing this
if im not wrong
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 03:58 AM
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Hooray for you! Comptech with Front Mount has been done before, throwing Nitous Express N-Tercooler on top of that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense to me. Sure the fact is you are trying to reduce air inlet temps but the 2 combined is redundant probably. Also a front mount intercooler on a Comptech kit will cause you to lose power unless you prepare to decrease the pulley size and add larger injectors for fuel. I think you need to do more research. But it's your money so have fun.
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:00 AM
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i just found out that foxmarketing.com did do it
but getting the front mount and the nitrous is still cheaper than getting the aftercooler
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:06 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by turbo_pwr
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:08 AM
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don't mean to open up a can of worms here,

but if you needed your dad to co-sign for a credit card, how the hell did you buy an s2000?
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:22 AM
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Originally posted by mikecl713
i just found out that foxmarketing.com did do it
but getting the front mount and the nitrous is still cheaper than getting the aftercooler
Hmm, I think you still aren't taking everything into account. Again a front mount intercooler will drop your PSI on the stock pulley.

Front Mount Intercooler $300 (being generous here)
Custom Piping $100 (guessing)
Custom Brackets/Mounts/hoses/etc
New Pulley $100
New Injectors $300
Nitrous Express N-Tercooler $450

or

Aftercooler $1200

Are you sure foxmarketing ran an N-Tercooler? or just nitrous?
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:26 AM
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His dad bought the S.
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:29 AM
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Ahh, teaching him young to live paycheck to paycheck, paying rediculously high interest rates, taking 3x longer to pay for something than if you'd saved up for it in the first place.

I see your dad is teaching you well.

Why not save up for something until you can afford it?? There's no better feeling than saying, "I OWN that!" as opposed to saying, "I'm making payments on that every month."

I OWN my S2000. I wrote a check for it, drove home, and the title came in the mail a couple weeks later with no leinholders on it. There's no better feeling than that.

Oh, and I'm only 23 years old. I bought my S2k a year and a half ago, with my own money.
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:39 AM
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Guy, coming from a 19 year old... don't use a credit card to buy car parts.

I've had a Visa for about a year now, and I've never carried a balance on it. If I can't pay off whatever is on it before the interest starts to acrue, then I just tell my self I can't afford it.

You really should be saving the money and paying cash. $800 a month is gonna get you the cash soon enough.
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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 06:42 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rickycrx
Ahh, teaching him young to live paycheck to paycheck, paying rediculously high interest rates, taking 3x longer to pay for something than if you'd saved up for it in the first place.

I see your dad is teaching you well.

Why not save up for something until you can afford it??
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