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Its about that time, what do I chose? I have read so much +/- stuff about the s/c and only + stuff for the 3.0. Which is the better mod. Seems the 3.0 is much less inexpensive but very time consuming. The s/c is almost a 1-2 days bolt on. Can you give me a side by side comparision of perfomance issues. Even some side effect issues.
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Neither, get a turbo in a few months 
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3.0 If it's not enough then add the Vortech or turbo if you want.
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If you have no warranty left go with the 3.0, try explaining that one to a dealer...lol
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Ok, you've seen the numbers. Mod vs. mod, the S/C ultimately fives you some extra horsepower, unless you d omore than "just" the 3l swap. David Z put in the 3.0 and a bunch of other goodies and has one bad a$$ tour! The other thing to consider is that the S/C comes to life at a certain RPM, meaning down low, the car performs pretty much the same. With the 3l, the power is increased all through the RPM range. If I had to choose....I'd go the route of David Z. Imagine telling the ricer you just smoked who's got turbo, etc. that your car is NA! Priceless....
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3.0 all the way!!!!!!!!!!!
But if you want more power with the 3.o and supercharger, your going to need to lower to comperssion cause with the 3.o conversion its 11:1 alone and adding the supercharger willl not allow you to run pump gas.
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Originally posted by KnuKonceptz:
If you have no warranty left go with the 3.0, try explaining that one to a dealer...lol haha. that would be beautiful. "uhhh, i bought it like that."
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I think you'd be hard pressed to find a dealer that could tell you swapped the block. If you did. Keep that dealer! Could you look in the engine bay and tell it's a 3L? You can't even see anything but the intake. This is THE sleeper mod. Oh yeah. It's bone stock except for the air filter & exhaust... :rolleyes: If I had the engine out. I sure would put a LSD, billet flywheel and clutch in there... ($1300+) The 3L with it's much added bottom end is sure to be tougher on our already weak diff... So that's still a grand cheaper then the SC... Still can't deny the HP advantage of the SC in your thinking though. I can however; I have a 00 
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Originally posted by Chris Hightower: Neither, get a turbo in a few months How realistically close are we to ever seeing this eventuate, Chris? I am really wanting to see this happen, and if it does, I'll be saving a LOT of money up to buy a turbo kit, I miss the sound of my old BOV in my GSX.
Regards, Anastazi Father of the Aussie Bar anastazi.sarigiannis@aam.com"Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." ----------------------------------- 2000 Silver Frost SVT #1126 of 2150 8" AFE/"Big-Mouth" Intake, Modified BAT Pipe, IAT Mod - A'PEXi S-AFC, Superchip, No Secondaries, Cobra/CSVT Hybrid MAF, Magnaflow True Duals, MYSTERY Mod, Autolite AWSF22FS's and FMS Wires, ES MM Inserts, Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors w/ Greenstuffs, APR DTM Spoiler, Escort Cossie Vents, NACA Duct, Mirko Splitter, Koni's & H&R Springs, 24mm "Aussie" Sway Bar, 18" Enkei RS-5, 225/40R18 KDW-2's. Pioneer DEH-P7000R, TS-6975's, TS-6855's, MTX BE104, MTX Blue Thunder PRO502 http://www.geocities.com/qikslvrsvt
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Originally posted by Aussie SVT:
How realistically close are we to ever seeing this eventuate, Chris?... Prototyping should start late September. The finalized kit should be available around January. Everyone keep their fingers crossed for my car.
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