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Originally Posted by Speedy1975

If you're worried about longevity, warranty, additional maintenance, etc then LEAVE THE CAR STOCK. Modified cars are just that, modified. They require more maintenance and more attention to the systems by the owner.

There's a huge thread started by Janetty on FI, etc. Good read.

Pray and EFI have been fooling with bolt ons and have relatively cheaply added like 70RWHP/70RWTQ for right at $2,000 with E85 flex, ported IM and TB, and tune. That's about $30 per HP. A supercharger, while still awesome, is about $50 per HP considering an intercooled Magnuson unit adding 160RWHP and assuming you don't save the install fee by doing it yourself.

On my Challenger it was a simple decision to do the blower and built motor. Nothing else gave that kind of bang for the buck. This Camaro seems to respond VERY well to bolt ons so the decision is a bit more difficult.

Ha, keeping it stock would be no fun. I have modded cars in the past but those where on NA engines and it was quite a few years ago. However, I am not very familiar with SC and am slowly learning from you guys on here. Yes, I am aware of the EFI's work and its impressive, but I'm not sure I want to go the flex fuel route. Anyway, your right, decisions on modding this car are difficult.

[Speedy1975]

An out of the box Magnuson intercooled unit with their tune will be no issue. Id' be more worried about transmission (A8) or clutch (M6) than anything else as the extra power will cause more wear over time, but that comes with the territory. With modern tuning and knock sensors you're not likely to have any problems as long as you run good gas.

The nice thing about this 11:5:1 DI engines is you can make big power with very little boost, so things stay cooler.

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I'm at 10lbs. Methanol injection to keep things in check. I drive it plenty hard. No issues so far.