Project Eclipse, Rebuild and Renew Options

[TotalEclipse97]

Hey all. After letting my car sit in my garage (waiting for funds to show up) i've got it back out on the road....almost. It's been having starting issues along with timing, electrical, cosmetic (interior and exterior), and overall tlc.

So here's the plan. I'm going to start stock piling parts and then me and my buddy are going to tear the whole engine and engine bay apart. Clean or replace everything in our way and revive a beastly engine to (hopefully) wake up the neighborhood once again.

The initial list of needed parts (not including engine components)

- Blow Through UICP (Replacing old UICP)
- K & N Air Filter (Replacing severely damaged K & N Filter)
- Fuel Rail (Need advice on quality brands)
- 660 or greater injectors (Need advice on quality brands)
- Intake Manifold (Need advice on whether to go with OEM or other brand)
- Exhaust Manifold/Header for 14b/16g/20g turbo
- Currently running 14b - looking to upgrade to 16g
- New Vacuum lines
- Possibly SAFC (unsure)
- Possibly Electronic Boost Controller (currently using MBC underhood)
- Downpipe

Any advice on parts or procedures would be greatly appreciated.

I'll update thread with engine components within the next few days (pistons, rods etc)

[natedogg]

It has less to do with how much boost you are running and more to do with airflow. 15 psi on a 14b is less airflow than 15 psi on an EvoIII 16G. I personally believe that if you run around 20 psi on an EVOIII 16G, the 950's will do fine for you on the MAFT because they did fine for me on my BR500 which surprisingly enough doesn't flow all that much more than an EvoIII 16G.

The MAFT adjusts global airflow input values to make the 950's act like 450's at idle and when driving around town. It also has the ability to tune idle, mid and WOT separately, and at different RPM points. Moving to the 950's you do lose some map resolution, but not enough to really notice plus this is still true to a lesser extent of a chipped Eprom or DSMlink. The only way to really get around all resolution loss is to go completely standalone, like an AEM.

I honestly don't think you will have any trouble running with just a MAFT if you want to keep it easy on the pocketbook.