So I completed my 5spd Swap about a month ago. Everything is running great and I'm really enjoying the car. However, now that the car has a manual I'm driving it much harder than how I drove when it was an automatic.
With the way I'm driving now, I really notice how little top end grunt the VG has. Sure I appreciate the power in the mid range but there's almost nothing up top. It feels like the car is choking for air. I already have a full exhaust system and a pop charger. What are some mods that would open up the top end some more?
UDP?
Port & Polish?
Ported TB?
CAI?
ECU?

 

Y/I/catback/cams/ecu.

 

ported heads and cams would proboly pick up 20whp top end

 

sell/car/buy/one/with/top/end

j/k

from what I've seen the ported head and some moderate cams like the Nismos pick up about 12hp+ or so, but the top end is much more peppy...I still think my mod list above is a better choice though. the VG is lost without boost or juice

 

get a VE

antonthegrey and I are pretty much dead even, until he shifts, then I murder him.

Poor VG

 

So I guess that means after 1st gear

 

well the most noteable time was when we were coming home from a meet or something and were up at the stoplights by the highlands, I was trying to get into first but well, my tranny doesn't let that happen (he knows this) so he stayed in second, it was from a small roll, really it was dead even all the way until he shifted. Same thing happened about a year or so ago on our way to your house, we were on gilman outside the post office, first gear, once he shifted I walked away. if only the VG had alittle more top end and 500rpm more


Personally I think VG's would gain more top end if they ported the hell out of that plate thing that the upper intake bolts to, aswell as the throttle body.

 

You should clarify as the VG 5-sp should be able to hang with a VE 5-sp in first gear. But the thing is the VG will have to shift before the VE in every gear. So the VE would pull a bit in first until the 1st shift. Then the same thing again in 2nd (but the pull gets worse for the VG). By the time the incident gets into mid-3rd gear, it's hazards time

 

Get Some Juice

 

well i guess some porting work and cams will be my next major mods...but that won't be until next year

 

Didn't think anyone on TMEC could handle this did you Ry. lol.
C'mon, you know Ed is dying to help out.

 

Yeah, Jeff. Anton ran about a full second slower in the 1/4 mile than me, although he murdered my 60' time.

Maybe Anton should port/polish/cams/get a y-pipe and then he can get a little closer....

 

so far the best top end mod i've found is a turbo

the intake would be something interesting to mess with. supposedly the best flowing intake is the earlier pathfinder intake. not sure if that would help the top end as much as something like cams and such but it would be interesting to try. my pathy intake just came in recently so i'm going to start trying to figure out how to put this thing on without cutting up too many things