I don't even want to think about my list of goodies......
$$$$$$$$$
Everything costs money but depending on where you live and how many friends you have in the business makes all the difference.
I did a lot of the work myself but had some others do things as well such as boring the block, machining the FW, valves and guides and skim head, cut the piston CH and dish and valve reliefs, lighten the crank and resize small end rod bushing are all done on professional machining equipment.
Then you have the custom cams and S52 cam trays, one of a kind mid pipe from custom headers to E30M3 exhaust, porting the head, ITB's, and MSII....the list continues I'm sure.
It can get very crazy expensive if you go all out to have a custom M42 with power. I'm not sure where I'll end up powerwise but I'm really anxious to see.
I think the best you can do with the least amount of money and most HP is get inj's cleaned and get a chip from one of 3 people: Barrie at Midnight Tuning, Mark D, or Turner/Conforti. You'll only see about 150HP at the crank. All the weight loss will make the car feel faster but not add HP to the engine technically. As well as the LWF, it will feel faster but not more HP because it will spin up faster and the rpms will drop faster as well.
Tough to get power unless you really dive into the motor and open everything up from intake all the way through to the exhaust.
HTH...
Cheers,
~Ralph
