Time to pick the brains of all of you who've been there and done it.
My goal is to turn a 3 door turbo into a fast road/track car BUT it will also be styled, not a stripped out racer. Ideally I will be looking to get the power up, especially torque so which of these engines is likely to be the best starting point? And before anyone says it, I cant afford to go BAM yet, I'm looking at taking a standard car and modding it over time rather than throwing big bucks at it in 1 go. Does the earlier AGU with larger ports have much more benefit to it than the AUM or is there really nothing in it?
Now this might sound daft, but I might also want to fit cruise control and from what i've read, you cant do that on an AGU (cable throttle), whereas its a £100 retro fit on an AUM. 300 miles of autobahns to the Nurburgring leaves me with a dead leg most of the time so cruise would come in handy.
If anyone wants to tell me their experiences, what they did and what they would have done different then i'm all ears. PLEASE PLEASE remember tho, I'm never going to be able to afford an expensive conversion, it has to be a steady progression for me as I only have £50-300 a week on average to spend and i'm crap at saving!!
