New EGI owner:)

rx-sx · April 17, 2009, 09:42:29 AM

Hi everyone,

I cant believe I\'ve been registered on here for over 5 years and have only just acquired my first rx. I\'ve drifting S13\'s on and off for years, but a due to having to buy a house in the not to distant future I\'ve had sell my dream S13 and get something a little cheaper. Always always wanted a rotary so I really cant wait to get my FC on the road.

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction to find out about tuning the little beast. I have done a search, but I failed.lol. Just wondered if there were any good guides to removing the air pump, and the throttle butterflys that aren\'t required. Any other "free" power hints would cool too. Trying my best to keep it low budget, just want the car to be fun on the road and sweet for a little bit of drifty fun.

The car is currently on a massive diet, really impressed by the amount of weight you can strip out of these things, but the tar removal is sarting to get a little dull now, just being spured on by how heavy the morrisons back of tar is getting.lol. Just need wheels, probably some coil-overs, then MOT, and she\'ll be ready to rip:driving

Cheers

Will

Brett · April 17, 2009, 10:01:42 AM

Hi :wave

Not a lot of \'free\' ways to get power from the EGi - you\'re best off getting a full straight through exhaust from the ports back.

Got any pics?

:Giggle

dthebuk · April 17, 2009, 10:21:54 AM

what he said ^^

and an up-rated pannel filter.

Also, i keep hearing people ask about these butterfly valves, these arn\'t the valves for the aux ports are they? (sorry for thread hijack)

oh, and welcome to the club!

Brett · April 17, 2009, 10:40:15 AM

Pineapple racing do uprated 6 port inserts

rx-sx · April 17, 2009, 11:53:30 AM

Thanks guys, going to have to start saving for an exhaust I think, but I\'ve got a K&N lying around somewhere ready to bodge on. I\'m very interested to ditch anything that isn\'t needed, the car isn\'t a daily drive so it can become faily stupid:D How loud is an EGI with a straight through exhaust from the ports?

I\'ll get some pics up soon.

Brett · April 17, 2009, 11:59:26 AM

Perfectly loud enough ;-)

rx-sx · April 17, 2009, 04:51:09 PM

Quote from: Brett;599667Perfectly loud enough ;-)

Excellent, I\'ll pick up some scaffold tubes on the way home from work:yes

dthebuk · April 17, 2009, 08:27:35 PM

Quote from: rx-sx;599663How loud is an EGI with a straight through exhaust from the ports?

loud enough that my mate could hear me drive most of the way from his house to my house from his bedroom window, which was about 3 miles....and that was with a mid silencer

Adam fc · April 26, 2009, 08:07:53 PM

just had a 3inch system with a mid box put on,its great...can\'t hear any of the other rattles lol.

rx-sx · April 27, 2009, 10:04:21 AM

Well made a bit of progress. Finally finished chipping all the tar out of the interior (thank god!!!), and made a start spraying it up in the factory white which looks pretty tidy. Wheels have arrived but I\'m going to wait till the coilovers get here until I pop them on, manage to quickly test fit one and it looks like they shut sit pretty flush, may take a bit of arch work but they should be fine. They\'re buddy club P1\'s in 16 x 7.5 on et12:) cant wait to get them fitted and get the ride hieght nice and looooooooooowwwwwww. Going to go for 205/45\'s on the wheels which will actually reduce the diametre from the factory 15\'s with 205/60\'s, so it should help make the car feel a little more spritely.

Also had a little mess under the engine bay, removed the secondary throttle butterlfy\'s, and then went to see if I could bodge on my cone filter. Made a nice discovery of a K&N panel filter though, so decided leave that as it is.

Looked at the exhaust too, does anyone know what the standard EGI manifold looks like? Is it cast or tubular? Find mine to have a tubular one already so I\'m hoping it\'s an uprated one:mmmm