Tuning tips please

[Sean]

I\'ve  a 2nd gen Turbo II. I want to go faster (I tried screaming but that didn\'t work) but at the same token, I don\'t want to tell my insurance company that it goes faster! Any tips on how to gain extra horses without officially modifying the car (or at least not getting caught?

Any tips valued, as I don\'t know the first thing about these things. My fastest car before this was a Mini with an Austin Allegro 1480cc lump in it!:o

[Glenn Butcher]

Hi Sean,

Are you aiming to get a lot of hp or a little?

It is a difficult one to answer, as it depends on how far you want to go and what your budget is.

You can do things like change the exhaust system, making it more free-flowing.  You can gain quite a lot of power by doing this...HOWEVER!

When you change the exhaust system, you also need to ensure that the engine doesn\'t boost spike then/run lean etc..  So really, what you need to do is upgrade all your fuel system, and have a mappable ECU - to change air/fuel/timing etc.

So you can soon see that the costs get quite high.

[Sean]

So it\'s not as easy as tweaking an su carb and advancing the timing on a mini then!:(

[Archbish]

well, given that Nitrous is not legal for road use, and therefore is not a mod you declare to the insurance company as you can\'t use it on the road anyway (it\'d be like declaring anthrax self defence mechanism under the passenger seat), technically you don\'t need to declare it...

I would check it out first tho...

[Sean]

I must admit that when I was looking to buy an RX, my original plans included NOS. But then when I bought the car home from bradford, I shit my pants and scrapped the idea. Thing is, I\'ve got used to it now, so Nos sounds like fun again!

Any info on kits or firms or anyone thats actually done this?

I\'m sick of all the boy racers round here. Iknow that my car is faster than any of theirs but they just wont learn. Me thinks NOS might show them! :cool :cool :cool

[Archbish]

Nitrous xpress is good, Nos is OK, and there\'s a new firm importing from the states, and it\'s a quality install.  

Just make sure you can get enough fuel, and the don\'t use too much - on a turbo engine, 35hp should be more than enough...

[Jus]

Originally posted by Sean
I\'ve  a 2nd gen Turbo II. I want to go faster (I tried screaming but that didn\'t work) but at the same token, I don\'t want to tell my insurance company that it goes faster! Any tips on how to gain extra horses without officially modifying the car (or at least not getting caught?

Any tips valued, as I don\'t know the first thing about these things. My fastest car before this was a Mini with an Austin Allegro 1480cc lump in it!:o

I would say ecu, intake, exhaust and FCD is the way to go for starters. Should give you an extra 50hp. The price for that, say £1500 after that you\'ll need injectors, fuel pump and re-mapping.

Better then say, £500 for an exhaust and intake only to find out you need an engine rebuild becuase you ran lean costing you an additional £2500.

Looking at your Sig, you live next to WGT, you lucky bugger! Go see Pip @ Wgt, you\'ll be in safe hand there.

Regards...

Jus

[craig]

Originally posted by Sean
I must admit that when I was looking to buy an RX, my original plans included NOS. But then when I bought the car home from bradford, I shit my pants and scrapped the idea. Thing is, I\'ve got used to it now, so Nos sounds like fun again!

Any info on kits or firms or anyone thats actually done this?

I\'m sick of all the boy racers round here. Iknow that my car is faster than any of theirs but they just wont learn. Me thinks NOS might show them! :cool :cool :cool

take it from me what ever you do the boy racers will never learn,at the end of the day they are all kids that think  a 2.0ltr in a nova  makes a  a good car lol  the best way to win with them i find is just to point and laff

[MikeLMR]

its not just the boy racers ... i had a new\'ish porsche 911 convertable reving his engine at me the other day ... it would have slaughtered my poor little 7 so I did the evil thing and didn\'t play ball .... now he will never now if it was quick or not hehehehehe

[craig]

lol that is another way  saying that i had 1 the other day when i was in my s1 rst p911 turbo  right behind me down a back road  so i pushed it a bit never going to win but it was funn all the same then just sat  on the  w\'line  so he could not pass  well funny  seeing get all mad,he backed off after a bit  so i\'m saying i won :rollin


it\'s not how fast it goes it\'s how ya drive it

[MikeLMR]

ahhh corners .... thats much more fun

its amusing how irate people get when theres a base model mazda 323 stuck to thier rear bumper in the twisty bits and they can\'t shake it ...  mx5\'s , subaru\'s, bikes, most of its down to the driver and how insane/how well they know the road

[craig]

lol i\'m not saying i\'m insane  but i do like ta get the old thing sliding  from time ta time  does not do that bad for a 19 year old car hehe

oh is there a fd3 drift club at all?
take it ya  on about a 323 gt-r  saw 1 in  japanese performance  realy looked nice got me thinking would not mind 1

[BlitzBoy]

Originally posted by Archbish
well, given that Nitrous is not legal for road use, and therefore is not a mod you declare to the insurance company as you can\'t use it on the road anyway (it\'d be like declaring anthrax self defence mechanism under the passenger seat), technically you don\'t need to declare it...

I would check it out first tho...

PS NOS IS Legal for road use so long as you declare it to the insurance company

[Sean]

But how does it affect the premium?

[BlitzBoy]

well you can kiss goodbye to at least £500 in your wallet for the  extra premium LMAO:D