Cheap or free engine mods

[The Beardo]

Ok I know the title of thwart sounds odd but I wondered if any peeps know of cheap or free ways to improve engine a performance?

i know you can remove air con and pas quite cheaply, is there anything else that can be done?

 

[.GAZ.]

Remove the carbon canister.

 

[The Beardo]

Does this effect emissions, come Mot time at all?
​

 

[Knuckles]

Bucket mod

 

[.GAZ.]

No mate. Just repember to blank the pipe off on the engine.

 

[.GAZ.]

Bucket mod

LOL

 

[The Beardo]

Ok cool, ill do that this week.
​

 

[The Beardo]

Have I missed the joke with bucket mod?

 

[Knuckles]

Some lad decided to put a bucket in his engine to prevent the induction kit sucking in hot air. It was hilarious

 

[The Beardo]

Awesome, I like his thinking lol.
​

 

[DomDale]

Disconnect air filter totally.. mpg = 9 noise = 1000. LOL

 

[Chip-mk1]

Ok I know the title of thwart sounds odd but I wondered if any peeps know of cheap or free ways to improve engine a performance?

i know you can remove air con and pas quite cheaply, is there anything else that can be done?

You can switch off the aircon using a button in the car, thats completely free and will reduce its drag from a couple of BHP down to essentially nothing.

 

[plymcl172]

but if you turn the air con on it loses about 50bhp.......

 

[Chip-mk1]

but if you turn the air con on it loses about 50bhp.......

More like 2-3 TBH

 

[Knuckles]

Don't have your xenons on either as they sap power... Unless its during the day, or people might not see you.

 

[The Beardo]

I'm removing my air con and doing the epas conversion at the mo, so hopefully will rev up abit better. Have been toying with removing xenons and replacing with standard/cup lights.

 

[plymcl172]

More like 2-3 TBH

yes I know it was a joke

 

[Knuckles]

I'm removing my air con and doing the epas conversion at the mo, so hopefully will rev up abit better. Have been toying with removing xenons and replacing with standard/cup lights.

I was joking there too.

Xenons > standard units

​Looking awesome during the day > .00000263 bhp

 

[plymcl172]

he will get the CS way soon enough lol

turn your music down too that drains power.....

 

[The Beardo]

The reason for swapping lights is weight saving and I know it's not much but as tesco say, every little helps.

​as for music, I only use iPod and headphones

 

[MrDave]

Carrot on a stick mod.

 

[Chip-mk1]

I'm removing my air con and doing the epas conversion at the mo, so hopefully will rev up abit better. Have been toying with removing xenons and replacing with standard/cup lights.

If you hold the steering wheel straight the PAS does almost nothing, even when "flat out" steering to parallel park its only a tiny amount of horsepower, and if the aircon is turned off it does almost nothing in terms of drag.

So if you want to know what it will "rev up" like after, it will be almost exactly as it is now when the aircon is off and you are going straight.

The only time it will make a decent amount more power than it does now, is while parallel parking with the aircon on.


The weight saving is quite a significant one though, and its from in front of the front axle, so thats a better reason to do it, as is the decreased chance of belt failure.

 

[scott.p]

The reason for swapping lights is weight saving and I know it's not much but as tesco say, every little helps.

​as for music, I only use iPod and headphones

I'd sooner have xenons and be able to see where I'm going as opposed to standard lights

 

[Dave..]

Have a s**t before you set off. That'll save you a good 2kg.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Weight difference for non xenons must be about equivalent to only wearing one show while driving or having half a litre less fuel in the tank?

 

[The Beardo]

Chip, thank you for that bit of info, this is why I love this club, people happy to share their knowledge

 

[Djw Dave]

Weight difference for non xenons must be about equivalent to only wearing one show while driving or having half a litre less fuel in the tank?

Which shoe though?

 

[BlackGoldMatt]

Which shoe though?

I'd keep the left shoe on personally, right shoes are overrated anyway!

 

[Advikaz]

Clean under the wheel arches - weight saving.

 

[Jordanb29]

Judging by your name 'Mr Beardo' id get shaving that beard! might save a little bit of weight? Or just go to the toilet beforehand and make sure your as light as you can be?

 

[Martin.]

Weight difference for non xenons must be about equivalent to only wearing one show while driving or having half a litre less fuel in the tank?

​Made me laugh.

 

[m4tt274]

Take the rear seats, spare wheel and whatever else out the back. More noise, better mpg, less weight. Just better at the cost of no back seats.

 

[MG cup]

Proper steering geometry & no interior = job done

 

[Harbinger]

Race grade fuel, Chop the exhaust off altogether before Cat, just have the manifold hanging off and direct air feed with no filter, then strip everything off the car.

 

[MG cup]

^^^ Must read more..... I suppose suspension geometry doesn't come under engine mods but mehhh it will have more of an affect than 10-20bhp will.