DIY power mods

[funkimic]

right, got my car thru its 1st mot with a bit of work, so now its all set for another years drivin, im thinkin of tarting her up a bit.

at the mo its standard apart from a cat back scopion exhaust and a k&n panel filter. are there any other cheap DIY mods i can do to give a bit more power?

the spark plugs are upto 7.5k miles since they were last changed. do they need changing and what would you recommend?

finally im gonna get 4 new tyres of the 195 50 R15 type. i was gonna order off the net but my local tyre place can do me either a set of goodyears for £200 or firestones for about £190 including balnce,teack and alignment included. which should i go for?

any help on this lot would be appreciated - mike

 

[weight]

Quote: Originally posted by funkimic on 12 August 2003


right, got my car thru its 1st mot with a bit of work, so now its all set for another years drivin, im thinkin of tarting her up a bit.

at the mo its standard apart from a cat back scopion exhaust and a k&n panel filter. are there any other cheap DIY mods i can do to give a bit more power?

decat

the spark plugs are upto 7.5k miles since they were last changed. do they need changing and what would you recommend?

There probably still fine, check the electrodes for wear

finally im gonna get 4 new tyres of the 195 50 R15 type. i was gonna order off the net but my local tyre place can do me either a set of goodyears for £200 or firestones for about £190 including balnce,teack and alignment included. which should i go for?

Eagle F1s?????????? if so go for them!

any help on this lot would be appreciated - mike

 

[Tom_16v]

You can also get a Hill Power chip for about £150

 

[Ben H]

Id say that a de-cat is the cheapest power mod you can do. Sound is not to everyones taste, but it does vary according to what system you have cat-back and mine is a lot more bearable than I was led to believe! The pops and flames make it worth it.

Dont forget that an open filter like the K&N will be losing you power in the hot weather, so if youve still got the original airbox it will certainly give you better acceleraive performance at lower speeds.

195/50/15 is probably one of the cheapest tyre sizes for performance tyres and youve got a lot of choice for the money. I got a set of Yoko A539s fitted for £160. Sounds like a good price for the Goodyears.

 

[RicH-]

when was your distrubuter cap last changed ? and rotor arm , i just renewed them today and the car pulls much better !

 

[steve a]

check the leads as well as i ve seen a few fraid ones, 3 cylinder lead always goes.

 

[funkimic]

might have a go at changing the leads.

been looking thru my service history and most of the stuff on the car is still original after 90000 miles.

its had the cambelt done, a new rad but aprat from that just tyres, brake pads and the usual service item stuff and it runs great.

prob end up with a massive bill for bits when they start goin wrong.

0-60 is in the low 7s so im fairly happy with car.

just had all 4 tyres replaced today. came to £230 for goodyear nct5s which i know is not brilliant, but lookin at mytryes reviews, they are better than the goodyear f1s. the two fronts were completly shot