I know guys I'm going to make a video walk through for first time start up, engine Bay shots ECT tomorrow was late last night.
The cams are been made by tdf I believe but I'm waiting to hear more info myself
id be dead interested in those cams too! ill have a word with matt
WHYYYYYYY!!! This means i'll have to save a bit more money now Would be rude not to tbh.
I really wonder at the point of £3K + for a small power increase. OK power delivery is better, nice flat torque curve, but add in cams to the whole thing with all the odds and sods you must be looking over £5K. Given that a 182 is average worth £4K that makes £9K + ?? I would just go and buy a faster car! Struth you can buy a Maserati in vgc from £10K and only lose £1K after a year. Your 182 will be worth about £5K after a year??
Sorry, I understand the need to modify cars - been doing it for over 40years, but these cars are in a decent state of tune from the factory. Hence why a lot of race teams run stock engines. And what of insurance premiums? I'm confused! But good luck anyway, and a nicely written review btw.
im so bored of hearing stuff like this. whats the point in having this, its a waste of money blah blah blah.
why bother doing anything ever!
Cheers but this has been covered many times over and over again I did it just for the simple fact of having a tuned car and the love of modifying well paying somebody to modify for me
lovely stuff this is what I was aiming for, I'm not sure how much of the cost was labour but I'm guessing not much as the gen90 is £1090 alone plus everything else and the mapVery good read this is! It's answered most questions I had about ITB's. I imagine a large amount of the cost was spent on labour and mapping? I'd like to be able to fit all the kit myself but would always be worried about messing it up!
It is definately quicker as well, just not explosively so like a S/C.
But boost is for gays.
Thinking about it though, unless you have the cams changed while the belts being replaced (~£3K), you'll be looking at ~£4.5K fitted/mapped. You could get a charger fitted and mapped for 4k, so is it worth it?
A lot of money for not many gains but i bet the noise makes up for that
over run map?? pah!
Should do that anyway if you drive it hard enough!
Good read. I love some cams/ ITB's for my bus.
Confirmed.
OP: I must say that my experience is slightly different in so much as my car felt instantaneously more powerful and responsive with an insatiable appetite for revs, I've had the TDF setup on the car for about a month now and I wish I had done it sooner tbh. The car is so much nicer to drive around town, with none of the part throttle jerkiness it previously had, and it scares the s**t out of me when I open it up.
thanks for that revels the more this helps people the better! Errrm if I knew everything I did now I would probably still of gone for itb's but I wouldn't of gone so half arsed at it and would of done it properly with cams, removing slam pannel ECT I just seem to have over looked everything for where I want my car to stand, I don't regret it one bit though I love tuned cars and I work hard so why not spend my money on what I want its no different from a photographer going out and buying a 2k lens when the could manage with the kit lens just for a hobby. But yes I assumed the same sort of price but in reality it is alot more.Good review. Very honest.
I didn't realise they were so expensive. Thought you could get it all done for around 2k.
Seems you've probably spent the value of your car on modifying it. Do you regret it? If you knew all you know now, would you still go ahead with it?
I will certainly be directing people in this direction when they ask about ITB's in future.
At the end of the day life can be a mugs game but it depends what you make of it, same with tuning a car IMO.
Ok YOU dont feel it's for you but some do, look at the track scene and semi pro motorsport scene, pretty sure they dont say it's pointless.
Ali is spot on though.
Give 2 people 10k each. One spends 2k on coilovers/brakes/tyres and 8k on tuition. The other spends all 10k on the same as the first person but also a supercharger/turbo/fairy dust. His car will be a lot quicker but the tuition will make a massive difference to the first person not only in their speed but the enjoyment.