power boost

[Gym thread]

any 1 know if a powr boost valve is a good idea i have 1 mate think they are the bees knees and another that thinks they are a waste of 80 quid, what is you guys thoughts

 

[Fred@BTM]

waste of time!

 

[Moose4624]

i was interested in these, but what fred says is gospel in this area so il leave it lol

 

[Fred@BTM]

not quite gospel! but on a 182 its pointless

 

[Moose4624]

oooh how about a 1.2 8v then?

 

[RichMcc]

The ecu adjusts the amount of fuel its pumping through the injectors... no valves gonna bump up the amount that gets used, a remap would tho... and anyway if you pumped too much fuel through you'd be chugging black smoke and getting about 3mpg....

Give me the £80 and I'll rip some bits off your car and make it lighter and thus faster

 

[Peperami]

Spend the money on a decat/ air filter/ furry dice

 

[RichMcc]

I would say a decat is the only reasonable cheep mod that will give any gains!
And anyway if you wanted to pump more fuel you'd need bigger injectors and an uprated fuel pump.. and then you'd need considerably more air flowing into the engine to warrent pumping more fuel... and by this I mean a turbo or a supercharger... and a remap and then possibly you'd need a better fuel regulator...

Ear me now! There are no cheep bits of tat you can stick on your car that will give you more power!
EcoTek... pointless
Power boost valves... pointless
Induction kits.... might just make it breath a little more freely but mostly just make a noise... but realisticly...no more power

 

[Tony Hunter]

Do furry dice work?Do you do them Fred?how much fitted

 

[Peperami]

Thats what i had fitted the other day tony.

Took all day but well chuffed with the results.

 

[Fred@BTM]

they do! me and yoz bother have them in our cars!

 

[Tony Hunter]

I want some

 

[RichMcc]

Ive got lowered, poly bushed strut braced dice... their more stable through the twisties :rasp:

 

[Moose4624]

lol ok ta rich

 

[Tony Hunter]

I thought they were better set up low and hanging

 

[RichMcc]

depends how you drive

 

[InSoMnIa]

group buy !!!!!