I have around 3.5k spent on my engine and soone to be another 1.5k.
Is it worth it? It is to me but I doubt if alot of people would feel the same. I would be happy with 225bhp after spending 5k.
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I have around 3.5k spent on my engine and soone to be another 1.5k.
Is it worth it? It is to me but I doubt if alot of people would feel the same. I would be happy with 225bhp after spending 5k.
I dont track it, it has cost me too much money
How old are you? My insurance isnt to bad but I am 30. IMO get a set of coilovers and a loud exhaust it will go round corners like a go cart and will 'sound' like you have made it faster if nothing else
Milltek'd 182
im 20, and i my quote increased by £250 if i was to tell them about my inlets being done! the only reason i really want to mod my car...is to beat people who think they r all that in highly mod'd maxpower cars or ones that they think are 'fast' and piss on them
but if i had that much disposable income...im sure id have TB's or somethin similar sitting under my bonnet...one day!!
but if i had that much disposable income...im sure id have TB's or somethin similar sitting under my bonnet...one day!!
some of us are just leaving work.
i agree with mark there some of the figures that are flying around seem way over exagerated,people claiming close to 200bhp with simple mods 30bhp is a lot of power to find from an na engine that doesnt normally make standard power,ive got inlet,plenhum,exhaust,182 manifold,100cell cat,airfilter & group n and i think mine made 155atw corrected which worked out to 187atf i'll have to sort my graph out
put the figures on my other thread if you dont mind Matty
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=195389
what sports cat have you got?
what were your rr results?
From viper, s/s exhaust, de-cat, cams, manifold match and remap I made 195bhp. Can't remember the torque.
With s/s exhaust, de-cat, cams, omex, jenvey itbs it made 218bhp
My cup is std bar an itg panel filter. I had my cup rolling roaded and it made 174bhp where other standard(ish) 172's were making 168-172 bhp on the same rollers on the same day.
With s/s exhaust, de-cat, cams, omex, jenvey itbs it made 218bhp
My cup is std bar an itg panel filter. I had my cup rolling roaded and it made 174bhp where other standard(ish) 172's were making 168-172 bhp on the same rollers on the same day.
RB 182 Cup
I had my car re-mapped by pmurray at RS Tuning during the xmas break. But first.....
1. Fitted ITG panel filter
result = slightly better at high revs. No negative response. Thumbs up
2. Backbox fell off. Fitted powerflow stealth replica system. 2" bore system, front and rear silencers (puff) LOL
result = seemed like a loss of low down/mid range torque, however increase in smoothness at high revs + power at highrevs. Exhaust sounded like a wet f4rt round town, low revs, bit boomy.
3. RS Tuning re-map. Instant surge of low down and esp mid range torque (Laughable in comparison!!) smoothing in of the 5000rpm 'on cam' kick, and limiter raised to 7650rpm. I can now drive round one gear higher than before with same amount of 'pull'
To say i was happy with the RS tuning re-map was an understatement.
Was it worth £275? Yes I'd say it was, I had to spend £230 on the exhaust cos I didnt want to go the renault route (£400+) and was a bit disappointed.
The re-map has helped bring everything back in line.
I love my car again now - and don't want to sell it any more.
Personal opinion. If you've gone down the S/S exhaust route, it's worth re-mapping I'd say.
james
1. Fitted ITG panel filter
result = slightly better at high revs. No negative response. Thumbs up
2. Backbox fell off. Fitted powerflow stealth replica system. 2" bore system, front and rear silencers (puff) LOL
result = seemed like a loss of low down/mid range torque, however increase in smoothness at high revs + power at highrevs. Exhaust sounded like a wet f4rt round town, low revs, bit boomy.
3. RS Tuning re-map. Instant surge of low down and esp mid range torque (Laughable in comparison!!) smoothing in of the 5000rpm 'on cam' kick, and limiter raised to 7650rpm. I can now drive round one gear higher than before with same amount of 'pull'
To say i was happy with the RS tuning re-map was an understatement.
Was it worth £275? Yes I'd say it was, I had to spend £230 on the exhaust cos I didnt want to go the renault route (£400+) and was a bit disappointed.
The re-map has helped bring everything back in line.
I love my car again now - and don't want to sell it any more.
Personal opinion. If you've gone down the S/S exhaust route, it's worth re-mapping I'd say.
james
it'll start feeling slower again in a couple of weeks as you'll be used to the power so get your wallet ready for a bashing.
RB 182 Cup
I recieved a missed delivery notice from royal mail, 5 mins before i got in the workshop, that yours?
IMO, what most people are forgetting to note is that there is a power ceiling.
you cant just keep pushing power on what is a horrible inlet manifold.
On stock cams your going to hit a wall at circa 190-ish simply because you have a capped timeframe for air to enter the cylinders, you can play around with ex manifolds from 172/182 but it wont majorly affect the ceiling limit.
The high power outputs which run the plenums have cams and headwork to push those last few bhp, but then you reach the limit of the actual plenum.
The cut and welded plenum i did took YONKS and capped itself at 215-217bhp, but the sacrifice was low down torque as you cant have both with a plenum.
So if you start with a 182, your already closer to the ceiling than you would be with a 172.
you cant just keep pushing power on what is a horrible inlet manifold.
On stock cams your going to hit a wall at circa 190-ish simply because you have a capped timeframe for air to enter the cylinders, you can play around with ex manifolds from 172/182 but it wont majorly affect the ceiling limit.
The high power outputs which run the plenums have cams and headwork to push those last few bhp, but then you reach the limit of the actual plenum.
The cut and welded plenum i did took YONKS and capped itself at 215-217bhp, but the sacrifice was low down torque as you cant have both with a plenum.
So if you start with a 182, your already closer to the ceiling than you would be with a 172.
it'll affect the torque spread.
Peak torque will be moved up a few hundred rpm, but spread figures will still be slightly higher than stock. Problem is the space, which is why renault curled the manifold around the engine to get some length in, but if you want a straight runner you dont have much space to play with, so i have to play with pulse plates instead ala GT40.
Peak torque will be moved up a few hundred rpm, but spread figures will still be slightly higher than stock. Problem is the space, which is why renault curled the manifold around the engine to get some length in, but if you want a straight runner you dont have much space to play with, so i have to play with pulse plates instead ala GT40.
M
mini-valver
Id like to get rid of the shite bag plastic inlet omine but talk to you about that sunday Ben. need to do something as its irritatingly slow....
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