Which engine mods for £1500 ?

[Dave H]

For a 182 Cup with a KTR Supersport exhaust fitted..which mods do you recommend with around £1.5k to spend ? I was looking at Dan's package of cam,matched inlet,remap and belts earlier....who's tried this and what did you think of it from standard? I'm guessing you'd get around a 12% increase in power with this done. How long does it take to be fitted ? Any other ideas?

 

[welsh.Z.S.]

do u do any track days at all ? not a arsey comment btw

 

[Dave H]

No, I've never done any and have no plans to do so. The car is a daily driver, so i'd never take it on a track. To be honest I'm after some more oomph (aren't we all !) and have thought about a supercharger/turbo, but i'd never get my money back. I was just wondering if £1.5k spent is worth it, or should I just get a decent air filter and have it tuned. Its got 51k on the clock and last time it was tuned, at RS it put out 178bhp, which is about right.

 

[.LiamC.]

If it's just your daily I wouldn't be spending that much on parts personally, unless you do a decent amount of miles a day and have decent roads during your journey's. If it's just round town on a daily basis, I wouldn't bother personally.

 

[Dave H]

Its mostly to and from work, on the M60...always slow

 

[danh90]

if you can get a second hand turbo setup been a few on here recently youd be very suprised how little if any money you will lose

 

[danh90]

Its mostly to and from work, on the M60...always slow

Wouldnt touch i then IMO wasted money

 

[CrippsCorner]

Do it, spending money on my car makes me happy

Exhaust, panel filter, remap and camshaft set would see a fair increase although might come in slightly over budget.

 

[aucky]

Second hand RS2 inlet for a better day-to-day driving experience.

 

[Dave H]

Second hand RS2 inlet for a better day-to-day driving experience.

Just the matched inlets ?

 

[Fred@BTM]

no, he's on about the RS2 inlet (throttle bodies in a box sort of thing), being honest, leave it alone, suspension, drugs, women

 

[James]

Yeah I'd be holding out for a second hand RS2 to come up. Plus you can easily remove it to sell on and you wouldn't lose much money.

 

[Beasley Clio182]

no, he's on about the RS2 inlet (throttle bodies in a box sort of thing), being honest, leave it alone, suspension, drugs, women

:drunk:

 

[Daniel]

I'd not waste £1500 on mods for a car that's used for sitting in traffic on the M60.

Complete waste of money imho.

 

[Dave H]

I hear what your saying. I think a decent tune at RS in Leeds and some good juice (for the car!) is probably best.

 

[danh90]

Rs tuner £100 done

 

[imprezaworks]

^^ this. Prob one of if not the best mods i did. £1500 is alot of money for not a huge amount of gains.

 

[cliokid182]

For a 182 Cup with a KTR Supersport exhaust fitted..which mods do you recommend with around £1.5k to spend ? I was looking at Dan's package of cam,matched inlet,remap and belts earlier....who's tried this and what did you think of it from standard? I'm guessing you'd get around a 12% increase in power with this done. How long does it take to be fitted ? Any other ideas?

Try the k-tec induction kit and a remap i wouldnt do the cams unless your belts are due, other wise freshen your car up and save any left over money

 

[Dave H]

Slight gains from the IK I guess...and great sound?

 

[Keyser Soze]

The gains aren't big enough to warrant the cost IMO.
Refresh your suspension instead.

 

[Dave H]

The gains aren't big enough to warrant the cost IMO.
Refresh your suspension instead.

That's been done...new shocks all round to go with my Eibach Sportlines

Ahh, I know. I can fit that splitter I got from Skoda 3 years ago !