[CL9] In search of horsepower

[tony1234]

Lightened flywheel and lower final drive will do wonders.Otherwise headers are best bolt on value.

[tonysalib]

Ok noobish question, what's a final drive? Clutch or gearbox upgrade?

[marquee]

Gear box mod. Will a ep3r final drive work

[tony1234]

Ok noobish question, what's a final drive? Clutch or gearbox upgrade?

Diff.But you do have to split the gearbox to access the diff.

[aaronng]

TBH I don't fully agree with bennjamin because the DC5R vs the Euro R there isn't a BIG difference in track performance wise.

If you are basing it on Best Motoring's racing around the track, don't. Their racing is biased based on the driver of the car.

If your car is modded out fine even without the turbo / supercharger you can get some good times.

It's just that you need a lot of time and money to make sure everything is perfect and most people just rather buy another car and waste less money.

ECU reflash + weight loss is quite important if you want a fast car and it's not just about boosting the hp up like bennjamin said. If your tracking, getting good coilovers and sway bars ect ect
is also needed to handle that extra power or torque.

Before you even start on the more expensive mods, take the car to the track first to see which area needs to be improved. Usually it is the driver that requires the most mods before even being able to max out the car on track.

[Type R Positive]

Before you even start on the more expensive mods, take the car to the track first to see which area needs to be improved. Usually it is the driver that requires the most mods before even being able to max out the car on track.

Then tyres. Need good tyres!

[richard_k]

Agreed but he didn't say he wanted to track it

[richard_k]

lmao it's my own car but under parents business name and they wish to leave the car for my little sister :P as we owned it first hand then purchased by me :P

And you have a 3 series too? Haha

[jzx_andy]

Let me just say that yes the euro has a very potent chassis and the engine is somewhat potent.. but the fact is you will need to dump a large amount of money into it, to get it anywhere near 'fast'..

getting intake/exhaust/tune/cams/forced induction/installation with the minimal amount of supporting mods (ie springs, upgraded brake pads and tyres) would probably cost 10-15k.. and that's the price you'd pay to get about 270-320whp, which is quite respectable for a euro (and quite unique!), but in the scene of jap cars.. its not really going to keep up with other turbo cars that have had maybe 4-5 grand put in it.

so what i'm basically pointing at is that for the same amount of money (if you spend it wisely!) you can go out and buy a built nissan/toyo for 10-15k which would not only be probably faster, it would cause less headaches and RWD would also be a high point. oh and also you'd be able to keep your euro on the road (reliability)

but on the other hand, if you love your euro so much, or want to do something that is unique, or enjoy building a car.. then by all means go ahead (i am also quite hyped for a member here who is supercharging his euro, and am looking forward to see how his car goes, so im no hater)

just throwing out the other options.. if you want to do only intake/exhaust, well.. your euro is still going to be slow, but then again it depends what you want to achieve out of your mods

my 2c

[richard_k]

yeha man just go for stance haha

[euro_run]

7. Sell car and buy evo!

YOu might be on to something..lol.

Supercharger? Dont see myself going there..I'm not looking to track the car. Not yet at least

Looks like the CL9 responds well to CAI mods, might be a place to start. Just a bit concerned about loss below the 3,000rpm range... but what does a 3hp loss feel like?

Anywwhere like having the AC on?

[integral90]

Flywheel is the single best thing you can do for straight line performance in the Euro, as others have said. Where are you located? I have a JDM DC5R flywheel for sale