[CL9] In search of horsepower

[roony]

good stuff . eager for ur feedback on it. Ill get mine once im back in country. you used the supplied filter right?

[swiftvin]

i read something about some mods cancelling out your CRUISE CONTROL and VSA?
Is this true?

[tonysalib]

i read something about some mods cancelling out your CRUISE CONTROL and VSA?
Is this true?

Pretty sure any ECU upgrade will result in this.

[marquee]

i read something about some mods cancelling out your CRUISE CONTROL and VSA?
Is this true?

kpro does this

[ChaosMaster]

Depending on budget, I still reckon a low boost supercharger kit is the way to go. Unless there's a low boost turbo kit around. Anything more than 200kw is too much for a fwd imo.

[sodaz]

Best horsepower mods and I've almost tried them all:
1. Headers + High flow cat (Toda/J's racing/Maximworks)
2. ECU retune (Greddy E-manage, Haltech Interceptor, Hondata)
3. Intake (Airbox/CAI) - Mugen, Injen, J's Racing, Gruppe M
4. Lightweight flywheel - Best engine response mod if you have a manual
5. Lightweight pulleys - Helps the engine rev much faster and smoother
6. Lightweight wheels - Improved acceleration off the mark and braking
7. Supercharger - very difficult to install without ECU issues in Australia (Comptech sells a supercharger kit in the US)
8. Turbocharger - even harder than supercharging, custom kit required
9. Exhaust - only useful with headers installed, minimal gain in hp

[Raptor90]

if you have the money get a k20 head and whack it on and plus intake , headers, exhaust and tune it and if u have more money you can throw
in a turbo or a supercharger put it all depends on how much money your willing to spend !

[eur011]

Hey Bud,

these are the mods ive done so far (in order of which ive done them and going to do)

Done:
1.CAI
2.Hi Flow Exhaust
3.Stage 2 exedy 3 puk Ceramic racing Clutch
4.Exedy Chromoly Lightened Flywheel (4kg)
5.RBC Intake Manifold
6.Dc Sports Headers

Being done in the next month:
7. 50 Degree VTC Camgear
8. Hondata FlashPro + tune

Future mods:
9. Camshafts + supporting mods
10. High comp pistons, maybe 12.5:1?

[ChaosMaster]

eur011, you aiming for power or torque. A lot of people think that power is everything, but when they lose torque (which matters more low down), they reckon they've gone backwards. That said, most of your mods should see benifits to both, other than perhaps RBC which is said to increase power high end but sacrifice low down.

[eur011]

Ive tried to balance out everything, rbc, cai > lightened fly wheel and 4-2-1 headers. i want a good all rounder. hopefully after my flashpro comes in and tune my power band will be smoother. atm car is lacking in bot-mid range torque. i will post up a dyno b4 and after once done.,

[MingZai]

Selling my Weapon R Headers...

[DreadAngel]

Ive tried to balance out everything, rbc, cai > lightened fly wheel and 4-2-1 headers. i want a good all rounder. hopefully after my flashpro comes in and tune my power band will be smoother. atm car is lacking in bot-mid range torque. i will post up a dyno b4 and after once done.,

What cams were you looking at though? When all said and done, the main influence on a NA car's power/torque band and delivery are the cams. You can sort of cover the loss of bottom end torque with a good tuner/ecu but when you're going big cams, all civility is gone out the window [Idle, Low End, Economy, etc]. Obviously it's all relative =P

One question to ask yourselves though... Is it worth taking your Euro past simple bolt-ons and a tune? Unless you treasure your Euro and want to make it into something big, keep it strictly at that step, buy the car you really want to get big performance out of. Not to put a damper on it or what not and I know Euro's have potential but you gotta go pretty hardcore to get it really shifting.