back in love

[kl95fto]

well my fto was off the road for a while 2-3 months during that time i drove a little excell and slowly forgot what my baby was like and started to think why do i need o keep it ill just sell and buy a cheap car that gets me from A to B

last week i picked it up from a mates and drove her home and WOW!!! i forgot that feeling we take for granted well i did. So now im devoting every spare bit of change and time into her

currently in the mechanics getting a gearbox rebuild and service and a few other things. But id like your help over the next few months im going to be doing a lot to her and need to know what i should do to maximize saving money or getting the best bang for my buck.

I want to style her up a little and add some n/a power so what to do?

bodykit?? or just front bar leatheret seats?? just front or front and back i need help with these kinds of things

power... i have cai just have to box my pod what else can i doto add a lot or some power for less

any other ideas that u think could help making her one of those ftos ppl go wow??

[Kustom]

Good to hear your keeping her & restoring her. As to what body kit etc it's personal choice man whatever you like the most

[dstocks]

to get a bit more power, cheapest mods are intake and exhaust

[vipfto]

yip followed by Throttle body and plenum enlargment along with new better leads and plugs/ piggy back ECU and if manual while box is being done get a lightened flywheel and HD clutch

[kl95fto]

ok well i have the cai and a 2 and half inch exhaust the whole way through sounds pretty mean.

i have iridium plugs and not sure on my leads

as for piggyback,ecu what are they worth and where would i go in the ipswich/brisbane area to get that done?? will i notice much power gain??

im tiptronic so no flyweel any other tips?? should i ditch the cromies and get like?? whats light?


thanks guys appreciate it

[aza013]

then a port and polish of the heads.
all that will put you close to the 150KWs ATW.
thats on a mivec manual, Tip will be aprox 10kws less.

should i ditch the cromies

If it was me hell yes!

[vipfto]

+1 no chrome

[kl95fto]

so what type of wheels should i get like i know mine are chrome and on my commowhore there alloys what type is light?

how much would port and polish of the heads set me back??

[aza013]

looking at about $1500 for the port and polish.

Rims well any thing like OZ racing, Gram light there are two that just comes to mined strait away, there are a lot out there just have to look around.

[silverGPX]

hey aza, would u piggyback after the port and polish as well?

[aza013]

You can but I think it would be better if you left it to the last mod.
If you get it befor doing all your other mods you will be spending money and time refining the tune after each mod to get full use of it.
Each retune will set you back around $100-$160.

[silverGPX]

Well if i just redo my current engine, put new coilpacks, sparkplugs leads the lot everything new in it. except pistons.

+ my current mods, full 2.5 inch exhaust (hi flo cat, extractors, 2 resonators and hi flo muffler), boxed pod and CAI.

How much power would i have?

And how much power would i gain by then putting a piggyback, then a port and polish?

[aza013]

After all the above is done and being a tip I would say around the 140kws atw.
I only say that as I have done some of those mods and I am just under the 140 now with a manual. I still have to add the 2.5 pipes and extractors, biger TB, biger fuel pump things like that.
Keep in mined that it's a sh*t load of $$$$ you need to spend on it to get it all done. End result your only getting aprox 40kws.