What should I get next?

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:39 pm

Planning on more power so its between a piggyback ECU or a bored Tb and cams. What would give more power and whats the approxiamte cost of machining the tb and cams?

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:31 am

you would need a piggy back to get the most out of the tb anyway

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:12 pm

There is no such thing as a hot cam for FTO's nor is there anyone with a grind for them. TB increase would be minimal without an ECU as mentioned. Start with the ECU, you'll find 10-15kws there with your mods.

xSlurpee · Post by **xSlurpee** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:21 pm

would 5kW make any noticable difference? just wonder soo i can prepare for modding my FTO. Im planning to save up and go hardout and do heaps, soo i can feel a huge difference (talking about 5-6k in performance mods)

... or just gradually get this and that for the fto ... but yeah would under 5 kW give the car a NOTICEABLE differene?

btw ben, are you pm's full

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:41 pm

Manual transmission FTW!!!

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:00 pm

Sounds like you might as well go the Turbo route.

yano · Post by **yano** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:54 pm

Bennoz wrote:There is no such thing as a hot cam for FTO's nor is there anyone with a grind for them.

What about the ralliart ones mr pres has? Don't rpw sell adjustable cams though???

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:28 pm

Was havign a look at the rpw site. They have a "stage 2 hydraulic one"

http://www.rpw.com.au/shop/index.php?op ... &Itemid=25

They says they have one for the mivec engines... hmm. But yeh piggyback does seem the way to go next.

Ben who grinded (ground????) your tb?

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:52 pm

bushido wrote:Was havign a look at the rpw site. They have a "stage 2 hydraulic one"

http://www.rpw.com.au/shop/index.php?op ... &Itemid=25

They says they have one for the mivec engines... hmm. But yeh piggyback does seem the way to go next.

Ben who grinded (ground????) your tb?

Show me a dyno & I'll believe it. Plus you gotta fork out $2000+ for billet sticks to put the grind onto.

TB was b0red out by my local machine shop. Cant remember the name, but any engineering shop with a boring machine can do it.

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:55 pm

yano28 wrote:
Bennoz wrote:There is no such thing as a hot cam for FTO's nor is there anyone with a grind for them.
What about the ralliart ones mr pres has? Don't rpw sell adjustable cams though???

Ralliart Hong Kong. As mentioned previously, when my engine is in peices next time, anyone is able to borrow them & have them doctored (get the specs off them.)

No such thing as adjustable cams, its adjustable cam gears (the cogs that have the timing belts round them.)

yano · Post by **yano** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:00 pm

As far as cam gears go, what are the options for our cars??? (besides rpw's 5000 ones)

Post by **Bennoz** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:03 pm

There is no purpose to putting on vernier cam gears unless you have some cams that require tuning in to something other than TDC (Top Dead Centre or 0 degrees.)

There might be a possible benefit of saving some weight as opposed to the standard gears, but you guys should be focusing on the basics before bothering with expensive, minor result giving modifications.