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hi there, i have a completely standard ep3 that i would like to get more power out of, what can i do to acheive around the 220 horsepower mark thanks for your time
hmm your probably going to have to spend close to the £2000 mark to get 220+bhp which to me seems like a waste of money. N\A engines are notoriously difficult to get more power out of. especially the K20A2 as its producing nearly 100bhp per litre already! my personal opinion has always been... leave it as it is its an awesome car straight out of the box. if its high numbers on a dyno print out your looking for then you should have just saved the extra money and bought an mitsubishi evo, subaru impreza etc
but thats not the be all and end all of driving experience.
Only a race header with a race cat built in or the DC5 4-2 and 2-1 with cat section will pass a MOT. Otherwise you will have to put a Spoon header (4-2, into a 2-1) on and change the 2-1 part for the cat section or change an entire race manifold (4-1) over.
If you're running an aftermarket manifold, then it's pretty essential that you run the JDM anti roll bar (to stop the manifold from knocking) and an uprated front engine mount or torque damper (to minimise flex which damages aftermarket header).
I totaly agree with whats been said there i currently have mani de-cat catback CAI waiting for k100 but i dont sit there thinking ive wasted money, i dont do it to get massive figures, it makes the car act a different way and even though my car isnt mapped i can tell its different to standard, i also have FRSU and coilovers, in all my CTR is more fun to drive than it was as standard which i found hard to imagine as its amazing as standard !!Wise words to a certain degree, but you're preaching, potentially, to the wrong crowd here.
Yes, £2000 is about right for what I got (240bhp). Throw that at a AWD boosted car and you will get a lot more power. But I don't have a AWD boosted car. I wanted a CTR.
Add to that the FRSU and the strut braces and the EP3 becomes a totally different experience, but in the same car. Much sharper, focused and eager.
It's not about high numbers on dyno's, that's easy to achieve. It's about increasing the useable power. The remap brings in the power alot earlier and I had massive amounts of torque at 6'000rpm. It was never an aim to increase max power, its just a benefit of increasing the breathing capabilities of the K20.
What I'm saying is that its not a waste of money like you say, far from it, you get good results from it. You do get more for your money from AWD turbo's cars (power wise) but thats not the be all and end all of driving experience.