sensible modifying....

[fasterthanjesus]

question.

ive a bit of money saved up for some engine work. if you had money to spend, say 2k, what would you do engine wise.

cams? lightened flywheel, balanced crank, porting.?

or would saving up for throttle bodies be a better solution?

or should i factor ramair into the equation?

[2 live]

a complete rebuild, rings shells mains etc. lighten n balanced bottom end, cams, new pumps, bit of headwork and a remap...should be doable under 2500 and the engine should be pretty much bullet proof for years to come....an ideal base to then start takin the mods a little bit further wen funds allow. ;)


and ul see very good gains.

[J o n]

as above, bar the rebuild if it doesn't need it. GazTwo's has those mods, cams, headwork, breathing and a remap and 196bhp iirc?

[Jamie.]

a complete rebuild, rings shells mains etc. lighten n balanced bottom end, cams, new pumps, bit of headwork and a remap...should be doable under 2500 and the engine should be pretty much bullet proof for years to come....an ideal base to then start takin the mods a little bit further wen funds allow. ;)


and ul see very good gains.

you could only do that if you rebuilt the engine yourself. the rebuild kit is about £600 (for everything), proper headwork i.e. not just bowel work is another £600, lighten and balance is £200, cams and pulleys £600 and a remap is £500, so yeh thats spot on £2500. but whether or no you could fit and build everything yourself is another matter.

[2 live]

depends if u shop about a bit...prices can be had a lot cheaper ;)

[2 live]

bearing in mind mine cost me less than 2000.including buying the engine and a £400 re-con of the gearbox...with all new pumps belts gaskets bearings rings etc etc etc.

[Jamie.]

as i say you could only do that if you could do it yourself, no way you could pay someone to do those mods listed as it would probably run into the 4k category

and errmm.... if you ever want to rebuild mine for me you know where i am....

[Purple]

Whatever the mods you plan to do, make sure you set aside a sum of money for rolling-road tuning. A decent RR tuning would maximise all the mods that you had put in.

[J o n]

Whatever the mods you plan to do, make sure you set aside a sum of money for rolling-road tuning. A decent RR tuning would maximise all the mods that you had put in.

your price estimates are well over what I'd have paid and could have had the work done for though, under £2k for that lot easily imo. just need to shop around.

[TriO`]

lol ^^