To mod or not to mod?

what mods did u want to do? can u get a cheap header+downpipe for it? could add 10bhp... under drive pulleys another bhp or two ... do something cheap like that and see if u like the performance advantage ...
 
Bug One said:
There are loads of cars out there. If you like the kind of cars I do, but dont lik the looks of the Fiat, how abouts...

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Just ato start you off. :D
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I wouldn't be able to reasonably insure any of those for at least another year, if at all. I think i'm just going to save my money and wait another year. I think a 200SX would be a possibility then, the additional experience would probably be beneficial aswell. Oh well, will have to try and hold off the temptation to mod :(
 
Rear wheel drive isnt the child killer people on the board sometimes make it out to be, you just gotta respect the car. you should be fine with one if you do that.
 
willd58 said:
Rear wheel drive isnt the child killer people on the board sometimes make it out to be, you just gotta respect the car. you should be fine with one if you do that.
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I've always thought that maybe it is, as thousands of people manage to drive RWD cars everyday. Then i remember the video where the the MR2 driver lifts off and swerves straight into a car park at the side of the road....lol :eek:
 
Serj said:
I've always thought that maybe it is, as thousands of people manage to drive RWD cars everyday. Then i remember the video where the the MR2 driver lifts off and swerves straight into a car park at the side of the road....lol :eek:
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Sounds similar to the video of the 206 driver lifting off and going into a mountain.
 
20-25bhp for 600-800 on an NA car is very good imho, if it's genuine then do it as it's not really much cash, which is odd as I'm usually all for the "don't waste your money just buy something faster" line. But if insuring other faster machines is really a no no for a year or two then this is a better option, if your ins doesn't go up much.

To get 25bhp on a 172 you're looking at around 2k I reckon, inlet work, cams, smt6 etc.
 
They're fairly conservative estimates; 10 - 20 bhp for a larger and ported/polished air intake mainfold, 10ish bhp for exhaust manifold + decat and exhaust system and 4 - 12 bhp for lightened pulleys.

A coupe owner from the owners club made 157bhp with the air intake manifold, lightened pulleys and a CAI. I don't know how accurate that is though.

Tbh, i think i'm gonna just save up. £800 odd will go nicely towards a faster turbo'd car :)
 
Upgrading the brakes would improve your laptime, that'd be one of my first mods if I had money to spare
 
Well said geiger

Brakes, suspension and tyres would be my first upgrades tbh... like a guy said on Rovertech today, a great handling car is worth an extra 20bhp :)
 
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