Originally Posted by
chaffe
Bike carbs are not the answer, its hard enough tuning bike throttle bodies for a smooth and fuel efficient drive with programmable efi (i should know im in the process of doing just that) let alone carbs that have very little tunability, Turbo is a far better solution, better fuel economy and drivability, even upto 200bhp on std internals (done that too, twice) 145bhp from a 2 litre petrol car is poor, most are 150+ out of the factory (clio sport, cav red top, escort rs2k for example) what are they std? 130bhp? i doubt you would really feel 15bhp increase in power tbh
the 15bhp increase is definately noticable. even just the 10 from the manifold is. i've had to put my standard manifold and cat back on and it now feels flat and utterly shite at the top end
Neil, could you do a break down of your engine mods please and costs? i feel that would be very usefull for a lot of people as i've not come accross anyone who's gone down your route of tuning.