If I were to do as many mods to my S2 engine as I could without using any special tools ie for skimming ect what could I do to it, how much would it cost and once its all together what bhp could it create? obviously once it was all together it would then be set up by a tuner.


Thanks

 

not much

 

Is that all I get? What about the cam? I know people do this in there own garage! Can the pistons be changed by a DIY person?

 

Anything can be done DIY. Anything. And if you never try, you'll never learn.

 

Yeah I know thats why I asking cause I wanna give it ago and learn but want to find out whats going to be possible for me with no expensive machines like mills and lathes.

What are the bolt on mods which I could do?

 

buy a book called "How to rebuild and tunes fords cvh" great book i brought it intending to rebuild mine myself! then i read that and thought...nah fook it!

 

same here got book to do it myself think its best left to the pro's
I try and to everything else my self only way to learn

 

There are a lot of 'bolt on' modifications that you can do to an RST
here are some in no particular order
1. cam and vernier pulley change.. very easy
2. larger intercooler. very easy
3. Chip the ECU. easy enough if your confident with a slodering iron!
4. Port the head.. easy enough to make the holes bigger! hard to get it right to properly aid air flow though
5. exhaust & filter etc easy peasy.
6. install low compression pistons/ complete engine rebuild etc.. easy enough for the 'acomplished DIY mechanic'
7. replace turbo for larger item.. very easy.
8. change management.. requires a reasonable knoledge of wiring and engine management.

There are LOADS of things you can do you NEED a power figure to aim at so you can get the correct spec for that! no point putting a HUGE turbo on if you only want 200 Bhp

 

Done all of them I think.... for except the low comp which I don't really get. I'm actually a fan of high comp and will propably do my next turbo CVH as 9.5:1 CR. I have billions of pictures of many modifications if something is needed.

 

Jesse what RON is the fuel in finland?

 

We have 95 and 98 RON. Don't ask which I use