had to sell the cossie to buy a house but am now looking to buy a S2.. can you guys (and girls) list what mods are common to make 200bhp or a little more?
I guess chip exhaust and air filter but what will this give me?

and what comes next?

glen

 

You will need

Chip
Exhaust
Air Filter
Cam

To make 200bhp

 

ive done it..

Chip
KN
-31
Samcos
Straight thru exhaust
Performance cossie fuel pump

Other little miggly things to help running of the engine ive done is oil change, dizzy, distributor brand new, rotary arm, coil, leads, plugs..

Im currently running 180bhp at 13psi.... so im gonna get it set up to 200bhp

 

Samco's aren't a performance mod

 

maybe not but u need them for 200bhp! cus std ford ones once they get a sprinkle of oil they go crap!

as said before

plus an intercooler (pace one will do 200bhp)

chip,cam,-31,intercooler,zorst and a good set up! thats fly wheel too!

 

I had just under 220bhp with;

PE Chip
Mongoose Exhaust
K&N Filter
GRS Mk1 Intercooler

Otherwise the engine was standard.

I think the highest it made on that set up was 218bhp and 229lbs/ft torque. That was a LONG time ago though now. A decent intercooler is a must though, do not skimp on that, or use the standard one for anything more than standard boost.

 

Why cant the Standard I/C take you over 200bhp? Ive heard of someone that its better than some brand new ones.....

 

The standard intercooler is no good for any more than 14psi.Even at that the charge temp's will be sky high.
Half the problem is that it's tucked out the way and not getting much cold airflow to it.
Never heard of the standard one being better than an aftermarket one mate.After market one's are generally at least twice the size,so therefor getting better air to it
The colder the air is reduces the chance of detonation

 

You could make 200bhp on a standard IC... In one gear, by the time you get to the next gear the ACT's will be stupidly high, like 60 degrees plus...

 

No on a std intercooler you can only kick out 170bhp-180bhp boosting 12psi-14psi & thats fucking pushing it already! thats with the common mods exhaust K&N etc..etc

Wherever you heard... Ive heard of someone that its better than some brand new ones..... thats some "bullshit" right there

Just look on all the RST's wich kick out over example... 190bhp LOOK at the intercooler & see for yourself, or be pain stupid & rebuild your engine every 4 months if it aint turned to ash

 

I'm not saying it's a good idea at all. You'd be a bit of a fool to run more than standard boost with a standard intercooler.

I have seen a car make 190bhp @ 14psi on std IC in 4th, by the time the car got into 5th gear on the road, the ACT's were over 60 degrees. A charge cooler was purchased the next week

 

How much boost? What turbo?

 

you need samco hoses for flow and to stop any swelling at high boost

because standard ones dont cope

 

18 or 19psi on a standard turbo, and the engine had done about 120k at the time, how it stayed together for as long as it did I'll never know