Topic: Engine modifications
started by: Greasemonk
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Originally posted by askheaves:
Perhaps put a carb in it?
BAD ASKHEAVES.
NO COOKIE.
Why would you trade sequetial fuel injection for a passive fuel delivery system?
3 words for you.
Centrifugal Super Charger.
You get the turbocharger style boost with out all the extra crap it takes to keep a turbo happy.
End result ~. You put it on and leave it alone. No maintenence. 50\% increase in power. More if you add an intercooler.
I'd call < here > first and then < here >.
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This message has been edited by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on November 07, 2001 at 01:31 PM
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Originally posted by aventari:
how fast you can go is a direct correllation to how much money you are willing to spend.
Interestingly enough, the same holds true for prostitutes.
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~Anztac [ Pertinaciously disconsolate ]
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Funny....How one can just rip ones heart out of ones flesh......
My advice to you is to sell it and buy a car that's designed with performance in mind. Modifying a car like that is a receipe for frustration and lots of wated time and money. Hardly anyone makes performance parts for it either.
You could buy a late model Supra twin-turbo, a Miata, a VW Corrado, an older M3, a Corvette, RX-7 or many many other cars for less than what you could sell the Montecarlo for. They would also be a lot better investment considering your goal, and a hell of a lot more fun to drive. But what exactly do you want out of the car?
The basic performance mods go like this:
2hp, ุ, K&N filter and/or intake. I like to make my own cold-air intake with dryer hose.
4hp, 趚, cat-back exhaust system
5hp, 贄?, performance chip (if available)
8hp, 赨, headers
cam, underdrive pulleys, intake p&p, bump compression up, etc etc there's a lot you can do, but intake and exhaust are what you need first
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LG motorsports
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Originally posted by StreetRaver:
i would get a CD-ROM and up the HP after you put the ship in. but thats what I think....
I keep hearing about this cd-rom, but it makes no sense unless its a music cd. I mean a cdrom in genreal cant up the HP, it can be used via something to reprogram the chip or "ship" as he says but its a long shot.
Edit: Stupid Spelling... something is probablly still wrong 
This message has been edited by just_dave on November 08, 2001 at 05:50 PM
Someone care to explain to the nice folks here what upgrading the chip can and can't do?
edit: chip/ship, had a professor who pronounced "chip" that way, and then wrote it on handouts as "ship"
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This message has been edited by Observer on November 08, 2001 at 07:44 PM
it can: give some HP gains by altering certain characteristics of how the engine operates.
it alone can't: magically double your HP, brush your teeth, make your bed, or turn your rice rocket into a real speed demon
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Veistran
- Sarcasm is just one more of the free services that we offer.
Don't go into a muffler shop and say "These guys on the internet told me to get a good exhaust, can I have one 'to go' please?"
[edit- yeah this sounds elitist, sorry ]
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This message has been edited by aventari on November 08, 2001 at 11:36 PM
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~Anztac [ Pertinaciously disconsolate ]
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Originally posted by Observer:
He made the same comment in Cars & Stereos. There was much laughing. Possibly referring to upgrading the computer chip with an EPROM burner.Someone care to explain to the nice folks here what upgrading the chip can and can't do?
edit: chip/ship, had a professor who pronounced "chip" that way, and then wrote it on handouts as "ship"
I wonder if this CD-ROM shit is smoke blown up yuppies asses with 16 year olds who want to make their Hondas faster. The dad dishes out the money and when the car pulls out of the garage it sounds louder so the kid thinks its faster.
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Force that shatters all, absence of mortality
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Originally posted by DeadAnztac:
The only thing it can do is make more feul go into your engine, which will add HP, but it will not add *that* much.
But unless youve modified your intake and exhaust to allow more air to flow through adding more fuel only makes you run rich(ie too much fuel) and not all of it burns and fucks up your gas milage and your catalytic converter. Not to mention that little thing called emissions.
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All that I know there was no God for me
Force that shatters all, absence of mortality
NO COOKIE.
First of all, depending on the engine, and the supercharger, superchargers are "instantaneous", whereas a single turbo will either lag low end or suck ass high end.
Second, Vortech s/c's are a twin screw design, not a centrifugal design. Less noise, more HP. You might want to get an intercooler added if you go the Vortech route though, I think ATI's come with one.
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Originally posted by miNus:
You might want to get an intercooler added if you go the Vortech route though, I think ATI's come with one.
They are an option. I had to pay extra for mine.
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I haven't had sex that good since grade school. -marla