Engine Plans. Help. :)

chris_uk

im having a dilema.. lol, so many ways to take the tuning now of my car and im just not sure which is the best to do..

plans for this year 170 - 180 bhp (190 would be nice), plans for the future... supercharge st 1 or 2.

so, atm i have the following

2.4 manifold
ported TB
4-1 manifold
2.5" downpipe
200 cell cat
2.5 ubend
piper backbox
k&n filter

i can only assume with the above id be about 150 maybe more.

initially my idea was piper reground cams then remap to suit..

but then i started getting ideas like, standalone management which i can carry on to the s/c

then i was thinking about just a remap, with what ive got and not bother with cams..

i just dont know what to do..

i was thinking about buying the cams, and fitting them myself to save labour charge then getting a rolling road remap done with standard ecu only problem is i have no idea how to fit cams, and dont have the tools to take the engine out if its an engine out job which im not sure it is but i dont know.

i would also like to do the balancer shafts and fit a lightweight flywheel at some point but thats deffo an engine out job.. and again, no clue what im doing..

im hoping that with cams and a rolling road tune i would see 170 - 180 but im not sure.

so advise would be much appreciated here..

daiflu

Cam's are not an engine out job, and fairly easy to change yourself.
Just make sure you get the timing right :wink:

sdbutler10

cams are a pretty easy job tbh mate if you take your time and make sure on what you are doing and read lots on it before you do it. but they are well worth it 😃
atm you should have at least 160+bhp.

chris_uk

ah rite, i might have a good read up on TIS and see what it says 🙂

what sorta tools would i need?

i don't have a torque wrench tho.

sdbutler10

torque wrench is a much tbh mate!!
its a very east job no special tools required expect the torque wrench.
i used cable ties to hold the chain to the chain to the sprockets. 1 cams at a time and you will be fine mate. there is a lot of info on here on how to do it anyway if you get really stuck but i think you will be fine.
i found the inleft manifold harder to do lol.

winstar

If your planning to SC than be aware you'll have to swop the cams back to std before you do.

The fly wheel isn't an engine out job despite what dealers say, you can drop the gearbox out instead. But definatly a job to get RASP to do not worth the hassle to DIY.

sdbutler10

yer the cams will need to be standard or get the shrick cams from courtenay sport. i think if i remember right johnnyN has them.