power upgrade

[witcher]

Hi everyone
desperate looking for advice on how to improve the performance of my GS, I want to add about 30 hp, any comments on air induction kit, ecu, valve cam, exhaust? with names and links if u can (have these) please. any other suggestions welcome.
cheers
Witcher

[Bernard]

What you want is a Mivec engine

[Sebastian]

not sure how can you improve power in the GS

catback sistem , a decat pipe , a performance induction kit and then loose everything that's not useful in the car weight wise .

www.camskill.co.uk you should find what you need there .

BUT if you want performance i'd say to upgrade to a GR or a GPX (manuals)

[CJ]

BUT if you want performance i'd say to upgrade to a GR or a GPX (manuals)

Have to agree, the only way to improve performance is to bolt on a turbo, not the easiet of job considering its not a particularly tried and tested approach. If you wanted to be different, you could always dropping a Lancer GSR engine, its the same block (4G93) but again hasn't been done to my knowledge (but should be do-able).

Easiest option is to upgrade to a V6 ;)

CJ

[witcher]

thought the engine upgrade is the easiest option, what else shall I upgrade then? susp? cv?

[Sebastian]

if you cannot add more power (with cheap money ) i'd say go for the looks .

but that's a whole another THREAD

[witcher]

she is beautiful enough ). I would rather go for performance, maybe minor visage alterations. had her for 3 days 2day so any addresses or links for parts (I found camskills and other obvious) are needed
cheers

[Sebastian]

spend 1-2 hours here on the forum and i'm sure you can decide what and where to begin with .

plenty of mods to chose from (i.e : quad exhaust, lowering springs , carbon fibre culture ,bigger rims ,diferent bumper , HID's,strut bars, bodykits, leather interior,plasma dials ... ..) you just need to have the funds for it and free time

[witcher]

all true mate, after the purchase I need 2 invest in necessities first, then there will be time for fun.
need 2 attend some business now will b around 2mrrw
thanks for all responses and keep up good job
cu all

[colm_mcm]

Best thing would be to sell up and buy a V6 now before you spend too much on upgrading the GS.
There's great value out there in GR models, and they'll have a healthy 45bhp more than your 1.8 (which is taxed as 1.9)

[Dean]

I just happen to have a V6 for sale too

[witcher]

sounds reasonable, but I am broke right now as u can imagine, anyway this is my first fto, and it came cheap since it needs a bit of attention, perhaps I will set things right with this one sell it and then buy new one gr or mivec, dunno yet, still I love my fto and f*** power deficiency )

[TopCat]

I had a GS up to a couple weeks ago, and while I feel they're very under-rated (kinda regret not giving her at least one 1/4mile run), if you are after performance, it has to be a V6.
If you want a look at what 18" rims, a quad exhaust, lowering, etc will do to a GS, here's the link to the "for sale.." of my old car.
http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8351

[witcher]

It has already been lowered, my interior is not as stylish as yours, on the other hand I got mine for little money and I have a mechanic friend who will do all the mechanics and bodyworks for free (well, returning some favours) if I get good price for her after I do all the works I will consider buying mivec, anyway it is the next year plan, for now I am very happy with my fto, even as it is
crap, I had many cars but never was I in love with any of them that much, weird

[kevinod]

she is beautiful enough ). I would rather go for performance, maybe minor visage alterations. had her for 3 days 2day so any addresses or links for parts (I found camskills and other obvious) are needed
cheers

RB-Performance - http://www.rb-performance.co.uk/catalog/index.php

JDM Performance - http://www.jdmperformance.co.uk/

Ricerocket - http://www.ricerocketuk.co.uk/

UK Club's shop - http://ftooc.org/clubshop/

Prob another couple I can't think of...

[TopCat]

..for now I am very happy with my fto, even as it is..

I'm with you there, the GS is very under-rated, loved my one!

[witcher]

ok thanks everyone for great info I will b around in the afternoon again
cu all, keep writing the usefull stuff, thanks again
M