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by **karlf** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:20 am

my mate has a twin cam mr2, and likes to show off that his is more powerful than my 1.8 gs auto. he does this with our other mates too. We'd often be stopped at lights, he'l ring and say see if you can stay with me. Knowing full well he's gonna win, as this is a regular occurance. Would it involve much work and what sort of money we talking to up my bhp so that I could take his mr2?( and then take great satisfaction of reminding him everytime we're out driving that mines faster than his)
Think it would be a nice surprise for him one day, and not one he'd like either. Incidently i got a quote on a 2.0 twin cam mr2 and it was cheaper than the fto. Last year, I got a quote of €1200ish on one and couldn't get a quote for my fto. where's the sense in that????

by **ikeane** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:50 am

There's a turboed gpx ad mentioned in the for sale section methinks, wouldnt know if that would be the route to go :smt102

Spent over £10000 as in TEN THOUSAND ENGLISH POUNDS (€14,760.46) on the turbo conversion alone :shock:

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by **Myfeckin FTO** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:00 am

karlf wrote:my mate has a twin cam mr2..............,Would it involve much work and what sort of money we talking to up my bhp so that I could take his mr2....

Not much point talking about modding a GS. Cheaper to trade your GS FTO in for a manual GPX/GPvR and you'll show him a clean set of heels.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:54 am

Yeah - get yourself a nice gpx instead. NOI the GS is still a lovely car, it just doesn't have the oomph of the GPX. GRs are good too, but if you're gonna change you might as well go for the full-banana.

by **paulkenny** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:30 am

Would the 1.8 turbo from the lancer GSR ...be any use for this??

by CJ » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:44 am

paulkenny wrote:Would the 1.8 turbo from the lancer GSR ...be any use for this??

Lots of work.

As per other suggestions, sell the GS and buy a GPX if you're after more power - as a former GS owner, I can vouch for the fact that theres a world of difference between the 4 cylinder and the V6 in terms of performance.

CJ

by **Dave** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:21 am

i have a turbo for a GS that i'll be selling in the near future.... :lol:

by **karlf** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:08 pm

Thought there might be an easy way to squeeze a few more bhp outa her. A twin cam non turbo mr2 is 145bhp according to a site I was on. As i said just curious as to what I could do. Changing the car is a bit drastic, and he'd probably notice that, it was more the surprise element I was after. Has anyone tried those power chips on e-bay that say they increase your bhp by between 15 and 25. Are they hard to install??

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:24 pm

karlf wrote:Thought there might be an easy way to squeeze a few more bhp outa her. A twin cam non turbo mr2 is 145bhp according to a site I was on. As i said just curious as to what I could do. Changing the car is a bit drastic, and he'd probably notice that, it was more surprise element I was after. Has anyone tried those power chips on e-bay that say they increase your bhp by between 15 and 25. Are they hard to install??

Steer well clear of those mate..

see this thread..

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... light=chip

by **karlf** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:03 pm

Guess I'l be staying well away from them so. Although the profit margin on those resistors is appealing. Think I might give selling them a shout myself, always looking for good ways to make a few quid. Ha!ha!

by **karlf** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:34 pm

ikeane wrote:There's a turboed gpx ad mentioned in the for sale section methinks, wouldnt know if that would be the route to go Spent over £10000 as in TEN THOUSAND ENGLISH POUNDS (€14,760.46) on the turbo conversion alone

Insurance This --> icon's name should be changed to 'Irish FTO owners taking it up the back alley'

Had a look at this but I dont like the bonnet. Never liked that carbon fibre look, just think its pants. It only looks alright on a black car coz it matches(sort of). On any other colour just doesn't look right if you ask me

by **karlf** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:40 pm

paulkenny wrote:Would the 1.8 turbo from the lancer GSR ...be any use for this??

Not sure mate! To be honest dont really know that much about the subject. I know how to drive a car thats about. Do a bit with the electrics as I'm an electrician kinda know what I'm doing there. I thought I could just throw in an induction kit, maybe a new exhaust or such and that'd do the trick. Guess its a bit harder than that

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just curious...?

just curious...?

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thanks maud

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