Ok let the mods begin!

[JonyTVR]

Ok maybe not quite as exciting as dbv8 or others, but after some advice on where best to spend my money!

Car is a standard 430 engine wise, has gaz golds on the front which is the main mod on the car.

I'm off to Italy in the car come June and will also be my brother wedding car so looking to do one or 2 mods just to A. make it a bit more reliable and B. tune it up a tad.

Budget I'd say is a measly £500 for now, I was thinking:

Silicone hose kit (don't really want one of the 18 year old hoses giving way half way up the alps!) £150 ish

then I was sure about the rest, maybe the smooth bore full induction and K&N filter from ACT? plenum spacer? or get the trumpets first?

I plan on doing the big brake upgrade next winter but any other suggestion are very welcome please guys!

cheers

Jon

[clive f]

why not put gaz shocks on the rear for a start.

[JonyTVR]

sorry I meant to say, it has new bilsteins on the rear so point in the extra spend really untill I start doing track day later one.

[macdeb]

clive f said:

why not put gaz shocks on the rear for a start.

Also, don't bother with the plenum spacer, waste of money.

[Golflion]

macdeb said:

Also, don't bother with the plenum spacer, waste of money.

Not the general attitude on this forum,heard many positive feedbacks on the spacer...including ACT

[spend]

Just shorten the trumpets with a saw, get a smooth piped induction & spend rest of your cash on mapped ignition, whether replacement ECU + dizzy or coilpacks or an addon dizzy controller etc.

Most benefits are likely to come from upgrading brakes and chassis bushes/components however...

[Alexdaredevilz]

Golflion said:

macdeb said:

Also, don't bother with the plenum spacer, waste of money.

Not the general attitude on this forum,heard many positive feedbacks on the spacer...including ACT

Im with macdeb on this, I cant see it doing feck all

If it were me I would be looking at doing changing all bushes to poly, new ARB's

And a full ACT induction kit

[JonyTVR]

cheers for the opinions so far guys

Polybushes - great call, whilst I was doing the starter motor the other day I did notice some of them had already been changed to them but need to check which havent and get them done. is there any perticuler ones that are best to go for? with the Triumph i had it was superflex as they ahd the SS sleeve inside.

I think my mind is definately set on the smooth bore induction kit, even if it just looks so much better that the horrible orange original pipe.

Ignition wise again next winter/year i will be swapping it to megasquirt/emerald ECU, i know that the TVR set up isnt exactly bad but I will be doing more and more mods on this as I own it and using megajolt before I know how good/useful it is, the car itself has just had new leads, plug extenders, dizy cap and arm and dizzy seems in good nick also for the time being.

keep the ideas coming!

[JonyTVR]

oh i read on another topic somewhere that fitting an uprated ARB on the front made a huge difference to the handling but I'm struggling to find one at the moment, any ideas?

[Alexdaredevilz]

Steve heath does a bundle deal with

Essentially:
Bundle (1) includes suspension poly bushes & bolts
Bundle (2) includes everything in bundle (1) plus ARB bushes
Bundle (3) includes everything in bundle (1) plus ARB bushes and ARB drop links

£304 for the full works kit

https://delta.securesslhost.net/~shenglt/catalog/p...

I will be buying one myself soon :-)

[haircutmike]

JonyTVR said:

oh i read on another topic somewhere that fitting an uprated ARB on the front made a huge difference to the handling but I'm struggling to find one at the moment, any ideas?

I wouldn't bother untill you are tracking full on.

I have polybushes etc, etc, (see profile) and have never felt it needed upgrading.

At this point save your money for putting the basics right.

[portzi]

spend said:

Just shorten the trumpets with a saw, get a smooth piped induction & spend rest of your cash on mapped ignition, whether replacement ECU + dizzy or coilpacks or an addon dizzy controller etc.

Most benefits are likely to come from upgrading brakes and chassis bushes/components however...

How much do you recommend to take off the trumpets Spend.

[JonyTVR]

Alexdaredevilz said:

Steve heath does a bundle deal with

Essentially:
Bundle (1) includes suspension poly bushes & bolts
Bundle (2) includes everything in bundle (1) plus ARB bushes
Bundle (3) includes everything in bundle (1) plus ARB bushes and ARB drop links

£304 for the full works kit

https://delta.securesslhost.net/~shenglt/catalog/p...

I will be buying one myself soon :-)

cheers alex! bookmarked that page, will figure out which I need and get them ordered.

[JonyTVR]

haircutmike said:

I wouldn't bother untill you are tracking full on.

I have polybushes etc, etc, (see profile) and have never felt it needed upgrading.

At this point save your money for putting the basics right.

just reminded me seeing your car, I take it its definitely worthwhile fitting the silver heat shield wrap to the induction kit? can only imagine how warm that tube must get being black and inside that engine bay!

[dog man]

The air going up the induction tube is there for such a short time it doesn't have time to get warm.

[spend]

portzi said:

How much do you recommend to take off the trumpets Spend.

On a 430 as much as you can

[haircutmike]

dog man said:

The air going up the induction tube is there for such a short time it doesn't have time to get warm.

I disagree and agree.

The cool air is constantly flowing through the intake and isn't there for long but...................the temperature in the engine bay, especially at lower speeds is tremendous, anything that insulates the intake can only be good and it's a cheap mod.

imho.

[dog man]

It certainly is hot in there! Insulation can only help as you say!

[gizzer]

Plen spacer has no gain , yes on a 5ltr, all comb engines love cool damp air more so on all tvr,s

[gizzer]

gizzer said:

Plen spacer has no gain , yes on a 5ltr, all comb engines love cool damp air more so on all tvr,s

KEEP THE AFM COOL