Upgrades costs and gains

[potash4]

Thought I would start this thread as I am trying to work out which upgrades are best value for money (bang 4 buck).. Any experience or suggestions are welcome.

Carbon airbox - 10hp £1000 - 0.01 HP per £

[leerdam23]

Sticky tyres, 1-3 sec a lap easy....

[Don1]

Have a look at the modified Speed 6 Wiki. That will help a lot with what is actually out there. Costs - easy to do with a google.

[Englishman]

Are you looking for engine max power or torque, for a quicker time a to b, for better lap times, etc. etc?

[potash4]

Quicker A to B, no track use just road driving. Was interesting in where to invest the money..

[potash4]

Don1 said:

Have a look at the modified Speed 6 Wiki. That will help a lot with what is actually out there. Costs - easy to do with a google.

Thanks for this.. it may be what i am after..

[billynobrakes]

potash4 said:

Thought I would start this thread as I am trying to work out which upgrades are best value for money (bang 4 buck).. Any experience or suggestions are welcome.

Carbon airbox - 10hp £1000 - 0.01 HP per £

What engine have you got

Budget ?

Then the fun begins on which road you want to go down

I am up to £16K on engine and looking at new MBE another £3K

I could add air box £1k

Exhaust £3k

[mk1fan]

potash4 said:

Carbon airbox - 10hp £1000 - 0.01 HP per £

Although, due to its better structural properties a lot less likely to deform causing air leaks.

[potash4]

Currently running a std 3.6 with sports exhaust. Going to get the 4.3 when the time comes + new ECU. So I could do the ECU before the 4.3.

[Don1]

potash4 said:

Currently running a std 3.6 with sports exhaust. Going to get the 4.3 when the time comes + new ECU. So I could do the ECU before the 4.3.

You could, but it would need remapping with every additional change. Save up and do it all together.

[billynobrakes]

potash4 said:

Currently running a std 3.6 with sports exhaust. Going to get the 4.3 when the time comes + new ECU. So I could do the ECU before the 4.3.

Get engine first ideally ECU at the same time as they can set it up for the 4.3 but if you are on a budget get engine first

[potash4]

I will create a slush fund.. Thanks for the input.

[T40ORA]

potash4 said:

I will create a slush fund.. Thanks for the input.

Apparently there is still a good market for kidneys, if you need to dump some cash into your slush-fund

[potash4]

Who needs two anyway!! If i get the wife to give one up i might have enough..

[T40ORA]

potash4 said:

Who needs two anyway!! If i get the wife to give one up i might have enough..

Enough for an airbox, manifold, cat-back system and possibly ECU.

You'll have to sell something else to pay for the lump too!

[Geoff Ashcroft]

Its not always about going quicker, so get yourself better brakes from Brummie - so you can brake later/stop quicker. Bargain performance IMO.