what to do next

[noble4862]

hi all will be getting my 2.5 back shortly after a bit of cosmetic work to the front end and wondering any advice on achieving a bit more power .its had urban racing exhaust pump upgrsde and quaife diff recently and will book a session with yellowshed and hopefully get the remap .car was dynoed by awesome after exhaust and pump showing torque 298 and max clutch power 290 and would like to improve a bit any advice on my next move before i book a remap actuators and such like and any info would be appretiated

[R0162]

Just to double check, you have fuel pump and exhaust upgrade so far?

To achieve more power you can upgrade the following, intercooler, turbo's, injectors. There are more but i would try these first.

[noble4862]

yep all the bits mentioned are done and was thinking does it make sense to start with the actuators and then larger intercooler and the order of which to do the uprades without having to get the car mapped each time as have read somewhere on the forum the bigger intercooler alone doesent gain allot not looking to try to make huge gains but whats involved with getting to around the 350ish and not over stressing the engine and box

[R0162]

It is definately best to do them all at one so as to get covered by a single remap.

The intercooler alone will not take you to the power you want, i would upgrade turbos at the same time, you may not have to upgrade injectors.

[mgbond]

My 2.5 has 1bar boost exhaust pump and thats it. 372bhp.

Just about to do valve springs just to be safe.

Bondy

[noble4862]

so is 1 bar standard boost or did u have anything done to the turbos also is that with the standard intercooler just weighing up my options before i get it ready for the remap thanks

[mgbond]

noble4862 said:

so is 1 bar standard boost or did u have anything done to the turbos also is that with the standard intercooler just weighing up my options before i get it ready for the remap thanks

0.7 bar is std. I still have the std intercooler. my turbos have just been refurbed but I was about 330-340 before the exhaust with the original turbos.

Bondy

[noble4862]

so just to clarify can the boost be adjusted when the car is mapped or do i need to go down the route of having the turbos refurbed and different actuators fitted . also did you use universal turbos and what sort of cost me looking sorry if i sound a bit lost but im a plumber by trade and dont want to go down the route of chucking away cash on needless bits to go a bit quicker

[mgbond]

noble4862 said:

so just to clarify can the boost be adjusted when the car is mapped or do i need to go down the route of having the turbos refurbed and different actuators fitted . also did you use universal turbos and what sort of cost me looking sorry if i sound a bit lost but im a plumber by trade and dont want to go down the route of chucking away cash on needless bits to go a bit quicker

All done in the map. might also be worth changing the valve springs to stop any possibility of valve float.

Turbo refurb cost me 1100 from universal.

Bondy

[noble4862]

thanks for that looks like a maps a must and should get the potential out of the work done so far

[andygtt]

I've got an as new pro alloy intercoler and hard pipe kit for sale for a GT03 if that's an upgrade your interested in?

Also selling some almost brand new modded T28 and thinking about selling my high flow dual exhaust with high flow cats.

Edited by andygtt on Sunday 12th September 20:35

[wessexrfc]

andygtt said:

I've got an as new pro alloy intercoler and hard pipe kit for sale for a GT03 if that's an upgrade your interested in?

Also selling some almost brand new modded T28 and thinking about selling my high flow dual exhaust with high flow cats.

Edited by andygtt on Sunday 12th September 20:35

Andy YHM

[noble4862]

hi andy would be interested with the intercooler mail me with the details many thanks jim

[Metalman]

Hi Andy, I'd be interested in some of your upgraded bits too, turbos, exhaust, intercooler and pipes (if the other guys dont take them) let me know. Or PM me your number?

[andygtt]

I took some pica Over the weekend with the intention of putting a PH add up... I'm out of the country pretty much rest of this month So can't really be contacted by phone.