Performance 7afe, Want some more horses Options

[Hawkins Corp]

I am currently on a search for a newer 7afe and before i put it in my DAILYDRIVER i was wondering whats the best way to get a little more out of it without supercharge or turbo i am on a budget of about 400 dollars and i would like to just force a little out of it. Im gunna do the swap myself and i just want to do everything to it b4 i do the swap so any feed back at all would be great. Oh and its an automatic.

I honestly dont know where to even start with this project but like i said just squeeze some more out of it besides the intake and exaust. I am gunna have a frind make a full exaust for me and i was thinkin about a 2.5 inch to much or not?

Thanks,
Brad

[Bitter]

1. pull the little tube that feeds up into the stock air box
2. a decent header
3. adjust the timing some
4. 2.5 is a little large for a NA 1.8L 2 inches all the way back is a good size
5. replace maintence items like the fuel sock and filter, plugs, wires, ignition parts, run some injector cleaner through, ect.

6. dyno and be disappointed but not mad because you spent about 1/2 of your budget and most of your gains were free.


i'm in pretty much the same boat as you (same engine, nearly same trans, both cars weigh nearly the same). its not fast but its got more grunt and pickup than you'd expect from a 13yr old 1.8L econo-engine.

This post has been edited by Bitter: Apr 4, 2006 - 9:52 PM