::Engine Upgrade::

[subsonique]

hey peeps, how easy is it to get a pair of C&B cams there in the UK? it's pretty hard to get here, as we got to order.
are there used ones for Bravo? i am looking for a pair for my 1.8GT though, hope you guys can assist me. any other
internal upgrades for our car, other than 4-2-1 header and port and polish? how about hardened valve springs and retainers?

 

[Anonymous]

Isn't there a Turbo kit available for the 1.8

Daz

 

[Tom]

Daz, the turbo only gives you 10BHP more than what Yogis has got from his 1.8!

I'd be careful about a port job, a cheap one will more than likely result in lost BHP. Expect to pay several hundred quid for a good job.

You WILL need a piggyback ECU with the cams, budget another 5-600 quid for the piggyback and alot of rolling road time. Its worth another 20-25BHP. Cams on their own gain you about 10-15 on the 1.8.

Hardened valve springs... waste of time and money unless you plan to raise the rev limit.. but the biggest limiting factor is the crank/conrods/pistons and oil feed.

 

[subsonique]

what's yogi riding on? C&B camshafts? and what about ECUs? other than piggybacks, any ECU replacements?
and mind telling me, which piggybacks you guys are comfort with and where to get em? thanks in advance peeps.

 

[Tom]

No ECU replacements.

Yogis has C&B fast road cams, supersprint manifold & exhaust and a K&N. Before the cam his car was dyno'd at 113BHP (thats with the exhaust and K&N). After cams and piggyback its 150ish BHP.

You can't get a programmable replacement ECU. You can for some of the other Bravos but they are not far off £1000.

There are a couple of piggyback makers, best thing would be to find a rolling road near you and see which one they use.

 

[subsonique]

bummer, 150 ponies not that bad after all i'd say. and which piggyback has Yogi got for his Bravo?
we have a Bravo GT here in Malaysia, a friend of mine using the APEXi SAFC and it does its job well i must say.
his Bravo is kinda fast in our group though. but i am sure you guys are much more faster than what we have here hehe.
but how come Yogi's car, after header and exhaust system changed, not forgetting the K&N, dyno still read 113?

 

[Tom]

Easy, changing the exhaust and filter makes NO difference

I think he has a Dastek. There are a couple of suitable piggybacks for the Bravo.