Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 05/02/07 05:12 AM Share Posted 05/02/07 05:12 AM (edited) Hey guys, its been a while.My brother is taking the lease off my old man for our Ghia, and finally the Ghia is going to get a bit of love.Well, basically this is what my brother and myself discussed over lunch for some basic mods, that if anything will improve fuel economy greatly (I know the ghia has run very rich from factory, economy is really bad and I can tell you I've tried driving it so slowly it was painful, economy was still only average) and give him a bit more stick.So we were thinking, in this order;Cold airExhaustEdit.As for the exhaust, we're not sure where a good place to get one would be, since it has to be quiet and fit behind the rear guard (its hidden).He is thinking of changing the CAT as well since this is also a restriction.I say again, the car must not be loud, it must be well muffled. Obviously louder than stock but barely.So if anyone could suggest something suitable or somewhere suitable, it would be great.And for cold air, whats most cost effective option? I had a look earlier on and I'm not sure how easily the bunnings 60 dollar CIA job would work since the shroud for the radiator seems to be more obtrusive than I've previously seen. Or am I dreaming? For the NA I'm not sure how different it is to the Turbo, so if anyone has pictures of how to best locate and install one it would be great (since the forum has changed around I can't find any of the old threads )Anyways, any help or input would be great, we're in sydney and so the custom tune would have to be done here, but the exhaust can be done anywhere, we'll fit it ourselves so we'll just get it shipped.Thanks guys!PS, Stainless mandrel bent is a requirement also, cheers. Edited 05/02/07 05:15 AM by Lawsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 5m 9d Gender: Male Posted 05/02/07 11:36 PM Share Posted 05/02/07 11:36 PM 6 or 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 06/02/07 09:55 AM Author Share Posted 06/02/07 09:55 AM Oh, its a 6..... My bad... Totaly forgot that you could get the ghia in an 8.<---- Idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 07/02/07 11:56 PM Share Posted 07/02/07 11:56 PM Lawsy you'll find a lot of info on this forum to help you, K&N or a BMC flat filter and go with a Duel intake old FPV style air box, I had a SS kit but I don't think its much good.Exhaust do a full job with header as well or its almost a waste of time. Herrods not the bigest power gains but it sounds good and a bit lower volume than other set ups.under drive balancer and high out put coil pack (out soon) before you go a tune with the edit Don't forget theres spit fire plugs on the way soon as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 08/02/07 12:23 AM Share Posted 08/02/07 12:23 AM #cough cough turboenginetransplant cough#......not really what you after but it would be a damn nice car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 08/02/07 08:41 PM Author Share Posted 08/02/07 08:41 PM Thanks for the suggestions guys, from this I think we pretty much know what is gonna happen now, solving the 3 biggest issues.Breathing in, breathing out and tuning.We're gonna ring around a bit more as well, but I'll give spiro a buz and see if he'll cut my brother a great deal on a full (head to tip) exhaust and tune, and if he has his own kit for cheap, a CAI also...that's basically all it will need and it should run quite nicely! Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crans Member 275 Member For: 18y 6m 28d Posted 08/02/07 11:38 PM Share Posted 08/02/07 11:38 PM put a manual in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
did_4m41 Member 26 Member For: 17y 10m 8d Posted 09/02/07 12:37 AM Share Posted 09/02/07 12:37 AM #cough cough turboenginetransplant cough#......not really what you after but it would be a damn nice car.... ←before this, I'm thinking of transplant turbo engine into an XT, and use it to kick HSVs , it could be fun . but make sure don't change any exterior things and paint the intercooler black.anyway, do anyone know how much to transplant turbo engine onto XT? I guess it will need a lot of work to do it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconutebeast Member 196 Member For: 18y 6m 12d Location: Sydney, Bankstown Posted 09/02/07 01:42 AM Share Posted 09/02/07 01:42 AM ull be better off buying a cheap xr6 turbo and putting all the xt exterior cosmictics on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawsy Wanabe mechanical engineer Donating Members 960 Member For: 20y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: At the computer, obviously..... Posted 12/02/07 05:29 AM Author Share Posted 12/02/07 05:29 AM ull be better off buying a cheap xr6 turbo and putting all the xt exterior cosmictics on←He's right you know.... Find an xr6t with high K's, BA mk1, you'll pick it up cheap as and then put stock lights and remove the body kit.... Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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