Mods To The Dankmobeele

[dankman]

Been frightened though.

2 Mods I'd like to do the the beastie are a cold air intake and a larger exhaust.

I rang APS and they explained that I need to buy the whole of the Phase II kit if I wanted the larger intake and exhaust to prevent fuel cut. Whilst I understand that, my insurance company wont cover a chipped car, but they will tollerate the exhaust and the intake. Warranty was my other concern as well.

So I rang Herrod's and got a quote and guarantees that I wont have any problems but I had to sit down at the fitted price. 700 for the intake and 1300 for the exhaust.

Do you guys think I should head down this path or do something else. Mainly I'm going for a little omre efficientcy and if I gain a few extra ponies along the way so be it, but geez.... Or did I budget for this all wrong? or could you suggest something else that looks like the pro's did it?

[dankman]

If I did decide to take on the phase II do you think the manual box would handle it? or a grenade waiting to happen if pushed?

[ONDOLE]

Yeah grenade waiting to happen....but depends on how you drive it also

:banghead:

[aps]

Dankman,

We have dyno tested a number of XR6T's with exhaust and intake mods. To our surprise, power levels of these cars were virtually stock. - 185 to 190 rwkW. - Not good value for money in my view. When fitting Unichips to these vehicles, power lifted immediately to 220 rwkW's easily.

Bottom line is, if you want more grunt, don't waste your time with either a cat back or restrictive replacement exhaust system; start with a programmable computer. The results are much better value for money.

Peter

[Macktheknife]

Dankman,

Take your scr*tum firmly in your strongest hand and squeeze till just a couple of little tears form.

Then read my latest post in modifications and workshop.

Gorn, you know what Lew Reed sings............

[Guest 56Mainline]

Dankman,

Go the programmable intercepter chip - whatever the brand - the $/kW improvement is way better than the costs of shop-bought intakes & aftermarket exhausts.

I posted my experiences earlier re the aftermarket exhausts. Dyno runs with stock, centre muffler removed, & aftermarket performance system. The centre muffler removed gave ME the best result.

Homemade cold air intake also gave a significant improvement at a fraction of the cost of commercial products. If interested search for the posts.

[geea]

Dankman, do a search on centre muffler removal and pick the one you like best. Then do a search on second or xr8 cold air intakes and again pick the one you like best. Add a BMC or similar panel filter andd for under $400.00 you will have a noticable performance improvement at a small price. I believe that with these 2 mods you will gain 20-30 rwkw. :o

Hope this helps. :o

[dankman]

Cool thanks geea. I saw ms 700's xr8 filter and how it was all mounted, definate mod I'm thinking, and the center mufler removal I was told I could have it flanged for about 130 here in wagga.

Would love to chip the car, but am really only looking at a little more efficientcy and the warranty factor and my instrance company would wipe their hads of me if I chipped it.

They said brakes, air and exhaust (as long as they are legal) would be the only mods they would insure me for.