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Hi folks I am on the scrounge again!!! I'm a bit bored with the power from my 2.6 coupe and I'm looking to see if anybody on the forum does any upgrade chips,also where the best place to get a K&N panel filter?
Hi folks I am on the scrounge again!!! I'm a bit bored with the power from my 2.6 coupe and I'm looking to see if anybody on the forum does any upgrade chips,also where the best place to get a K&N panel filter?
I might have something for that engine...
But I doubt you will be able to feel the difference with a N/A engine, I wouldn't bother in your place.
I might have something for that engine...
But I doubt you will be able to feel the difference with a N/A engine, I wouldn't bother in your place.
what have you got and what kinda gain would I be looking at? I'm looking at getting the S2 avant but wont be until next year so I dont want to spend silly money but just cant leave things alone!!!
You usually can not get more than 5-10% remapping a N/A engine.
I am also not sure what ECU the 2.6 has... was it a Hella ECU?
to be honest mate I havent got a clue!!! I use the car every day for work so I havent had a chance to check the ECU yet I'll have a check somepoint over the weekend. Is the ECU behind the glovebox?
Sorry to be negative but here's my 2p:- I doubt you'll even notice just a remap. I've had several NA cars remapped and the differences are minimal to say the least and that was on flowed, cammed engines with modified inlet and exhaust.
Exhaust, inlet and flowed heads are the way to get power out of NA, cams too but unlikely to find any and any low end torque you have will ebb away the more extreme you go... By the time you're finished, you'll spend as much as it would cost to upgrade to an engine with more power as stock or even an S2, you'll struggle for insurance on it due to insurance companies being averse to cars with lots of mods and ultimately you'll have 50-100 less ponies than an S2 with no benefits...
A bit harsh I admit but this comes from experience and £000s spent on cars that I should have saved towards something that was actually fast
Cheers'en, AndyC
1994 ABY Coupe - Projekt Alpinweiss
Remove that huge amount of ducting and restriction from the bottom of the airbox, should get a little more air in there which should help things no end.
Yeah, i think their hella ecu's and a little problematic to connect to using vagcom!
check lambda's too, i had mine changed due to a scan of the engine and it made a difference to the delivery of the power. (obvious really) also your maf could be iffy too, so have that checked, same with servicing, good plugs and leads ... suprising/frightening how many people skip that bit
my old 80 avant v6 wasn't the quickest by any stretch, but it pulled lovely throughout and sounded pretty decent too
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I'm a bit bored with the power from my 2.6 coupe and I'm looking to see if anybody on the forum does any upgrade chips,also where the best place to get a K&N panel filter?
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