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How to get more power?

Postby Deep Heat » Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:54 pm

I'm getting a MY07 2.0r soon are there anyways to get a bit more power out of the tiny 2.0L NA?
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Re: How to get more power?

Postby hamish_023 » Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:26 pm

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Re: How to get more power?

Postby Deep Heat » Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:36 pm

hamish_023 wrote:Sti engine transplant


I wish but I'm on my p's
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Re: How to get more power?

Postby hamish_023 » Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:49 pm

Save your money, you can get a panel filter, exhaust and whatever but it's going to give you next to nothing but noise. There is no secret upgrade for the 4cyl NA's. Just have to live with it.

On the other hand, you can upgrade your suspension, with stiffer springs, better struts, swaybars etc etc and get more power in the corners...
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Re: How to get more power?

Postby subnub » Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:25 pm

This has been asked many times before, but with a small cube NA motor your options are pretty slim without spending big bucks and/or turning it into a bad-mannered hand grenade. Get a decent exhaust, free up the intake with a good quality filter, maybe get an ECU tune if you want, then leave it at that. You might get a few extra horses but don't expect miracles.

If you're not planning on replacing the car any time soon and you're really just after something that's fun to drive, personally I'd focus on tyres, suspension/handling, braking and, most importantly - driver training. Make the most of the power you have and you'd be surprised how much quicker you'll be than plenty of people in higher-powered cars, especially on tighter tracks.

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Re: How to get more power?

Postby DV8 LIBERTY » Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:07 pm

hay i have a my06 2.0 and the other guys are right get the ride lower and stiffer....

i went out and got a flat racing cold air intake and going to get exhaust farly soon. the intake did do a little bit for the pick up but not that much
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Re: How to get more power?

Postby Arith » Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:31 pm

If you can't go faster, might as well make it 'feel' like you're going faster with a bit stiffer suspension. :D

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Re: How to get more power?

Postby rickerty » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:38 pm

Plus one to that. You don't need a fast car to attack corners at speed.
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Re: How to get more power?

Postby STI-47W » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:11 pm

i have a 2007 lib 2l n/a as well man, listen to everyone else hahaha.
i threw a K&N pannel air filter on mine and it does nothing but give it some voice. Buying a decent set of coilovers will help alot! ive been looking for coilovers for ages but cant seem to find a decent set for under 2k.

suspension
upgrade your brakes
better tyres

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Re: How to get more power?

Postby west_minist » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:29 pm

Why not retune?
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Re: How to get more power?

Postby HyRax » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:18 pm

I would definitely go for a retune to get more power and a more responsive throttle. I just recently completed a retune of my MY08 2.5i with amazing results, and I'm completely stock.

OK, it's not a 2.0, but you should get similar results percentage-wise.

At the very least get yourself a Tactrix cable and tweak your DBW tables using RomRaider or similar to bring on stock power earlier in throttle application.
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