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Active wing is way cool though.
Its probably usefull at very high speeds and power levels but still something i'd like on my car as well.
If it were integrated into the 944 oem wing somehow it would be so cool.
Years ago i have seen a 914 with a Subaru WRX engine swap that had such an active wing.
I lost track of the car but even now that seems like an awesome project to do and yea, that active wing is soo cool on that car.
Track Junkies is the group that runs lapping at Castrol, its grouped by experience, run what you brung as long as it is safe. They run various days all through the week, all summer. There are other groups that run lapping there as well, ASA does inexpensive half track evening lapping on the west course.
Track Junkies is the group that runs lapping at Castrol, its grouped by experience, run what you brung as long as it is safe. They run various days all through the week, all summer. There are other groups that run lapping there as well, ASA does inexpensive half track evening lapping on the west course.
Damn, you don't mess around!! Thanks for the links. I'm impressed by the quality of your work
Here's the basic Nitrous kit I bought. Made in Texas. What the kits don't provide is about 2/3rds of what you actually need to safely and reliably ... "properly" install N.O. What appears to be a $700 kit "with everything you need" should read "everything you need to blow up yer engina real nice boy". The safety items and other goodies are about another $1600 the way I want to do it. So, not cheap... but if I installed 951 pistons & rods I could bring Wilson up to 350 lb fts of torque and many more horses than I have now, somewhere between 3000-6000 rpm.
But I'm not going that route. Here's why: The cars not ready for it. I'd need to upgrade a lot of components... and that is out of the question. Perhaps down the road. Instead I will start with the 35 shot & then go to 50 shot. This will put me in the ballpark of a stock 944 turbo for torque/hp. I think my brakes are good enough & the suspension will be maxed out with that.
There are some n/a 9.5:1 pistons on the shelf that I was tempted to put in, and infact I have a complete 9.5:1 ratio engine sitting on the floor that I am half tempted to use...
But I'll wait. I'll stick to my 10.2:1 pistons, because Wilson's engine is strong. Avoid the temptation to run the 75 shot.....
From the NX website:
"Proton Series nitrous systems combine performance, durability and value in a compact and easy to mount module. Proton systems contain high quality, made in the USA, solenoids that are capable of producing 250 horsepower to the wheels. The black anodized aluminum housing not only looks great, it pulls heat away from the solenoids for extreme durability. This Proton system includes jetting for 35HP, 50HP and 75HP. This system also includes a 10lb nitrous bottle with a standard bottle valve, stainless bottle brackets, a single Piranha nozzle, stainless braided nozzle lines, extra long braided stainless feed line, master arming switch and a push button. Fits all electronic fuel injected vehicles with a single throttle body."
The next big thing? Hot-rodding "baller on a budget" style? maaayyyybeee...
What you are seeing here is 2.5litre 16v oem headers on the lowly 8 valve head.
So close to matching up? Maybe...
What's the point? Oh, I dunno. Maybe faster revving, higher horsepower. Has anyone converted oem headers or will this be a first? The 16 valve tubes are around 1/16th larger then the 8 valve.
I'm not an expert on exhaust in any way, but because the exhaust gas is all being directed into a collector that's smaller in cross section than 4x each header cross section, it may not be worthwhile when you can sell 16v headers for a lot more than 8v and so on.
For faster revving, do you already have a lightweight FW? I've heard good and bad about them. I remember you had the balance shafts unhooked at one point too. I have a stock FW but a lightened crank and balance shaft delete and it revs up quick as s**t.
Michael,
You make some good points here. Your lightened crank is something I long for!
My balance shafts are removed from the engine. Been thinking of the aluminum flywheel, but like you say, the reviews are all over the board. Maybe next time I have the flywheel off I'll just get it lightened.
Looking for cheap & easy mods nowadays.
Oh, update... cannot believe I overlooked this... until now. The larger diameter tube headers would move my power band upward (which I prefer for spirited driving which is always 4000+rpm) but, the S manifold holes are not in the centreline of the port, so no go unless I made a new flange.
-Nitrous... I shied away from it, but there are many advantages to it. One being I like simple cars and this kit is very simple to install (or remove). You won't find more hp/tq per dollar!
-Nice thing about Nitrous is you can use it on higher compression engines. Though over 10.1:1 ratio and 93_+ octane petrol should be used.
-It's COLD and that helps prevent detonation, encourages power.
-In my case I'll be running a "wet" system which feeds fuel & N.O. in a high pressure mist (fog) AFTER the oem AFM... so any limitations of the "barndoor" are evaded... simply brilliant.
-Lastly, there's not a lot of electronic tuning thats needed (which I prefer). You can avoid the Motronic DME... just let it do it's thing and then buy a "window switch" that controls the solenoids (just set the rpms that you want the boost in) and when you don't want any boost, just click your master switch to "off".
perhaps you can get some long-tube headers, either 4-2-1 (more power across rev range) or 4-1 (max power but only at peak), made up locally cheaper than shipping in some MSDS pieces from california.
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