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November 2003
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exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Tue, 05 October 2004 05:30
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ok, im after a little more midrange grunt for my 4age 100kw.
ive got about 500$ to spend on modification.
MY PERSONAL choices are out of:
- exhaust
- cams
- gearbox
gearbox:
new gearbox will get rid of my gear crunching in 2nd and get me going a little faster cause of the faster gear change i guess.
Cams:
dont know how to install them personally, and they are probably gona be quite expensive. i dont know much about Cams, but i want something thats gona give me a increase throughout the rev range. ive been told 254-264 deg cams are a good choice.
exhaust:
my exhaust is the stock exhaust with a newish P-shooter muffler put on by the previous owner, but it sounds pretty good in my opinion. probably good potential for power gain.
what are some other ideas other 4age owners have?
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Tue, 05 October 2004 05:43
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are don't think you will get much done with $500 maybe a sport system and thats it.
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Location:
melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Tue, 05 October 2004 07:29
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why is that, apparently CAMS are 400$, and i think an exhaust can be done easily for 500$, gearbox can be bought for 200$, and costs 375$ if i want it profesionally installed.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Tue, 05 October 2004 15:44
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fix your gearbox
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Location:
Lost in the K hole
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Tue, 05 October 2004 15:51
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in summary:
NA performance mods do sweet fuck all by themselves. do it all, or do none and save your money. NA performance is expensive as shit, and VERY hard to do properly to achieve any noticable improvement.
cams without intake, porting and headers is useless
headers and exhuast withou porting and cams is useless
you get the idea
fix your gearbox
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Tue, 05 October 2004 17:03
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i agree with Ed, building an NA motor is about making a system work together.. bit by bit will not be very satisfying until the end. not like a turbo motor where you just up the boost and it's better..
that said, an exhaust will help even a stock motor a little..
for $500, fit the gearbox yourself, then get an exhaust..
cams porting and intake should be done together imo..
Cya, Stewart
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Wed, 06 October 2004 02:12
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dude go for cams man. I'm gettin cams soon and i heard its pretty straightforward to install mild cams. Dont bother with 4age aftermarket headers. Stock headers are supposedly good for about 185hp.
Might wanna fix ur g/box first though.
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Location:
Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Wed, 06 October 2004 02:34
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| b1gb3n wrote on Wed, 06 October 2004 12:12 |
I'm gettin cams soon and i heard its pretty straightforward to install mild cams.
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You heard? Oh OK, just ignore what Ed and oldcorollas said, they don't know anything about building NA engines. 
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Location:
melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Wed, 06 October 2004 03:10
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looks like im fixing the gearbox next 
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Location:
Lost in the K hole
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: exhaust or cams? hmmm
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Wed, 06 October 2004 04:27
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| b1gb3n wrote on Wed, 06 October 2004 12:12 |
dude go for cams man. I'm gettin cams soon and i heard its pretty straightforward to install mild cams. Dont bother with 4age aftermarket headers. Stock headers are supposedly good for about 185hp.
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uhuh....
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