Performance Mod Opinions Sought!
#17
07-29-2010, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: wheatland, wyoming
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This has been said so many times, but still true. Only forced induction will make any significant differance in these cars. I know from painfull experience. I love my car, will likely always keep it. It is a near daily driver and what I usually chose in the dead of winter with my snow tires. I have to reset the CEL every 500 to 1000 mi due to the SC and once placed an automatic CEL adaptor that stays on the OBD II port all the time. I realized it cancelled all the ECU programing for the SC to stock. What a dog. I forgot how slow these cars were stock. Needless to say I took it off and settled with manually resetting the CEL once in a while. There is no differance in performance with the CEL on but it just bugs me. Go for it. Will
#18
07-29-2010, 02:18 PM
This has been said so many times, but still true. Only forced induction will make any significant differance in these cars. I know from painfull experience. I love my car, will likely always keep it. It is a near daily driver and what I usually chose in the dead of winter with my snow tires. I have to reset the CEL every 500 to 1000 mi due to the SC and once placed an automatic CEL adaptor that stays on the OBD II port all the time. I realized it cancelled all the ECU programing for the SC to stock. What a dog. I forgot how slow these cars were stock. Needless to say I took it off and settled with manually resetting the CEL once in a while. There is no differance in performance with the CEL on but it just bugs me. Go for it. Will
what code are you resetting?.... cat codes?
#20
07-29-2010, 04:50 PM
Former Vendor
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: orange county, Ca
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I have pretty much decided to spend a few dollars on mods... and I am thinking *GO not Show*... specifically thinking about flashing the ECU and an intake.
Wondering if anyone has done this.... recommendations for vendor's and finally.... is there really any performance enhancement anywhere close to the advertised results?
Sos
02 C4S, PSE, 6Speed....
Wondering if anyone has done this.... recommendations for vendor's and finally.... is there really any performance enhancement anywhere close to the advertised results?
Sos
02 C4S, PSE, 6Speed....
Well....when you're ready to tackle on a few "go" mods, ModBargains has your solutions!
With the C4S, you're most likely going to feel the most gains by going to a high-flow Sport Cat setup and the ECU reflash will keep everything in check to make sure you're getting enough fuel since your car will be breathing much better!
I recommend you check out the Fabspeed Performance Package with the ECU Upgrade to get a nice power bump for your car! It includes pretty much everything on your list that you're trying to tackle.
If you have any questions, please feel free to shoot over a PM! Looking forward to helping you out!
#21
07-29-2010, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Monterey Park, CA
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We've installed a set in the past, DRONE!!! Shake, rattle and roll.... 
Inspecting the muffler looked like two cherry-bombs welded in SS for $1,000
No thank you!
SEE FOR YOURSELF
Inspecting the muffler looked like two cherry-bombs welded in SS for $1,000
No thank you!
SEE FOR YOURSELF
Last edited by Wheel Dynamics; 07-29-2010 at 05:47 PM.
#23
07-30-2010, 09:08 AM
This has been said so many times, but still true. Only forced induction will make any significant differance in these cars. I know from painfull experience. I love my car, will likely always keep it. It is a near daily driver and what I usually chose in the dead of winter with my snow tires. I have to reset the CEL every 500 to 1000 mi due to the SC and once placed an automatic CEL adaptor that stays on the OBD II port all the time. I realized it cancelled all the ECU programing for the SC to stock. What a dog. I forgot how slow these cars were stock. Needless to say I took it off and settled with manually resetting the CEL once in a while. There is no differance in performance with the CEL on but it just bugs me. Go for it. Will
#25
07-30-2010, 10:29 PM
I had a 02' C2 3.6 with all the mods, full exhaust, lwfw, evoms air box, evoms flash, rss plenum. With all that it made 295 rwhp! fun as all hell to drive. it was quick but as said by others supercharge it! if your pockets can take it. My friends car made 425 rwhp 0n a 3.6 motor running the lower boost pulley on 93 oct. gas... Bottom line parts alone were $7500 without install. I think my buddy paid 11 or 12,000K. Miss that car also had brembos on all4 bbs lm's pss9's ssk and twined the exhaust in before it was the flavor of the day....
#27
08-01-2010, 08:36 AM
What ankle weights? What part are you referring to?
As for reflashing the ECU, this only maps the computer at certain RPM's for adjusting the car to run rich or lean also adjusts for the advancing the timing. With the Sprintbooster it changes the throttle response drastically at all RPM's! Plus I heard nothing but good things about this cheap mod. Excellent mod for the money, gives you the strong pull in your pants feeling.
#29
08-08-2010, 04:17 PM
I don't think I've seen anyone ask this yet....What is your budget?
The ECU upgrade is pretty expensive considering the results. CAI is definitely advised and you can get a K&N for just over $300 and do the install yourself. Other than that, getting substantial power out of the car will require forced induction.
When I needed to replace my clutch, I replaced it with a SPEC stage 2 and a AASCO LW Flywheel which really improved the "bite" of the clutch and throttle response since the flywheel is half the weight of the OEM. Lighter wheels will certainly help but are also quite expensive and you'd probably want to change the sizes from what you currently have so you'll need to replace all of the tires as well.
Since you have the PSE, you probably wouldn't see a huge change by replacing the exhaust unless you went with some new headers (also pretty spendy). For the track, you def should upgrade the suspension with some coilovers like some PSS9-10 or KW variant 3's. These 2 options are great because they are adjustable so you can dial in your setup.
The ECU upgrade is pretty expensive considering the results. CAI is definitely advised and you can get a K&N for just over $300 and do the install yourself. Other than that, getting substantial power out of the car will require forced induction.
When I needed to replace my clutch, I replaced it with a SPEC stage 2 and a AASCO LW Flywheel which really improved the "bite" of the clutch and throttle response since the flywheel is half the weight of the OEM. Lighter wheels will certainly help but are also quite expensive and you'd probably want to change the sizes from what you currently have so you'll need to replace all of the tires as well.
Since you have the PSE, you probably wouldn't see a huge change by replacing the exhaust unless you went with some new headers (also pretty spendy). For the track, you def should upgrade the suspension with some coilovers like some PSS9-10 or KW variant 3's. These 2 options are great because they are adjustable so you can dial in your setup.
#30
08-09-2010, 10:35 AM
Former Vendor
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Monterey Park, CA
Posts: 2,173
Rep Power: 0 What ankle weights? What part are you referring to?
As for reflashing the ECU, this only maps the computer at certain RPM's for adjusting the car to run rich or lean also adjusts for the advancing the timing. With the Sprintbooster it changes the throttle response drastically at all RPM's! Plus I heard nothing but good things about this cheap mod. Excellent mod for the money, gives you the strong pull in your pants feeling.
As for reflashing the ECU, this only maps the computer at certain RPM's for adjusting the car to run rich or lean also adjusts for the advancing the timing. With the Sprintbooster it changes the throttle response drastically at all RPM's! Plus I heard nothing but good things about this cheap mod. Excellent mod for the money, gives you the strong pull in your pants feeling.