Prices please......

[robin hughes]

Hi There,

I think it will be mainly luke that can help me here but has anyone got any idea of the prices for......

A stage 3 big valve polished and ported cylinder head??
piper or kent camshaft kits??
VAG upgrade throttlebody??
lightened and balanced flywheel??

all for the xuj94 mi16 engine cheers rob

[Timmo]

iirc the VAG throttle body doesnt make much difference???

[robin hughes]

ive been onto the hiflow heads website and im now quite intrested in a stage 4 head?? but i think i need a word with luke about what to buy. im looking for around 190+ bhp as 160 just isnt enough any more especialy as mikes cosworth is 250bhp, pods calibra is 297bhp and sonnys cav turbo is suposidly being built to house 400+ bhp so i need to keep up with the big guys but obviously sticking with the bx............

[Toddman]

Personally I would speak to Dave Baker of Puma for a BV head and he will help choose the best catcams for that head, you will probably want vernier pulleys and TBH lightening the flywheel is not really worthwhile in this case.

Matt at QEP is also very good and can supply catcams and sort out headwork so worth calling him and getting prices there are links on the mainsite.

I also still beleive Gary has a decent head with piper cams which would be anice upgrade when coupled with a remap.

VAG throttles are pretty poor you are bette roff going for a genuine replacement upgrade with slightly bigger butterflys like the weber one I found on ebay.

Cheers
Luke

[Timmo]

Rob, ignore all the power figures them three give you mate! (mike, pod and Scummy) you know sunny's will be off ht eroad every 3 months for another rebuild as he's melted something else he's cut corners on, From what i hear, mikes cossie is good in all the palces his old one was bad, but bad in all the places his old one was good! so a 250bhp driveway model aint gonna be that fast! and pod's is a calibra so doesnt really count as its a God awful looking thing loL!
Follow lukes advice and get good proven Mods done by proper people and you'll reap the benefits!

[Mandic]

Listen to Luke's advice....

Cheers

Ziga

[Anonymous]

the zx was 187 on a stock engine ect with the throttle bodies but it wasn't cheap but there's alot o bike tb's about may be the way to go i'd definatly consider it if i didn't have the webbers already

[Toddman]

IMHO bike bodies are only worth messing about with if you are a DIY nut and have access to a machine shop - if you have to pay people to do the work it is ppintless, much better off going for a reliable set up.

TBs are not the be all and end all most of the XU 16v lumps of th emi nature will give about 9BHP from just a prope rremap.

Cheers
Luke

[robin hughes]

been in touch with luke and i pretty much know which way to go now.

cheers luke