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The Workshop => Performance Related => Topic started by: Anonymous on July 22, 2004, 00:24

Title: Recommended mods?
Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2004, 00:24
After looking through alot of the posts its pretty obvious that most people recommend removing the pre cats. Are there any other widely recommended mods for this car that i might have missed?
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Post by: dieamond on July 22, 2004, 06:52
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

no

except
- 2003 parts if you have a 00-02
- wind deflectors
- good tyres
- a quick shift
- a sub floor frame
- a front strut bar
- a anti sway bar
- a new nicer / louder muffler
- lower springs
- harder struts
- chrome interior
- door steps
- new wheels
- painted calipers
- a rear spoiler

  s:!: :!: s:!:
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Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2004, 14:32
What exactly do you want to achieve? Performance, looks, a bit of both?
- TTE sway bars for handling
- TTE springs for handling and looks

to start with...
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Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2004, 17:18
I'm where i want to be with the looks of it now and i can't think of much else to do to the exterior so the next thing is the handling followed by performance.

i'm probably going to do whatever i can to improve the hanling as much as possible so any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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Post by: Anonymous on July 22, 2004, 17:20
Without a doubt....driver training  s:) :) s:)

Learn what your car can do, you'll probably be surprised  s;) ;) s;)

Probably the best performance mod for your money (unless you are already a very good driver  s:) :) s:)  )
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Post by: juansolo on July 23, 2004, 07:59
Quote from: "Hanslow"Without a doubt....driver training  s:) :) s:)

Absolutely!  

after that, tyres (yokonovas).
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Post by: Anonymous on August 6, 2004, 23:11
Best "mod" ever is swapping the awful euro gearbox (C52) for the original (Jap/US/rest of the world) C56 transmission.

If you have the opportunity to try and compare the two set-ups (e.g. a UK Roadster with a J-spec MR-S import) do it. You will feel a massive difference!

i.e. Perfectly staged ratios from 1st right through to 5th without any "power gaps" (e.g. between 2nd & 3rd). Just watch the TopGear review on the Roadster (dating back to 2000) and you will notice that the gear ratios was one of the "weak" points that was reported.
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Post by: Anonymous on August 6, 2004, 23:24
As the car is an import it already has the box you've mentioned. The next thing i have to do is get new springs fited etc and improve the handling a bit then get the chip fitted, after that i'm not sure what's next but i'd appreciate any suggestions anyone might have...
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Post by: Anonymous on August 9, 2004, 08:41
Quote from: "speed"after that i'm not sure what's next but i'd appreciate any suggestions anyone might have...

Adjusting the rear view mirror?  s;) ;) s;)

  Lars J