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Performance upgrade for 97 2.0lt 4 cyclinder vit

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Performance upgrade for 97 2.0lt 4 cyclinder vit

Post by cam yagan »

Im sick of my cars lack of grunt, particularly on the road either up hills or overtaking. I was wondering what would be the most suitable performance upgrade, and how much extra grunt would i get.
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Post by bigsteve »

I thought the 2.0 litre vits were fairly pokey

Are you pushing extra weight? Biggers tyres.

What diff ratios are in it?
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Post by cam yagan »

Everything is stock, except a 50mm suspension lift and 225/70/R16. It seems that over the last 6 months the power has decreased, but i had it serviced and compression is still spec.
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Post by bigsteve »

cam yagan wrote:Everything is stock, except a 50mm suspension lift and 225/70/R16. It seems that over the last 6 months the power has decreased, but i had it serviced and compression is still spec.


What grade of fuel do you run it on?
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Post by cam yagan »

normal unleaded which is =91ron ?
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225/70/R16 BFG AT
Kick arse stereo
I am good looking
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Post by bigsteve »

Try optimax maybe???

I always ran my zooks on optimax - nothing else.
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Post by cj »

How about swapping your 4.625's for some 5.125 ring & pinions.
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Post by DamTriton »

"...It seems that over the last 6 months the power has decreased, but i had it serviced and compression is still spec...."

Any "rotten egg" smells when you get out of the vehicle?

If so, may be a cactus catalytic converter.

Even if it isn't, could still be the innards of the cat con falling to bits, blocking the exhaust (6 mos seems like about the usual sort of timeframe).
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Post by cam yagan »

how much do extractors and exhaust cost, and how much extra performance do they generate.
97 SWB 2.0lt Vitara RED
50mm lift
225/70/R16 BFG AT
Kick arse stereo
I am good looking
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