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Performance upgrade for 97 2.0lt 4 cyclinder vit

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:03 pm
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.

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:06 pm
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?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:08 pm
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.

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:12 pm
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?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:13 pm
by cam yagan
normal unleaded which is =91ron ?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:16 pm
by bigsteve
Try optimax maybe???

I always ran my zooks on optimax - nothing else.

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:18 pm
by cj
How about swapping your 4.625's for some 5.125 ring & pinions.

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:05 pm
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).

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:21 pm
by cam yagan
how much do extractors and exhaust cost, and how much extra performance do they generate.