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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 01:41 AM
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ive heard a from a number of people that its hard to tune a 2.8 to make it fast. My car is a dog and all wheel drive is there any mods to the motor besides intake and full exhaust that can be done.
 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 02:09 AM
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what year do you have?
 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 03:10 AM
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97 pre 30 valve
 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 03:23 AM
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Man, I asked those same questions when I first joined and the short answer is no. I say that because you can't do the one thing that will make your car get a substantial hp increase which is the supercharger from PES. Honestly, if you are looking for a car to make fast, get a 1.8TQ. It has a lot more options to modify performance wise.

2.8s are slow rollers. I accepted it. I love it now.

Why make it harder for the ladies to see the man behind the machine.
 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 03:32 AM
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be different and turbo it
 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 03:48 AM
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We don't want another fabrication fail on our hands...

 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 03:53 AM
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lol well that's unfortunate..

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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Remove coolant cap, roll a Stage 3 S4 under it, and replace the coolant cap. Done. Otherwise, spend huge money to fab something, spray it, or accept that it's slow.
 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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well unless you know what you're doing with fabs, i wouldn't do the rear mount turbo. the only things you can do is nitrous or find somebody who has a SC kit for the 12v because they used to make them a long time ago. or do you're own SC setup. there's a lot of options but not a lot of bolt on options. personally, i wouldn't do anything to the 12v because it's not worth the time and money
 
Old Jan 5, 2010 | 03:36 PM
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I'm pretty sure that guy only had it rear mounted as a temporary setup then moved it under the hood..
op, intake and full exhaust won't make you noticeably faster. just lower it. low and slow ftw
 



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