Does any1 know of any free mods or mods that cost next to nothing as we are all a little tight on cash thanks to all those lovely bank managers and there happy lending lol

post below peeps

 

I'll get the easy one in first:
wing-resonator delete

 

or de-tangoing the headlights if you have a new age.

or

Swapping the stop light and the side light bulbs round on the rear light clusters (again if you have a new age0 to give that JDM look

 

Throttle body coolant mod. free, and easy to do.

 

can some one run through the benefits of the wing resonator delete and throttle body coolant mod?

 

The air intake goes from the front of the bonnet to a chamber inside the offside wing. This causes some restriction as it's job is to reduce turbulence and reduce the intake noise. So by removing the resinator you have a air feed from the front of the car into the inner wing space and the airbox pipe open to suck the air in. You will get an increase in induction noise but the car should breath easier.
The throttle coolant delete mod is done to stop the cooling system warming up the throttle body. This results in a less dense air mass entering the intake manifold and thus the cylinders. By re-routing the piping the throttle body stays cool so not having a negative effect on the job done by the intercooler. Even though the effects of these mods may be small they all add up. If sticking with the OE ecu and MAF sensor keep to the airbox and a decent panel filter, these aer good to over 400 bhp on a newage. But if you decide to go for a front mount intercooler which includes an induction kit convert the MAF sensor to a blow through unit. All this needs is the pipe from the intercooler to the throttle body modifying to fit the MAF. If not the Lambda will be all over the place and unmappable plus a right pain at MOT time (personnal experience). Can post pictures if required.

 

make it lighter

 

hi mate thanks for that explanation, make sense.

however what does the resenator look like so i know what to take out of the wing?

and also any inustions on how to do the throttle coolant delete mod.

cheers

p.s. just to add to the weight reduction.. start off with the boot? tools spare tyre and all other junk will make a difference and you wont notice anything has changed on the car if its a road car

 

from mammory, the throttle coolant starts at the 3 ported black plastic thang that rises out of the engine in front of the turbo. It flows along the underneath/back of the inlet manifold into either side of the throttle body then onto the idle control valve iirc

Have a look and you should be able to see it. Essentially just block it up as I believe it doesn't lead anywhere that other bigger pipes don't.


The resonatot is the only big plastic thing in the inner wing, you'll see it lol

weight reduction - ally bonnet is good, don't bother with rear seats they weigh **** all, headers and decat save a good bit, smaller battery if you've got the usual JDM double-breezeblock sized one, chuck the missus out...

 

Autoglym srp polish followed by 2 days hard work waxing and use chemical guys citrus wash and wax shampoo every week

A really good shiney car that will turn heads for under £30
lots of cheap stuff at tesco brushes , microfibe cloths and of course your old toothbrush to clean your exhaust !!And daisy clean for the grubby bits


Detailing world have a special buget section so check that out

A really clean car is a cheap trouble free mod

 

Do not remove the wing resonator or you will lose power!

 

Thos is what Harvey says about removi g the resonator...

In my experience removing the resonator without any link pipe or remap will result in a loss of power. Because we couldn't believe the result it was repeated the following day with the same loss of power. 8 or 9 bhp from memory.

 

Agree. definate loss

 

Only benefit is loss of the weight as the resonator is a bit of a heavy thing but have noticed no benefit in power terms in removing it and there can be downsides in terms of water ingress onto the air filter. I tried it on mine in the early days but wouldnt be in a hurry to do it again.

Throttle coolant feed bypass is worthwhile.

Other free mods for performance...

1 - remove the huge Sub or speaker system in the boot (if you have one - they weigh a ton lol)
2 - remove spare wheel/jack and pack some of that puncture repair spray

ie basically what DaOne said, make the car lighter.

 

Free Mods?

Lose 10 stone ...

Other than that keep it as Subaru intended ... they know best!

Oh, yes, some AutoGlym Extra Gloss after a good wash and wax ... it makes it look great!

 

Loose the aircon and if removing resonator replace with a piece of ducting for about 3 quid

 

Fit a bleed valve to the waste gate and Increase waste gate spring strength.

 

As above ^^^^^ or make yourself lighter

 

hows this help mate

 

It helps blow your car up.

 

Strip it , no money involved .

 

by the sounds of it stripping is te main way for performance..

so any pointers on the heaviest items in a newage?

secondly anymore free styling tips?

 

Eh?

What difference does this make - before I end up blowing a set of bulbs!!!

Ta Rich

 

Make it lighter , get rid of your back seats . Things you dont need etc .

 

Looks better as round light cluster becomes the "lights" & square one is the brake light.

TX.

 

Ah not a lot of good for a bugeye then...

 

Agree with DaOne and others on the making it lighter...

I've lost the carpet, sound deadening amongst other things.

Don't know about the newage boys but the front seats from a classic, they're a little heavy although getting decent buckets isn't cheap

 

you dont block the pipes on the throttle body mod, you join them together

 

ive got some aftermarket bugeye lights which i have done it too, makes my rear end look so much newer and you cant tell that the circle doesnt go through the bumper at night. if it drove past you'd just assume a blobeye has gone past if you hadnt seen the front of the car..

actually it may be more hawkeye style as i get another circle as the brake light next to it as a ring.

daytime:



night: (only pic i have not the best with just the sidelights on but you get the idea)

 

how u do the throttle body mod then boys