N/A EJ20 power. B Sport

[ArticIce]

So after a family trip to New Plymouth over Easter I have come to find that I need a bit more usable power. so here are a few questions.

Cat back vs full exhaust, is there a big difference in the gains?

Induction, Pod or can a quick and easy piping job into the factory air box and better quality panel filter work.

Pulleys, back in the day I read in hot 4\'s/fast fours about GFB pulleys being lighter and increasing response. will this work on an N/A setup? does or has anyone used then?

Leads & coil packs, is there any gains in aftermarket stuff?

Dont flame me please. no "Get a turbo" or "should have got a GT-B". because all I could say is yea I know, but I love the wagon I have.

Cheers

B

[Johnnynz]

Catback and exhaust made no difference on my N/A Legacy years ago but it was the extremely wheezy 1.8l. You may have a better result from a bigger engine.

[ADIKT]

How olds the car? Re-map?

[ArticIce]

it is 2003

[DacerX]

get a turbo or the 3.0r much nices

[sti_v9]

My thoughts are if there are any gains to be had on this motor it would probably come from tuning. Run a high octane fuel and bump up the timing as much as safely possible. However, in order for it to be cost effective, you would need to do the tuning yourself unless you know someone with a dyno and a charitable personality.

I don\'t think an intake and exhaust would do much for this motor so save your cash for something else.

[Marky]

Being blunt any power gains you do manage will be a) up the top of the revs anyway and b) not really noticable on the road

you\'re up against it with a non performance smallish motor in a reasonably large car to be honest, you could spend $2k on pulleys exhausts etc etc and gain sweet f-a in the real world apart from noise and reduced resale value

placebo effect will say yeah it feels faster but you wont really feel the 5-10hp you could potentially gain unless youve got the stopwatch out

that said i am a massive fan of placebos so long as it doesnt get slower and doesnt cost much