» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | | | 07-15-2005, 09:38 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Indianapolis,IN Posts: 6 | More horse power Hey can anybody please tell me how I can improve the speed and horse power of my 96 automatic Ti without doing a whole lot and putting alot of money into the engine I have change the airfilter and put in a (KN) air filter but I want more power and I want to keep the engine stock as much as I can so I need some advise in what direction I should go. thanks | | | 07-15-2005, 10:08 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: tailgating your slow ass Posts: 518 | technique tuning makes a chip for 250$ check out techniquetuning.com | | | 07-15-2005, 10:19 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 395 | +2hp? for 250 bucks? geez, i'd rather make a hole in the floor and help the car with my feet. | | | 07-15-2005, 11:16 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 528 | I'll post about my cam work soon. It's free I suppose, but it's gonna cost me a bit to get the dyno test to actually see the results. It'll be in the next month. Stay tuned...get it...tuned? lol. I'm holding off on the chip till I do a bit more tuning/intake/exhaust work. Then I'll get them to tune my chip in a bit better to take advantage of those mods. | | | 07-16-2005, 12:31 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mt. Laurel, NJ Posts: 390 | take out the a/c whoel system, replace the cat wiht a straight pipe. will cost u like $500 at least 20-30 hp __________________ Intake, Sony mp3/cd player, remus cat-back exhaust, | | | 07-16-2005, 03:53 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 523 | Quote: Originally Posted by barische take out the a/c whoel system, replace the cat wiht a straight pipe. will cost u like $500 at least 20-30 hp | Which one is the expensive one? and which one gives the most horsepower?Taking out the cat is illegal right? | | | 07-16-2005, 04:15 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 528 | Removing the cat just lets exhaust flow more freely. It's not illegal as far as I know, but you'll probably fail an emissions test. Removing the A/c will reduce paracitic drag on the motor (fewer accessories for the motor to spin means more of the available power gets to go to the wheels). | | | 07-16-2005, 05:03 AM | #8 | Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 93 | removing cat... it's 100% illegal in all 50 states... i know any shop that removes one is fined like $25-50k... something like that... it's not worth the chance. if you put a high flow cat on, you're not going to lose power. __________________ my pappy said, "son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod... bmw?" | | | 07-16-2005, 05:19 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | I found this on the EPA website. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 07-16-2005, 05:36 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 523 | Quote: Originally Posted by robbie-z it's 100% illegal in all 50 states... i know any shop that removes one is fined like $25-50k... something like that... it's not worth the chance. if you put a high flow cat on, you're not going to lose power. | I thought so I went to an exhaust shop and asked about the cat question and they said I would have to buy thier shop for them to do that.So I guess it is a big penalty! | | | 07-16-2005, 05:51 AM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pismo Beach, CA Posts: 500 | Take off the ac wheel.... The california 110 degree valley weather isn't as bad as its made out to be lol __________________ Joe, In San Luis Obispo E30-> '96 TI sport -> E30 -> '96 TI | | | 07-16-2005, 07:01 AM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncie, Indiana Posts: 1,551 | Just remove the belt on the ac. As for the cat we don't have emissions here, but the penalties still apply. However, I just took my car to a local exhaust shop and paid 50 dollars cash with no recepit. | | | 07-17-2005, 05:19 AM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncie, Indiana Posts: 1,551 | Has anyone ever tried the air conditioning delete mod? Does it really make a difference? | | | 07-19-2005, 02:56 PM | #14 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cairo, Ard el golf Posts: 27 | I know a friend who did that in the Hyndai tibron and he removed the AC and everything related to it and gained about 15hp he said the car was lighter and her also removed the cat.. ! both at once and he said he felt a gr8 difference... I never tried the AC delete mode.. ? does actually work.. ? because i think it wont make a difference at all...! __________________ -----tEso----- ..::bmw E36/5 316i ...Hamann 17" HM2 Rims.....K&N superflow filter....Hamann E36 Exhaust.....Mtech body kit with a Rieger M E46 bumper.....E46 M original Electrical folding up mirriors.... Gonna b Sc soon...! ::.. http://home.insightbb.com/~shahabm3/...0/site1014.jpg | | | 08-21-2005, 02:15 AM | #15 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mt. Laurel, NJ Posts: 390 | of course it will improve the hp, u see that belt that turns the ac, the more pressure it puts on the crank the more hp u lose, so just cut the belt, u ll feel the power. take the ac assemly out, u save weight so u go faster, its simple. __________________ Intake, Sony mp3/cd player, remus cat-back exhaust, | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |