How to increase engine performance

[Keithchue]

guys,

 

how to increase perfomance to a car without any bolts ons, i have tried TB cleaning, engine flushes. seems like it will only last for a certain period of time and the effenicy decreases over time

[Good-Carbuyer]

guys,

 

how to increase perfomance to a car without any bolts ons, i have tried TB cleaning, engine flushes. seems like it will only last for a certain period of time and the effenicy decreases over time

Can check this forum and other forums on hypermiling

[Weiming]

Simply put, you can't. Your car's performance will deteriorate over time due to wear and tear. What you can do is to minimize the drop in performance by regular servicing and conducting preventive maintenance.

[Expertz]

actually this is something i've been thinking of myself and the only thing that i believe is not snake oil is ECU reflash

even then that would not give you even 1 extra horse, it just releases the horses faster

 

i believe everything else other than adding in a turbo are snake oil and dyno results will show no improvement

including open pod, cold air intake, fuel additives...

 

 

[Tigerwoods]

Increase engine performance ?

Step Harder on the Accelerator loh...

[Fresh]

the best best is to change car. so how much money and time (which is not free) have you spent?

[Itsec]

guys,

 

how to increase perfomance to a car without any bolts ons, i have tried TB cleaning, engine flushes. seems like it will only last for a certain period of time and the effenicy decreases over time

 

 

change ride.. what u had done were pointless...

[Kelpie]

Simply put, you can't. Your car's performance will deteriorate over time due to wear and tear. What you can do is to minimize the drop in performance by regular servicing and conducting preventive maintenance.

 

I watched the Top Gear show and they dyno tested those sub 20 years old Ferrari, Lambo and Masareti. Their performance actually dip drastically and they lose half of the horsepower by now . So performance don't last forever.

 

Regards,

[SimonTan]

Car engine is mechanical. The stroke and piston are designed and fixed.

What are the variables you can change? Those will affect the engine performance.

Like more air into engine, more fuel into engine = more power. So some throttle modifier trick you into believing that a small tap on the accelerator will give you super powerful engine. If fact they just advance the butterfly valve and fuel injection earlier. Infact when you step fully on the accelerator= trottle wide open, it achieve the same maximum possible air and fuel intake.

so you see there is not much you can make a engine more powerful as the design is already fixed.

Don't talk about drivability, as those ECU module just adjust the power curve to make it happen earlier an at little pedal movement, so it gives the impression of powerful engine. When in actual fact you can achieve the exact same feeling if you step the pedal deeper/more.

 

Without touching the engine itself, there is very limited power to be gained.

All the polishing, bigger exhaust, smoother intake, less resistance air filter, etc........will at most gain you few HP, which is indiscernible on the road. The cost of those modifications will be useful in a race track condition, on the road, who are you racing with? Mint as well remove all the dead weight in the car, for a cheaper and a most effective performance gain overall. But the engine till produce same power, while pulling a lighter load.

 

 

[Zanter]

actually this is something i've been thinking of myself and the only thing that i believe is not snake oil is ECU reflash

even then that would not give you even 1 extra horse, it just releases the horses faster

 

i believe everything else other than adding in a turbo are snake oil and dyno results will show no improvement

including open pod, cold air intake, fuel additives...

 

 

Depends on the car model. Certain cars like MAzda, the ECU will compensate itself for any mods made. So hard to mod. Certain cars like Honda there r tested mods which works. Generally, even piggyback etc cant improve much cos the manufacturer will alrdy squeeze almost the max outta the engines. If can find 10 bhp is achievement alrdy.

[Zech]

Other countries their basic mod is implant tubro or supercharger. The extreme one will be replacement of NA engine. Here the local country you mod as if you never mod becos of legal restriction. Once again performance will never be equal to FC.

[Cerano]

Sprintbooster

[Kelpie]

Sprintbooster

 

Feel good on the butt .

 

Regards,

[Cerano]

Feel good on the butt .

 

Regards,

 

Best $300 spent if you want to improve the "feel"

[Kelpie]

Other countries their basic mod is implant tubro or supercharger. The extreme one will be replacement of NA engine. Here the local country you mod as if you never mod becos of legal restriction. Once again performance will never be equal to FC.

 

Some Car critics would think that turbo is a crude and an inexpensive way of extracting power. Some mags that I came across simply said it is a "no brainer" way. So the technology in getting 225bhp in a NA versus one getting 225bhp in a TC of the same cc is more much complex and technically challenging.

 

If a country allows anyone to go the illegal way in enhancing performance in a crude manner, then people will tell you why buy high performance stock car in the 1st place?

 

Regards,

[Allen]

well said!! i am one of those who had spend a bomb on mod to increase power

in the end, car is so rough that is not drivable. now my car is fully stock. learned my lesson already.

want more power get a more powerful car, pointless to mod here and there and upset the balance of the car

which the manufacturer has spend million on R & D to balance the car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Car engine is mechanical. The stroke and piston are designed and fixed.

What are the variables you can change? Those will affect the engine performance.

Like more air into engine, more fuel into engine = more power. So some throttle modifier trick you into believing that a small tap on the accelerator will give you super powerful engine. If fact they just advance the butterfly valve and fuel injection earlier. Infact when you step fully on the accelerator= trottle wide open, it achieve the same maximum possible air and fuel intake.

so you see there is not much you can make a engine more powerful as the design is already fixed.

Don't talk about drivability, as those ECU module just adjust the power curve to make it happen earlier an at little pedal movement, so it gives the impression of powerful engine. When in actual fact you can achieve the exact same feeling if you step the pedal deeper/more.

 

Without touching the engine itself, there is very limited power to be gained.

All the polishing, bigger exhaust, smoother intake, less resistance air filter, etc........will at most gain you few HP, which is indiscernible on the road. The cost of those modifications will be useful in a race track condition, on the road, who are you racing with? Mint as well remove all the dead weight in the car, for a cheaper and a most effective performance gain overall. But the engine till produce same power, while pulling a lighter load.

 

[Cerano]

Car engine is mechanical. The stroke and piston are designed and fixed.

What are the variables you can change? Those will affect the engine performance.

Like more air into engine, more fuel into engine = more power. So some throttle modifier trick you into believing that a small tap on the accelerator will give you super powerful engine. If fact they just advance the butterfly valve and fuel injection earlier. Infact when you step fully on the accelerator= trottle wide open, it achieve the same maximum possible air and fuel intake.

so you see there is not much you can make a engine more powerful as the design is already fixed.

Don't talk about drivability, as those ECU module just adjust the power curve to make it happen earlier an at little pedal movement, so it gives the impression of powerful engine. When in actual fact you can achieve the exact same feeling if you step the pedal deeper/more.

 

Without touching the engine itself, there is very limited power to be gained.

All the polishing, bigger exhaust, smoother intake, less resistance air filter, etc........will at most gain you few HP, which is indiscernible on the road. The cost of those modifications will be useful in a race track condition, on the road, who are you racing with? Mint as well remove all the dead weight in the car, for a cheaper and a most effective performance gain overall. But the engine till produce same power, while pulling a lighter load.

 

 

more fuel doesnt mean more power

 

in fact you have to attain 0.9 lambda for the stoichiometric ratio to attain max power.

[Kelpie]

Best $300 spent if you want to improve the "feel"

 

No need lah, just switch to sports mode and there you go! Save the S$300.

 

Regards,