twilightprotege
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- 2001 323 Astina SP20 (P5)
Well boys and girls....the ported head and custom cams are in my car.
the install took me 6 hours taking my time. obviously wanted to make sure it was done right. my hands are cut like i've been playing with razor blades and my back is killing me, but i dont care. timing was a lot easier to set up this time because i've done it twice before so it only took my 2 goes to get it right.
before i go further, sorry wasnt able to take pictures, my fiancee's digi cam is screwed and my mate was at work so i couldnt use his.
now, how the head looked. FAAARRRRKKKKK!!!! the intake runners look much bigger and same with the intake manifold (had it port matched). everything looks brand new and very nice. it was easy to see the overlap before i put the head on as well. i cant remember how many degreed overlap was put into the cams.
flow figures - the printer at the head shop was screwing up and printing different head data even though mine was selected. appartnely they are fixing it up and posting it out to me today (tuesday aussie time).
anyway, initial impressions. rough idle with lope, although i'm guessing a good 80% of that is due to the AWR rear engine mount being installed.
driving. well first of all i need to raise the rev limiter now
hehehehe i only took it a couple of times to redline (6500rpm for the aussie car) and as soon as the VICS opens it takes off!!!!! it hits the rev limiter so damn hard!!!!!! i was going to try leaving the VICS shut in a week or so to see how that feels overall.
just normal driving around feels no different to before. i'm certain there is a little loss in low end power, but not hugely noticeable.
i'll be running the car in for another 500k's then i'll take it and get the thing dyno'd. i can definately feel the difference so i'll be hoping for 15-20whp increase. if i get that i'll be happy because the exhaust is so restrictive in stock form.
as soon as i get flow and dyno figures i'll post here....keep an eye out!
the install took me 6 hours taking my time. obviously wanted to make sure it was done right. my hands are cut like i've been playing with razor blades and my back is killing me, but i dont care. timing was a lot easier to set up this time because i've done it twice before so it only took my 2 goes to get it right.
before i go further, sorry wasnt able to take pictures, my fiancee's digi cam is screwed and my mate was at work so i couldnt use his.
now, how the head looked. FAAARRRRKKKKK!!!! the intake runners look much bigger and same with the intake manifold (had it port matched). everything looks brand new and very nice. it was easy to see the overlap before i put the head on as well. i cant remember how many degreed overlap was put into the cams.
flow figures - the printer at the head shop was screwing up and printing different head data even though mine was selected. appartnely they are fixing it up and posting it out to me today (tuesday aussie time).
anyway, initial impressions. rough idle with lope, although i'm guessing a good 80% of that is due to the AWR rear engine mount being installed.
driving. well first of all i need to raise the rev limiter now
hehehehe i only took it a couple of times to redline (6500rpm for the aussie car) and as soon as the VICS opens it takes off!!!!! it hits the rev limiter so damn hard!!!!!! i was going to try leaving the VICS shut in a week or so to see how that feels overall.just normal driving around feels no different to before. i'm certain there is a little loss in low end power, but not hugely noticeable.
i'll be running the car in for another 500k's then i'll take it and get the thing dyno'd. i can definately feel the difference so i'll be hoping for 15-20whp increase. if i get that i'll be happy because the exhaust is so restrictive in stock form.
as soon as i get flow and dyno figures i'll post here....keep an eye out!
