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HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:04 pm
by joe cavalier sri
HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER ITS TOTALY STANDARD BESIDES KNN AIR FILTER ANYONE HELP PLEASE ?

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:12 pm
by btcctroy
throw it away and insert a redtop for starters or a v6 as these engines are dirt cheap at the moment

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:12 pm
by Martin_TD
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Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:17 pm
by TurboSteven77
fire in a v6 or turbo :thumb

HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:08 pm
by rustyarches
knock the cat out and u will keep up with a redtop or even beat them.from my past xperiences,


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Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:13 pm
by Stoater85
my sri eco was much better after fitting a sports cat.

HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:15 pm
by rustyarches
a cat makes such a differance,i hate them.


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Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:26 pm
by gsi pie
blank all the egr valve and crap

HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:32 pm
by rustyarches
my mates did 16.something up santapod.only mod was no cat and lots hard driveing.ecotec will not tolarate a lot of abuse like a 20xe :-)


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Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:21 am
by Hayward691
16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:30 am
by dingdongbells
as said bust the cat out, standard 15" rims is better than bigger 17" rims

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:37 am
by blackv6
its all about your budget at the end of the day

scott

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:45 am
by Gaz
Hayward691 wrote:16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!
is that santa pod timed or stopwatch?

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:22 pm
by Kevwaggy
Gaz wrote:
Hayward691 wrote:16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!
is that santa pod timed or stopwatch?
Egg timer methinks
joe cavalier sri wrote:HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER ITS TOTALY STANDARD BESIDES KNN AIR FILTER ANYONE HELP PLEASE ?
Blanking off all the egr bollocks is a good idea, or you could buy the 4branch manifold I have for an ecotec :mrgreen:

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:58 pm
by vauxtillidie
Hayward691 wrote:16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!
seriously? have a word

my 280bhp astra vxr does 14.1

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:44 pm
by btcctroy
Hayward691 wrote:16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!
Wow that's impressive. So how have you managed to get 300+ Bhp from the ne.

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:11 pm
by Deeksin
sriguy wrote:throw it away and insert a redtop for starters or a v6 as these engines are dirt cheap at the moment
Ha ha a knew that was coming :thumb

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:20 pm
by terkin
sriguy wrote:
Hayward691 wrote:16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!
Wow that's impressive. So how have you managed to get 300+ Bhp from the ne.
and i knew that was coming :lol:

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:21 pm
by terkin
rustyarches wrote:knock the cat out and u will keep up with a redtop or even beat them.from my past xperiences,


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you sure?

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:29 pm
by V6power
Hayward691 wrote:16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!
and pigs fly............

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:32 pm
by Gaz
rustyarches wrote:my mates did 16.something up santapod.only mod was no cat and lots hard driveing.ecotec will not tolarate a lot of abuse like a 20xe :-)
Mine did a 17.1 first run smoking its cock off and been thrashed within a inch of its life by the previous owner (then blew up on the m62)

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:57 pm
by btcctroy
15.6 is my best at 91mph

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:52 pm
by iancav6
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Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:04 pm
by btcctroy
good times is it stripped out

Re: HOW DO I MAKE MY MK3 CAV SRI ECOTEC GO FASTER

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:08 am
by Hayward691
Gaz wrote:
Hayward691 wrote:16 something.... That's a bit crap!!! My old C20NE had piper cross air filter and straight through exhaust and a full boot build of mdf and I got around 13 - 14 seconds with quite a bit of driver delay!!!
is that santa pod timed or stopwatch?
Santa pod timer... Got the slips somewhere...