Affordable upgrades

[homeboy]

So, I'm planning to upgrade my EP82 with affordable parts. Please note that i'm stock, just a FMIC and 60mm exhaust system.

So far this is my to-do list:

Toyota Carina 2.0 diesel turbo unit (direct fitment)
RRFPR
Roadrunner downpipe
HKS-FCD
Inox manifold

Also, I'm running a stock ECU, might upgrade to a JAM/BLITZ later on. Target BHP is around 160-170 at 1 bar.

Opinions and suggestions are very welcome!

 

[tiksie]

I'd personally ditch the FCD and JAM/BLITZ units as the money you spend on them together will probably be close to a standalone unit which won't require FCD and have a ton of features at the same time. Not only that, you can tune your car accordingly depending on what mods you get, not just whacking a 'more agressive mapped ECU' as most of those 'performance' ECU's are.

Can I ask why you want that specific BHP figure ? I'm running a 5E swap with a TD04 and custom exhaust, emanage blue etc etc and get around that figure on 1 bar. I haven't had much experience with 4E's but I'm guessing your torque curve isn't going to be friendly with that much power assuming you'll need more than 1 bar to achieve it ?

 

[homeboy]

FCD for now, ecu maybe later. eManage blue and mapping goes more than 500€. All the other stuff, including turbo are about 450€ in total. Besides the plan is affordable bhp with minor cost and without modifications. CT9 can output 170 bhp with fine mapping but it's at it's peak so I'm guessing 170 bhp with a Carina turbo unit should be piece of cake.

 

[weeJohn]

I would spend the money on the Jam/Blitz ecu now, as it will cover a lot of your future mods safely (for the engine) and give a decent power increase.

Really need to address braking and handling upgrades as well.

 

[ChrisD]

Stock ecu, diesel turbo, ~0.8bar of boost, fmic, exhaust, etc will give ~180hp...

 

[homeboy]

Handling is already there, strut bars etc etc. After the turbo upgrade I'll install Toyota Avensis T22 front calipers with 270mm disks as it will be enough for my chassis (50mm piston). ChrisD are you sure about the bhp with the stock ecu? Seems too much, wouldn't it be lean even with the RRFPR?