gettin the most out of an xe

[jon boy]

looking to get more power out of my engine ,

dont really want to waist money on bolt on mods that aint going to do much ,

can anyone point me in the right direction as to what parts/procedures I will benifit from . even if its just basic stuff (gettng the engine to run correctly ).

Also ,i read somewhere that when the c20xe engine was under development was running 170bhp , but was detuned for emission reasons , altering the timing etc etc ..

true / false ??

Thanks jon .

[Adam]

Twin carbs.
Or
Throttle bodies

Set of cams.

Free flowing exhaust.

[Stuart]

Nitrous

[jon boy]

seriously ??

nitrous oxide ??

i want my engine to last !!!

whats better bodies or carbs ??

what brand ??

[Stuart]

someones been taking nitrous lessons from F&F... you can use nitrous for ages wihtout wearing the engine /melting things any worse than other tuning.... meh you carry on beliving the "hype"

TB's are better than carbs, but require extensive mapping to get running sweet as a nut and to their best setup (SBD kits are ok but need remapping so arent as cheap in the long term)

as for TB brands.. well no matter where you go in the uk (and ignoring bike tb's) you will "only" get jenvey ones rebranded

[Adam]

Nitrous is the easiest/cheapest option.

[Stuart]

short term its the cheapest, but long term its quite costly.... i guess you need to weigh up how much you want to spend and how often you want power (and for what purpose)

[Philsutton]

seriously ??

nitrous oxide ??

i want my engine to last !!!

oh dear, if its set up by a chimp then your engine will scatter itself over a larger radius, if done right its not going to damage your engine. It wont blow the welds on your intake and cause your floor to fall out at 300mph

[craig green]

/\/\/\ LOL

I'd chuck it off a cliff. That'll get an XE moving fast.

All tuning methods are exhausted on this engine tbh. Its all tried & tested & if you want significant power without chucking money away, save up & fit TB's & do away with the SFi box. Anyone boasting 180bhp etc & still using the SFi is talking sh[t. (nos aside)

[SRlew]

can you run twin 40's on 2.0 valvers or are they restrictive?
salso has anyone put t50's on? what sort of spec would you need to run 50's?

just intrested like. never seen these on before