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RAISING THE HORSEPOWER OUTPUT?

Old 10-12-2006, 06:39 PM
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WHATS THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE THE HORSEPOWER ON MY 92 SSEi?
Old 10-12-2006, 06:53 PM
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do a search, take a look around and check out the Techinfo for the first Perfromance mods
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there are lots of things you can do.
Take a look at my sig for a quick idea and do some searching, and ask some more specific questions to get better answers
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Theres these these things called pullies you slap them on the supercharger and they make it spin faster. However before you do that:

full tuneup, plugs, wires, fuel filter, air filter/custom intake, etc.

It'* safe to drop to a 2.3 or so without KR if the car is running perfect.
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Assuming your fuel pressure meets spec and you have no cracks in your exhaust manifolds.
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Also check to be sure your CAPS are off.

And ditto on all the members' suggestions
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Originally Posted by Peterg22000
there are lots of things you can do.
Take a look at my sig for a quick idea and do some searching, and ask some more specific questions to get better answers
Ok fisrt I really appreciate your replying to my initial question, now to be specific what are some ideas about how I can raise my horsepower exhaust wise? Also is that an actual picture of your "Bonne" and do you have others I might see??
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Stock mufflers are plenty sufficient believe it or not, but a high flow cat. could help you out, and would be highly recommended before dropping pully sizes much. Series 1 exhaust manifolds are pretty good actually compared to the Series 2, and they wouldn't need upgrading yet.
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Nothing needs to be done to your exhaust. The stock piping is sufficient for a mild to moderately modded engine. Only thing needed to be done to your exhaust is check the Exhaust manifolds for cracks, and weld if needed, replace the cat with a high flow and a muffler isnt recommended since it will take alot to outflow it. Members here only have replaced their muffler for sound.
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Originally Posted by ColorMeBadd2
Also is that an actual picture of your "Bonne" and do you have others I might see??
Sure do
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...667&highlight=

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