HELP! Need more low end power!

[JShadzi at aol.com]

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Yes, I can understand how IC or boost increases will cause a problem, but
simply swapping from a K26 to a K24 should not cause any class changes, that
is if anyone would even comprehend it.  Considering its a smaller turbo,
don't know if it could be considered a real aggressive upgrade.

Javad

In a message dated 6/24/2002 9:58:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
James at ringsperformance.com writes:
>
> Haudi,
>
> I don't yet have an '02 rule book, and I tossed the others.
>
> From (recent) memory, the only mods you can make to stay in stock class
> are:
> cat-back exhaust, front AR bar, struts/shocks, tires, brake pads. You can
> do
> more in street prepared: wheels, springs/rear AR bar, brake
> calipers/rotors.
> Engine work really gives you the bone, and turbo/ECU/IC stuff is considered
> a REAL boost ;-) to performance and capability. I mean, just with a $15
> QLCC
> chip, you can crank from 162 to 220 Hp. That would cost $4k on an NA
> engine,
> so it's "frowned upon" by making it competition-inhibited.
>
> This is not to say that you can't have fun always placing last to very fast
> cars in a really hot urq. Just as you can have fun being the least-slow in
> a
> herd of turtles, like my 4kq.
>
> YMMV and
> cu, James Marriott
> '84 4kq beater, 217k, for sale (BUY IT!)
> '87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare ersatz NG engine, 184k
> '89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 142k
> Boise, ID, USA     http://www.webpak.net/~marriott/
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