GL engine mods

[badgerboards]

is there anything i can do to my engine to give it more balls. besides a very costly engine swap.
i love my shell and really dont want to part with it cause of the engine being slow.

[The_Hawk]

The simplest way to increase the power to weight ratio is to remove weight... But of course that might mean loosing some creature comforts and in reality a GL is never going to be quick.

Maybe drive it round knowing it's never going to break until you can afford to replace the engine or buy something faster

[Lorenz]

There are a few engine mods available, but your not going to be getting huge power out of it at the end of the day unless you go forced induction.

Look at a slightly larger Cam
Port and polished head
Set of extractors
Exhaust
Chip

This should give you more revs, better topend (lose a bit of torque though) and a touch more power.

Best way to make it more fun, lose some weight out of the car as Aaron said, and set up the suspension (coilsovers/spring shock combo, swaybars, new bushes etc).

[AusScare]

It really is too expensive to try and get more power out, so as above, I would personally look at a good spring/shock combo (cheap coilovers ride really hard), some nice wheels, stereo, rear sway bar, better brakes, etc.

Just make it a nice run around, handling well, looking good, being nice to drive.

[badgerboards]

Thanks guys. Well I have done everything except the engine. I got custom paint, bodykit, catback exhaust, custom interior and competition sound system. I have coilovers coming they are currently at heathrow airport . So I was just seeing if I could possibly do anything to the engine to make it a touch more enjoyable, thanks guys

[AusScare]

oh.. you don't have that white one on chromies do you?

edit: Just reading your first post, it's green I see..

[mattross]

A forced air induction is the best and easiest.....

i did find a site that said they could turbo it for around $2500, with staged racing Cams...not sure if that would be worth it..... Google search