hey can someone tellme how

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shekogt

Discussion Starter · Aug 8, 2002

how can i ... make mi ecort loook kinda euro jejej its a 90 escort lx .. tell me or how can i increase my hp whit not to much money to spend..

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Well little stuff like advancing the timing...it will just cost you running premium gas.

Exhaust is relatively inexpensive, and cutting the airbox with a better flowing filter.

I´m doing my whole turbo set up to run 5lbs on about a thousand bucks...that´s REALLY cheap compared to trying to do it with a honda

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shekogt

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 9, 2002

HEY IM GONNA BUY THE CHIP ITS COST ME 10 DLLS ON EBAY BUT IT REALLY WORKS??? MY SCORT ITS A 90 DOESNT HAVE A AIRBOX CAUSE ITS THE LX BUT IM GOING TO BUYT A LOT OF THINGS OF THE GT LIKE THE COMPUTER

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TheBlade

· #4 · Aug 9, 2002

Your car has an airbox. An airbox is where ever your filter goes.

Here´s my advice...dont pay for the chip. All it does is spoof your ECU into thinking the intake air is colder, therefore advancing the timing. What it doesn´t tell you is you need to run premium gas after doing that. And if you want o advance your timing just get a timing gun and turn your distributer

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99contour

· #5 · Aug 15, 2002

You´ll only really notice a superchip in an automatic, it improve shifting, in a MTX it´s really a waste of money. If you really want to increase hp start off with a cold air intake, then work on your exaust. I bought the intake for my 99 Ford Contour Zetec at http://www.ctamotorsports.com/
Chris Wong is a great guy and knows his stuff. I ordered the Intake on a Monday, and recieved it on a Wednseday all the way from Canada.
My roommate just bought a 97 escort sport this morning and I´m about to order her an intake from the same place.

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Pimp_scort_89_GT

· #6 · Aug 22, 2002

Sorry to burst your bubble, but putting a Gen 1 GT computer on a Gen 1 LX will not work. Since the LX was throttle body injected it only has on injector. The GT has 4 injectors, but they are batch fired 2 at a time, so you would need atleast two injectors to get the GT computer to work right. Your best bet would be to start out by getting the header off of a Gen 1 GT, then get an intake manifold from a Gen 1 GT or a Gen 2 LX. I´ve seen Gen 2 LX manifold lying all over my local junk yard. That way you can use the GT computer, and have more HP to boot. The header itself should give you a decent boost from the way underpowered CFI motor.

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PTMD

· #7 · Aug 22, 2002

I agree the chip won´t work.however I would not take the intake manifold from a 2nd gen as they are sefi as opposed to the earlier multi-port which boasts higher HP numbers in stock configuration.

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Pimp_scort_89_GT

· #8 · Aug 22, 2002

My theroy behind the Gen 2 intake is if you go ahead and put the Gen 1 throttle body on it, it might actually be better than the Gen 1. The puny TB is what kills a lot of the power on the Gen 2 engine, plus I would think that SEFI itself is way better than batch firing injectors. The Gen 2 intake is lighter than the Gen 1 intake for one. For two the runners on th Gen 2 intake are smoother, and shorter which promotes better torque in the low end which is what a 4 banger really needs. I recently bought a Gen 2 intake just to see if my theroy is correct. I need to run some baselines first to see where my car sits now after the more minor mods I´ve applied. After I do that i will do the swap, not to metion a bit of porting on the intake, to see how it work out. I will post results as they come.

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