I can't believe such negativity towards power upgrades. Are most people on here, apart from Charles and Nippymog (who is seriously considering Stage 2), fully satisfied with the 80bhp offered by the stock motor? It does seem very strange when several people have modified their cars with various other 'upgrades' - some of which seem to offer dubious benefit at best
Certainly if you're going racing, speed costs money, and MMC has the upgrades, if you want to spend the money. Post warranty, I'm thinking more along the lines of Raphy (atlante). He switched to a carburetor, (no more ECU) electric ignition and different pipes. I think the current ECU and pipes 'strangle' the motor and make it run hot for the cats. If we can change the ECU and pipes ...
More HP ? Sure ! More TQ ? Sure !
I'd just like a little more 'flexibility', reliability and a cooler running motor. I'd like to fully exploit what I have, before considering cams, overbores, etc ...
Like Matty said 'But it is horses for courses I suppose'
