hmm - You'll struggle to see more than 270 odd bhp imho with the standard T25 turbo but you wont be far off and the full 3" exhaust and intercooler plus a remap to suit will transform the car regardless.
Next question, where would one find such performance components? I don't want to spend a fortune on this car since I'm only really using it at the weekends...
That price includes the Cat and it's aluminised steel, not stainless. For Stainless 3" I'd probably just go to Abbott but it depends how long you will keep the car (re. stainless or not)
Once you have the exhaust and hardware fitted, and give you already have an Abbott map, maybe best to take it to them to have it re-mapped to make best use of the better flow - they will probably give you a good price.. You will see great gains with the exhaust and I/C but a new map is required to get the best out of it.
My MY98 9000 with Mitsu TD04 has an Abbott IC, 3" Abbott full stainless and a custom Abbott re-map and it develops around 280bhp.
I'm in the process of slowly upgrading the suspension and brakes so I can really enjoy the power delivery.
IMO this will add much more pleasure before spending bigger bucks for more power.
Abbott are pretty good but you do need to haggle with them and Giles will always barter with you. Just make sure you do this via e-mail or over the phone and then re-affirm it via e-mail.
I also run the cooler BCP8ES plugs too but i've not had it re-dynoed for almost a year.
I'll do it once I've upgraded my wastegate for a Forge with a stiffer spring to see if it improves the very minor blemishes in the torque and bhp curves from that excellent Abbott map.
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