Team-BHP - View Single Post - giving the Swift some low end torque and fatter wheels

theEnd · 21st November 2005, 16:41

Those sound like brilliant suggestions Viper... I'm gonna approach you as soon as I get back from a slightly extended holiday.

And thanks Mpower for that clarification. Dual intake trupmets on the Optra 1.6 sounds like a great idea... So am I right if i call that a different solution to the same problem that VTEC's and VVTi try to solve?

Moving on the brakes.

Now I have another query... as we all know, the majority of Indian cars come with drum brakes for the rear wheels. Is it possible to replace those with disc brakes? And how complicated a mod is that? Any idea of the costs involved? I'm thinking of that mod for the Ikon, as the brakes on that car are definitely its achilles heel. I guess if it works out it would be a worthwhile mod to any car...

Which actually raises another issue... If one was to change the brakes on a car with ABS, then how much more difficult would that be?

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theEnd BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 298	Those sound like brilliant suggestions Viper... I'm gonna approach you as soon as I get back from a slightly extended holiday. And thanks Mpower for that clarification. Dual intake trupmets on the Optra 1.6 sounds like a great idea... So am I right if i call that a different solution to the same problem that VTEC's and VVTi try to solve? Moving on the brakes. Now I have another query... as we all know, the majority of Indian cars come with drum brakes for the rear wheels. Is it possible to replace those with disc brakes? And how complicated a mod is that? Any idea of the costs involved? I'm thinking of that mod for the Ikon, as the brakes on that car are definitely its achilles heel. I guess if it works out it would be a worthwhile mod to any car... Which actually raises another issue... If one was to change the brakes on a car with ABS, then how much more difficult would that be?