Prelude 97- power

[rob.e]

Sold my Esprit V8 last week due to impending redundancy.. looking for reliable fun toy to run ‘til I sort myself out with a new job. 4k max budget, not too old.

Looked at nissan 200 sx, but all the good ones are more than I want to spend, ditto RX7 and supra. Don’t really want FWD but a 2.2 Vtec prelude 97-on fits the bill in all other areas.

Question: the early cheaper cars are 185bhp, later (99-on) cars have 197bhp.. is it possible to chip the early cars to get the full 197?

Any other advice or comments appreciated!

cheers
Rob

[tuttle]

Hi.Damn good car, the Prelude. The H22a, BB1-4 or BB5-8 type engines aren't hugely tuneable. HKS, Apexi & Trust GReddy all make aftermarket ecu & piggy back controllers for it. I don't know the power increases, per se, but would imagine the sort of increase you are looking for, around the 200bhp mark, would be realistically obtainable without too much aggro.

>> Edited by tuttle on Wednesday 21st December 12:58