Q about gearbox

[Fooda]

im thinking of moding my DS3 thp ..

but will the gearbox take 180 or even 200 bhp ?

and any suggestions on any mods ?

[Parafilm]

Should take it no problem, others here have mapped their cars to around 200bhp with no worries (yet :P). As far as I know the gearbox is the same in the DS3R and the Cooper S but with the Cooper S using shorter ratios than the DS3.

[chiefnerd]

Mine's at 193 and the gearbox is totally fine- gear ratios are even better now I've got the added power actually.

[Dave Clarke]

Been running mine at between 210 and 220bhp since May 2011, no gearbox problems.

[Fooda]

sounds great then .. i'm thinking of remap and an intake mods .. and maybe exhaust as well

thanx for the info guys

[Chris_Blue]

Hi Fooda
Does the heat in Saudi affect the running of the car?
And what about all that sand and the paintwork- You apply anything to the paintwork?
CBLUE

[Fooda]

welllll .. im a university student so i dont have the money or time to apply anything to the paintwork .. and its not really affected by the sand or anything as you see in the pics i posted earlier

as for the heat it does make a difference when its hot .. nowadays it reaches around 50C (i know thats very very hot) so i get less power and more lag from the turbo .. we dont have dyno's to test it but i can definetely feel it .. but in the winter we get about 20C at night so u get more power and less lag from the turbo

Other than that it's running completely normal .. the temperature gauge never got over half

[Chris_Blue]

Blimey- 50celsius. I'd give my back teeth for half that in the UK if we saw the sun too!
Spose you like a lot of night time driving too- cooler intake temp

AND COME ON- WHATS THE PRICE OF UNLEADED? TUPPENCE HAPENNY? :cool:
CBLUE

[Fooda]

actaully it would reach 60c on really really hot days, but thats about one or two days a year :P

as for the price of petrol here .. well get ready to be shocked ...

its 0.10 pounds for 95 octane!
and 0.07 pounds for 91 octane!

i guess everyone wants to come to KSA now :P

[Chris_Blue]

Blue skies and Hot temperatures- luvly
Price of petrol- even better
Sell DS3s in Saudi too- marvellous
But if I drive fast in Saudi, will get lost and end up in Syria, or Iraq (Not good at the moment:cool
So will stay in UK thank you - weather not great, petrol high price- but nice cuppa tea! And winning Gold medals
GOOD to see women Saudi's in the OLYMPICS
CBLUE

[chiefnerd]

They normally swap in an uprated AC for the mid East, that's why it takes a while for most European models to get over there- bigger AC, bigger draw on the engine and thus less power. Big problem being you can't drive during the day without the AC on.

A bigger intercooler will do you a HUGE favour out there especially with a remap with extra torque to help run the AC.

loving the updated Saudi fuel prices, even cheaper than Dubai lol

[Fooda]

and with a small engine like this i sometimes pay about 10 pounds a month for fuel :cool:

wish i could afford an intercooler .. i think i'll just stick with a remap and intake mod .. thats good enough for me now

[chiefnerd]

In that heat and humidity I'd say a better intercooler is almost 100% necessary or you won't get any gains out of the remap because your intake temperature will be too high. I would make it your first mod, not your last.

[Fooda]

hmmmm .. in that case i'll ask about the intercooler .. im not sure how to get one here but i have some friends who modded their DS3's so i'll ask them about it

[chiefnerd]

If it's anything like Dubai then there'll be lots of garages who can build one for you to specification. There's a post on here where someone in France or Holland I think had one custom built, also has rough plans. Either that or just order one from Forge- they should deliver