sawood12
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Yep, that's the trap - you end up spending all your time and money modding the thing instead of just driving it. The last few years various things have cropped up that have prevented me from going on as many trackdays as i'd planned (or any) and the ring trip i'd planned. So as such my mod list has been reviewed over the last year and whittled down to just the VR kit and SPS turbo. All the other stuff I had on the list have been ditched or relegated to 'upgrade when original part breaks'.
The other trap some people fall into is the 'Chasing your own tail' syndrome. You have to remember that there is always a weak link in the chain. Some people always seem to be chasing it and once they fix it all it does is expose the next weakest link which will eat away at them until they start thinking "If I could just upgrade that little widget i'll get another 20bhp and it will only cost me x thousands of pounds" and they will convince themselves that it is value for money.
I personally think that you'll struggle to get 300bhp on a K26/6 - not without spending a fortune on other parts of the engine. You might be able to achieve for a split second on a glory dyno run, but it wont be much use to you on the road - i'd imagine it will feel a very peaky powerband. The benefit of a K26/6 is that it spools quicker than a K26/8 - so you should just enjoy it for that aspect. I definately feel mine runs out of legs at around 70mph and above. A K26/8 might get me another 10 - 15mph before I feel it's starting to run out of steam - which is worthless really as I never break the speed limit(!) and on the few trackday's i've been on the straights are never long enough for other much faster cars than mine to really blast me out of the water. I'd get much more benefit from driver improvement rather than an extra 20bhp.
The other trap some people fall into is the 'Chasing your own tail' syndrome. You have to remember that there is always a weak link in the chain. Some people always seem to be chasing it and once they fix it all it does is expose the next weakest link which will eat away at them until they start thinking "If I could just upgrade that little widget i'll get another 20bhp and it will only cost me x thousands of pounds" and they will convince themselves that it is value for money.
I personally think that you'll struggle to get 300bhp on a K26/6 - not without spending a fortune on other parts of the engine. You might be able to achieve for a split second on a glory dyno run, but it wont be much use to you on the road - i'd imagine it will feel a very peaky powerband. The benefit of a K26/6 is that it spools quicker than a K26/8 - so you should just enjoy it for that aspect. I definately feel mine runs out of legs at around 70mph and above. A K26/8 might get me another 10 - 15mph before I feel it's starting to run out of steam - which is worthless really as I never break the speed limit(!) and on the few trackday's i've been on the straights are never long enough for other much faster cars than mine to really blast me out of the water. I'd get much more benefit from driver improvement rather than an extra 20bhp.
