"SteveH" > wrote in message
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>R D S > wrote:
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>> "SteveH" > wrote in message
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>> >R D S > wrote:
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>> >> Are there any cheap and cheerful upgrades to eek a bit more
>> >> performance
>> >> out
>> >> of a 2.0 TS 156?
>> >> Do sport air filters make much of a difference?
>> >
>> > No, they make the car louder, but that's it.
>> >
>> >> I notice having it chipped only adds 15bhp.
>> >
>> > *snort*
>>
>> > Not worth it - they're a relatively highly strung engine anyway,
>> > performance gains are expensive and marginal.
>> >
>> > If you wanted more performance you should have bought a V6 - the price
>> > difference would have been less than the cost of getting 20bhp out of
>> > the TSpark.
>>
>> It was an insurance issue.
>
> Then you haven't asked for a quote with a filter and chip, then....
> that'll easily match, if not beat, the quote for a V6.

Telling the ins co never occurred to me!

I just wondered about the credibility of the claims of the sellers of these
air filters / back boxes / magnetic fuel line thingies.