156 JTS modding

OK, I bought my 156 2.0JTS about 18 months ago now. I recently subscribed to
this newsgroup and I noticed a few people's signatures mention mods they
obviously have applied to their cars. I don't anything about mods, but once
the car is out of the Alfa waranty, it is something I would like to
investigate:

1. What are mods - are they engine chip upgrades or turbos etc?
2. Where where can I get one on a budget.
3. Self install/fit or a garage job?
4. What sort of power improvement would I see + I presume there a
consumption trade-off?

Thanks
GT.

> From: "Gareth Tuckwell" >
> Organization: Virgin Net Usenet Service
> Reply-To: "Gareth Tuckwell" >
> Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:01:55 GMT
> Subject: 156 JTS modding
>
> OK, I bought my 156 2.0JTS about 18 months ago now. I recently subscribed to
> this newsgroup and I noticed a few people's signatures mention mods they
> obviously have applied to their cars. I don't anything about mods, but once
> the car is out of the Alfa waranty, it is something I would like to
> investigate:
>
> 1. What are mods - are they engine chip upgrades or turbos etc?
> 2. Where where can I get one on a budget.
> 3. Self install/fit or a garage job?
> 4. What sort of power improvement would I see + I presume there a
> consumption trade-off?
>
> Thanks
> GT.
>
>
Look at www.autodelta.co.uk for a start. Modding can range from fairly
simple to extremely complex depending on what you want to do. Check out the
forums at www.alfaowner.com as well, as quite a lot of people on there have
done a lot of mods from uprated brakes and suspension to turbos and
superchargers.