fattymatt66
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Can anyone shed some light on the following. I currently have a X14XE which is in the priliminary stages of becoming a hillclimb car. At the moment handling and saftey devies are the priority but i have recently spotted some X16 injectors for sale. Im wondering if these will allow greater flow for future modifications to the engine. Anyone have any ideas? or has done this?
Cheers
Matt
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[Edited on 05-08-2005 by fattymatt66]
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Dave A
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same injectors on the 1.4 and 1.6 mate
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fattymatt66
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Wanted to check. Thanks for your help
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Cybermonkey
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what are your plans out of interest? throtte bodies?
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fattymatt66
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At the moment the plan is to get it elidgible to race in the modified production saloon 1400cc class. Things like fia approved roll cage, engine kill switch fia 4-point harnesses and seats etc.
Im on a budget so im working on handling, braking, weight loss and safety to begin with. So far ive got spax rsx coilovers (need eccentric top mounts or camber adjusters), ebc discs and pads (greenstuff are good for hillclimbing as only 30-40 sec runs), sabelt 4 point harnesses just arrived, cobra monaco s have been ordered, stripped out rear ( entire interior will be for sale as soon as seats are in), black astra gte wheels,omp adjustable strut braces, all round black powerflex bushes soon to be ordered and currenly looking around at roll cages but any advice welcome. Only need rear cage as less than 2.0 to comply with rules but budget allowing will get full welded cage.
As regards engine work, only 50k so ripe for mods, regulations allow pretty much anything apart from keeping the orginal block and capacity and that it must be mouted in the manufacturers original spec. So the usual mods de-cat,exhaust and manifold, induction, lightened and balanced, unichip etc. Throttle bodies are definately on the cards but thats way down the line, will probably start with the cheaper dibas inlet manifold or lexmaul, then throttle bodies or pherhaps turbo or supercharger and or Nos. Ive also seen a system that super cools the inlet air but i cant remeber the name.
Anyway this season of hill climbing is over so im preparing it for next year, my competition is R5turbo's, 16V X14XE Nova, 106's etc. Half of them drive like miss daisy so should be dispatch of a few without much power but the proper cars will take some beating. 300bhp should cover it!!!!!
Oh yeah forgot to mention, its gotta be road legal too, its my only car!!!
Road legal 1.4 with 300bhp  Thats should raise some eyebrows!!
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by fattymatt66
Road legal 1.4 with 300bhp Thats should raise some eyebrows!!
you will need to spend 45k and more to get 300bhp from a 1.4
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fattymatt66
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45k that i dont have!! lol
I think the majic 140 bhp without massive mods or money is realistic , anything after that "like you say" is gonna require big bucks, but its all work in progress so start at the bottom and work my way up. I'll join and as a premium member and keep it updated as work progresses for anyone who's intreseted.
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broster
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300bhp from a 1.4 16v will be hard......very hard!
few pointers for thins you mentioned, for a welded in half cage try http://www.racingdevelopments.co.uk they did mine, its fantastic, and its all good enought for the scrutineers! and for the top mounts try ebay, i have just purchased a set off there, £100 delivered
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