Davido
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Registered: 18th Aug 03
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alot of fun to drive(esp as i used to have 1.0 12v club  ) for any other 1.6 owners what things have u done to ur car n what power gains have you got from them?
[Edited on 27-08-2003 by daveyboyuk]
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Nobby
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It,s a great little engine ain't it!
If your goner go for an induction kit then make sure its a sealed one like a Viper, doesn't make much difference during the winter but you'll notice the difference when the weather is hot like it is now.
Id also reccomend going for one of the performance inlet manifolds available along with a superchip to raise the rev limiter. 
http://www.courtenaysport.co.uk/default.htm
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Davido
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cheers mate
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Cybermonkey
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dont bother with induction kits. Piles of steaming crap. Drill your airbox, get some cold air feeds up to it from below the bumper, get a K&N panel filter for £30, and cut out all the plastic piping inside the airbox and in the airbox lid. You may see gains of 3bhp. Very cost effective mod. Makes a lovely sound like a turbo'd 4pot. Look at getting a new inlet manifold from Mantzel, Velos, Lexmaul. The X16XE engine can push out nearly 150bhp if its unrestricted, and thats not even pushing it. over 200bhp can be extracted from the engine using Throttle Bodies. www.sbdev.co.uk . Look at different cams, engine management, larger bore exhaust with a decent exhaust manifold too. Something from Scorpion or Magnex would be cool. You need to spend a lot of money to get the most from this engine, but its worth it
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vibrio
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how much are you wanting to spend. 140hp can be got for under 1K
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Davido
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i was wanting around 130 bhp somit thats just gona set it aside from 106 gti's etc.........superchipping gives 10bhp is that right??
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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Registered: 31st Mar 03
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Superchip will give about 4bhp.
Inlet manifold for £300-500, £500-800 fitted will add 15-25bhp.
Modify the airbox(3-5bhp) and de-cat pipe(3-7bhp) for £70, £100 fitted and ul be past 130bhp.
[Edited on 27-08-2003 by Wolf In Welsh Clothing]
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vibrio
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inlet manifold and unichip will give you 140ish on standard cams and rev limit. thats with exhaust and filter. addin cams, head work and a raised limit and you'll be looking at 155-160hp which is the most you'll get with standarad throttle body
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Davido
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not cheap is it sure it will be worth it tho, can any of this work be carried out by myself or is it all very specialised?
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vibrio
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or just go straight to SBD for their 164 kit
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vibrio
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OMFG 250hp from 1600cc
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Davido
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250 bhp feck me..............how much is that kit??
with having somit like this done wud the engine be as normal i mean wudnt have to have things regularly changed wud i??
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mattyboy199
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Lower it mate suspension as stnadard is shit & unpredictable.
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luca2020
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that 185 kit looks lovelyyyyyyyyy
ull need there sbd exhaust manifold to reach what the kit says and a matching exhaust
add a decent re-woreked head from say blyndestine engineering and ull be pushing 200bhp, not to shabby 
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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They klits look luvly 
If I keep the car.MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Would Like 150bhp like.......
Mantzel box
chip
cams? what else....?
[Edited on 28-08-2003 by mav]
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mattyboy199
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
no... if lowered by springs only it becomes unpredicdable
Yeah full kit of course
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
no... if lowered by springs only it becomes unpredicdable
Disagree. When i had the 15s, i had it dropped 40mm at the rear and 35mm at the front and it handled superbly. Thought it may just be chance, but then Donna bought Chuckies old car "Troy" Same suspension kit, on Fox (ewww) 15" alloys, and its one of the most fun cars i'd driven. Handled just like mine did. You could feel everything the car was doing.
Thats without PAS too.
As for the 1.6 16v engines, its all already been said. I love em 
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Daimo B
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Nope, took the whole spring mechanism off Although Donna had hers onm, and not sorted, and still went super. Just damn slow 1.4 8v engine
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Davido
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def gona get full susp kit had me last car on springs 40mm within 6 months one of me rear dampers had gone only noticed when took springs of had car jacked up n when i was taking spring of had oil pissing down the damper. how much u looking at for a decent full kit seen them around 230 mark?
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Daimo B
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More u spend usually the better quality u get.
If u can afford it, i'd suggest coilovers. Range from £500 -£1000+
See a nice set in Demon Tweeks for £923
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