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broster
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6th Jan 06 at 18:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
forced induction is just so costly to do properly tho, hence people go for throttle bodies. id love to superchrage my engine..... recon my 11.5:1 compression is to high.............pmsl
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Andys was 214 last i heard iirc but that was ages ago
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
forced induction is just so costly to do properly tho, hence people go for throttle bodies. id love to superchrage my engine..... recon my 11.5:1 compression is to high.............pmsl

just a tad!!!

you 'could' get some forged goodies from mvaux tho... the up & coming titanium rods look just... well...

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by PaulW]
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mark your msn is being gay again
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just a tad!!!

you 'could' get some forged goodies from mvaux tho... the up & coming titanium rods look just... well...


do they have up and coming prices, next for my engine is forged rods and pistons, crank worked, sold lifters and the like. see what that will do. maybe new cams? 300 degree, should see 200 then
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hmmmm think he was saying in the region of £600+ for rods...

he also has flat-top forged pistons for running on beer (beer as im too lazy to spell alchyhololol right...)
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flat top pistons will need pockets tho.....surely...
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£600 !!!!!!!
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Theres a LET in portugal apparently running 753bhp


My C20XE will be running around 215bhp but thats hardly groundbreaking

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by drunkenfool]
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Ok... so its for C20NE/SEH... I'm sure he might be able to run some for the 1.6???

also... he speaks...

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Well, here, we use this forged conrods in engines with more than 650BHP at 2 litres of cubic capacity.. with more than 9,8:1 of CR(running in metanol).. setupid Medium Efetive Pressure, and this conrods resists without any problem.


ooooooohhhh...
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^^ Look at that bastid trying to escape from the grille area
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
Theres a LET in portugal apparently running 753bhp
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1892/983g1286cacadaudmotorastraserg.jpg

My C20XE will be running around 215bhp but thats hardly groundbreaking

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by drunkenfool]


yeah look at the size of the bloody hairdryer up front
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6th Jan 06 at 18:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
theres an x14xe in practical performance car that has 170 Bhp!

Corsa C Z20Let

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You could get SBP do run you off a set of forged pistons with an 8.5:1 compression ratio which would be ok for turbocharging.
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You could get SBP do run you off a set of forged pistons with an 8.5:1 compression ratio which would be ok for turbocharging.


yes but they will cost you a kidney...

mvaux prices are pretty damned reasonable compaired!
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Ah right, I have been looking into using forced induction on a 1.6 too (for another project)... Seems to be a good plan actually.
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Andys corsa will be finished in a few weeks, most probely with more power

he has also got a celica GT4 as well now
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be nice to see the new spec of andy's car.... many changes made?
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
Theres a LET in portugal apparently running 753bhp
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/1892/983g1286cacadaudmotorastraserg.jpg

My C20XE will be running around 215bhp but thats hardly groundbreaking

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by drunkenfool]


yeah look at the size of the bloody hairdryer up front


Yes that very much looks like it would suck small children and animals from the street
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
be nice to see the new spec of andy's car.... many changes made?


think the main change is to stop the shit SBD valve spring set up (andy will im sure correct me on this) for a single swindon racing set up
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6th Jan 06 at 19:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah, what speccams is he running do you know? been looking at dry sump set ups...
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dont know the full spec yet mate, andy hasnt been on because of work etc

but if we do this 15OTF thing he said he would be intrested in it
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should be good then!
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6th Jan 06 at 20:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i no fuck about engines (yet)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-1-6-16V-X16XE-XEL-Full-Set-Forged-Pistons_W0QQitemZ8015068556QQcategoryZ72205QQcmdZViewItem
these any good for the price?
Added BHP?

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by CorsaCF]
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they are good if you want to turbo the car or run hi revs, no power will be gained from just fitting them tho

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