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johnscorsaXE
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26th Aug 06 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can my car grace the pages of smallblockxe.com rob? lol
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i was confirming that Steve.

John, my 1.4 was 116bhp, i had a 4 branch manifold, remap and full system over you but i had a lexmaul inlet.

what was your Torque figure?

and what was the torque graph like? mountainous?
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haha, depends if broster can be arsed updating it ever
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bloody hell then, yeah you had more work done than me.
torque is shown on the graph i posted.
yeah it was quite mountanious. mid range was ok, then dropped off higher in the revs.
torque was only 100lbft and @ 3150rpm
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marriot i did get a wheel reading, cant remember off the top of my head without digging the graph out, it was about 200 iirc, i have no problem with quoting flywheel figures, but if i goto a rolling road i like to have a wheel readout aswell as thats the only real accurate result
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ok, but it was an RR day, 90% of RR days, you only get a calculated figure.

John, that torque figure is good, up on mine too, and the graph looks a lot smoother than mine was.
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good stuff then. im a happy bloke right now lol
anyone ever seen a more powerful 1.4 (in a mk3 astra)??
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quote:
Originally posted by S.Nelson
is that broster in the first pic ? why is he walking about with his socks on


yeah it looks like broster and seeming that he works there i would say its him.
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there was a beasty 106gti there today too.
1.6 gti, that pulled 139bhp. was a beast
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'tis him.

what was the most powerful car of the day John?

and is there a thread on the Mk3oc site?
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heres the link:
http://www.mk3oc.com/forum/showthread.php?p=105197#post105197

most powerful was a let'd astra. closely follwed by s standard v6 astra which pulled 215bhp and 224lbft
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pah 139 in a 106gti is easy power, 150bhp+ is where its at in 106's
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are they that easy to tune then steve?
i dont know much bout ougs, but 140brake from a 1.6 sounded very impressive to me
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quote:
Originally posted by johnscorsaXE
there was a beasty 106gti there today too.
1.6 gti, that pulled 139bhp. was a beast




please say you are taking the piss.

150 - 160 and above is where its at, decat with full exhaust, ram induction and a remap with get you into the 150- 160 mark.
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i obviously have VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE of pug gti's lol
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quote:
Originally posted by johnscorsaXE
i obviously have VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE of pug gti's lol


130bhp standardo mate.
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really?
im sure the guy said he'd rebuilt the engine and added afew bits and pieces in.
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anyway...back to my 1.4..

so what should be the next route i should go for, for more power?
broster mentioned a head that he will have for sale and some cams.
but at around £400, then more for a remap, its looking abit pricey.

what options do i have?

[Edited on 26-08-2006 by johnscorsaXE]
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tbh the inlet is the main thing for power hike, your never going to go that far with a 1.4 youl probably spend more money than its worth, most people who swear they are going to tune a 1.4 (marriot/jr ) have ended up replacing it
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mine hit the limiter at 6660rpm with the power still climbing.....

here the graph for mine....( wifes )



still.... good result mate!
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impressive.

and thanks.

[Edited on 26-08-2006 by johnscorsaXE]
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
tbh the inlet is the main thing for power hike, your never going to go that far with a 1.4 youl probably spend more money than its worth, most people who swear they are going to tune a 1.4 (marriot/jr ) have ended up replacing it


so if robs only managed 1bhp more than mine with the extra mods he has...
what would happen to mine if i fitted them?
i mean a full zorst system,de-cat, remap etc

any spec on jr's 1.4?

[Edited on 26-08-2006 by johnscorsaXE]
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you might get get 130bhp ish with a bit more tinkering but you need to ask yourself if you think its worth it and if your going to be happy with that kind of power

personally i think youl get bored pretty quick and want something faster
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before i started tuning the 1.4, i did look into just dropping a redtop.

i knew i already had a healthy 1.4, so decided to stick with that.

now if i can get 130bhp out of it, it will no doubt be one of the fastest 1.4s out there (bar madly tuned ones being turbo'd or throttle bodied). and although it may not have as much power as the redtop, it would stil embaress some bigger engined cars.

does any of that make sense?
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what im trying to say is, it will be a bloody fast 1.4

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