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Author Turbo charging the 1.4 8v
jamcorsa
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14th Dec 03 at 20:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How difficult is it to turbo charge the 1.4 8v corsa, what are the problems i may encounter?
Fraser Young
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Registered: 26th Dec 02
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14th Dec 03 at 20:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
More trouble its worth
WARPED
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14th Dec 03 at 20:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
prob cheaper to do LET conversion
jamcorsa
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14th Dec 03 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is it really that difficult ? Why is this the general consensus ??
Fraser Young
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14th Dec 03 at 21:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Coz the engine then has No reliability, costs loads to maintain, and for the price as WARPED said you could more or less get a LET
grigglet33
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15th Dec 03 at 11:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Did it to mine with the help of a few mates, went well for a week then bang, piston rings went and the bores became oval shaped! never again!
MattyB
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- u'd be better off goin down the 1.6 16v route, or 2.0

 
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