Hi guys. I'm looking at getting an S2 as an everyday car as kids force me to give the BMW to the wife.
If I find a rather stock one, what do I need to do to the engine to make around 200bhp?
I don't want to go crazy on it as I'd like the transmission to hold for a while.

Does a chip, -31, cam, exhaust and K&N give enough?
Should I rip the head off and send it to a head specialist for a full gasflowed port/polish job?

For suspension I was thinking GroveGarage's damper/spring kit or Koni/Eibach and a set of bushings. Do they need anything else? Does the stock brakes cope with the increased power?

thanks for any advice, and keep in mind, I cannot get a livemap as I'm in Norway

Jostein.

 

i would say a good condition engine chiped ecu, full exhaust system, -31, front mount intercooler then set up by a pro (may be a cam aswell a newman cam)

 

your need a decent intercooler to go with that lot mate , as for the suspension go for the spax spx adjustable kit its very good quality and lasts well add a decent strut brace and a set of polly bushes to that and and it will feel alot better , as for the brakes u will defo have do something with them as the standard ones are shite , depending on ur budget best bet is a set of 2wd cossie brakes up front with drilled and grooved discs and some good quality pads add a full set of braided lines and that will bring her to a stop alot better oh yer and bin the abs

 

thanx guys!

 

My ex rs turbo was producing 200bhp and 280nm torque.

-AMW Intercooler
-Cosworth sierra turbo
-Kent cams cvh31
-Megasquirt with wasted spark efi conversion
-31 actuator
-Ported head
-Rebuild engine with new parts
-2.5" S/S Exhaust
-10 psi boost

So.. the reliable power is quite expensive though. First i´d drop off the fuckin ke-jet shit. That is useless.

 

AB chip, -31, .48 housing, CVH34 cam and a good intercooler will give you an HONEST 200bhp, as long as your metering unit is in good condition and will flow the fuel required.

 

i would say get rid of the cvh block and replace it with a silver top 2.0l zetec. thats wot i did but i have put a hybrid t4 turbo on mine but dont no the bhp got to wait for the running in period to finish til i can get it on a rolling road. your prob looking a 1k mark for the bottom end with fitting. but its sooooooo worth it

 

mines 200 with chip,-31,possible hybrid turbo,pace ic,ultra light flywheel,solid lifters,panel filter and stainless,boost set at 14 psi.

although ive got a bad oil leak now lol

 

why a t4 turbo?
thats gonna have the powerband of a lawnmower

 

lol

 

Does the CVH head bolt straight onto a zetec bottom? What about management?

With Norwegian prices I won't find a bottom end for Ł1k.

 

mines running tourque of the devil chip pace intercooler stage 2 turbo -31 acturator k and n pannel filter full mongoose exhaust it made 183bhp. was told at a newmans cam and a bigger intercooler should see 200bhp or very close. i will find out in sept as its going back to tourque of the devil once my cam and intercooler are fitted. oh and a ap paddle clutch was fitted as the old 1 shat its self!

 

no it does not fit straight on !

The principle behind the ZVH is that you get a great engine with a 16v head and then modify the block to enable the fitting of a 8v head which generally flows less.
To make the most out of any engine you require decent management which has been mapped well

 

Agreed, I would like to see the graph bet its interesting to say the least

wonder what management is being run on this engine also

 

mine had standard engine,chip -31 actuator,slightly larger intercooler,k&n air filter,scorpion exhaust and kent cam and vernier pulley.its the vernier pulley that allows u to squeeze the last few bhp out of it.it was set up by jamsport at 14 psi boost level and made 210 bhp and 226 lb ft torque

 

sounds a bit optimistic,14psi on a std turbo and over 200bhp
ive seen cars make 140@wheels on this spec at that boost,realisticly ur lookin at 170-180bhp at this boost

 

I agree 170-180bhp is more realistic, when mine had a turbosystems chip, turbosystems cam, turbosystems ported head and uprated intercooler it could only just touch 200bhp

 

My old engine made 200bhp @ fly and was completey standard, 15psi of boost!
Just had the usual.... Chip, FMIC, Scorpion, K&N.
So long as the engine is in good order its achievable, although very few are!

 

even on a steel bottom end 14 or 15 psi of boost through a std t3 still wouldnt produce a genuine 200bhp
ive seen many an rst with chip/cooler/exhaust/cam all make in the region of 140-160@wheels,the top end of the scale ones usually have bigger turbo's,newman cam or headwork
as to think that 5-6psi above std boost will make 70 more bhp on std turbo is laughable

 

well i had it tuned 2 years running and both times thats what it made on the RR mate! I'd post the print out up but that went with the engine when i sold it.
Oh and that was on a standard cam, but the head was ported.
What difernece would a steel bottom end make??

 

its a t3/t4 hybrid got to wait til i get a print out but will post it wen i do. got to start the run in process.

 

Large Intercooler
Chip
Cam
Induction K/N
Exhaust

should do it

 

Are you sure about the camshaft thing? My ex rst produced over 200bhp in the dyno with kent cams cvh31 which i think its pretty same as rst standard camshaft.
Now i am asking if i rebuild engine in winter should i use standard EFI camshaft or newmans cam etc.. i now kent cams suck i have now one installed and it last 200km until started making noise.

So has anyone get over 200bhp in dyno with standard cam? With under 17psi

 

i dont think you will need a different cam to be honest. a lot of people have told me to stick a standard cam back in, and i probably will do

 

It's amazing how many RSturbos which people have claimed are 200 BHP do not achieve this figure on rolling shout outs for magazines imho.