Right the engine in my car is a 1.6 cvh on 48s it has about 150bhp a wild cam thats shit under 4750 rpm and then goes on till 7500 rpm, right would you replace the cam with a fast road one so i get more power down the rev range or take the engine out and put in a turbo lump and have a good easy 200 + bhp, but if i was going to do that i might as well put in a zetec turbo wouldnt i ????? what would you do.

here is a pic of the engine at the moment

 

dunc i would personally keep it on carbs but go for a 2.0 16v unit.

would the st170 lump fit in it??

 

If its a track car surley it doesnt matter if its crap under that rpm as it will aslways be high in the rev range?

To be honest i would just have some fun with that motor until something happened to it, then worry about getting a turbo motor, imo

 

its harder than you think to keep it above 4750 all the time, but bedford autodrome did have 3 hairpins allso have a noise problem not exhaust but carbs it only just made the noise test

 

Fook me them carbs are bigger than the engine

 

It'd be quieter with filters on the carbs

 

yes steve that might help

 

You need a blower onto the carbs and good managment 200 plus horses ave it

 

Deffo 2.0 Zetec if it were me





Converted to rwd aswell lol

 

PETROL

 

Car looked VERY cool and hard at Bedford mate I just don't think 150bhp is enuff power for it really.. sorry

Can the transmission take more power easily?

 

2 litre zetec running bodies like mine

 

yes porkie would like more power, like a nice 400 bhp zetec turbo would be fun, the gear box is a straight cut quaife in all gears so should be able to take twice as much power as it does at the moment, i just dont want to end up with a track car that is a problem with noise, breaks down every other lap because then all the fun goes out the window and i got the car to have fun in and not to worry about it.

 

Dunc

It depends on your budget- I looked at this before spadge had it.

I reckon sell what you have and stick a 1.6 cvh turbo in it, decent spec head. Intercooler up front nice bit of cossie management cossie t3 turbo and stick it at 200-220 horses.. If you over spec the engine it will be bullet proof.
Light car with all the right bits on it and a nice engine to match and you'll have an ace track car.

Dont waste your time on anything extravigant - they take too long to build and are fraught with problems to get em right. Not saying that u cant for all the "haters" pmsl

anyway that was my idea...

Jake

 

got a nice 2lt zetec block all ready drilled and pluged up ready for a cvh head if ya intrested
with the right cam we getting 190 bhp on 48s short oval cars that are lighting out the bends

 

 

cheers all, brom the 2.0L sound good we were talking about that last night and that could be the way to go, how much mate ?

 

brom you have pm

ian engine looks cool what power you runing.