bonus_boy

im realy interested in getting an engine conversion in the summer, and liking the zetec route very much!!

how easy?cost? is it to get 200bhp from the 1.8 xr3i?

Wardy257

200 bhp is quite straight forward:

40mm TBs
Cams
Headwork
Aftermarket ECU


Job done.

www.dunnell.co.uk
www.raceline.co.uk

luke89

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never put mine on the rollers was told its about 190bhp tho , 130ps block polished head stage 1, kent cams gsxr750 42mm bodies port matched inlet, st170 injeceters 4-1 manifold and mega squirt my mate has the same but on carbs made 186bhp ov with out the bodies and managemnt only thing holding it back was money

mrviper

im doing a 2.0 blacktop with 38mm bodies!#

on a std 1.8 with 2.0 cams ur looking at 155 bhp tbh

xr-stu

depends what youre after. BSBHP or actual BHP.

a chap on xrtwo.com has built a 2.0 zetec on 45mm carbs, omex ignition manegment, highly worked head with big valves iirc, cams of some sort, and a fully rebuilt bottom end with arp bolts where needed. i think pistons and rods were standard but may be wrong. the engine was built properly and not chucked together with a mismatch of parts, and it made just over 200bhp at well into the 7k revs.

its not as easy as people would like to think. its not just a case of chucking a few fancy sounding parts together on a 100'00 mile bottom end and firing it up.

dave moores is a prime example, theres been ALOT of work put into that engine, i dare say more money than youd pay for a std 2wd saphcos...and it makes 214bhp or there abouts?!

in my opinion youd be better off with a 2.0 lump, throttle bodies, bit of headwork by a reputable firm, and maybe some mild fastroad cams and forgetting about chasing figures. itll make for a much better engine than wringing out a 1.8 in an attempt to have a 200bhp engine - thatll drive like wank.


just my 2 cents so to speak

Charlie Chalk

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Stu, Thats the most sense I've seen you type



Very true though