its a good engine just vw put a very small turbo on them lol

 

Saab 2.0 turbo is even more along those lines, basically a 600bhp engine with a 280bhp turbo

 

Im not on a high horse lol i know a guy in basingstoke with a silver mk1 golf with a vr6 engine in it with a gt35 on it also 500bhp lol dosent go very well another one of these buy all the bits from the states a hay ho u have mega power still has standard diff box and drive sharfts in it! And all i was saying is its not that easy to get 400bhp out of them not that its not poss as i seem to keep pointing out have u read my posts! lol seems to me u are on a vw high horse im a big fan of vws and my bro is in the middle of selling his 325i to buy a skoda rs i also really like them to mate but still stand by the fact its not easy to get 400bhp out of them in a reliable way and u dont see many that really do have that power

 

yeah ive heard they can handle huge amounts of power even on standard internals?

 

Vigge on the saab forums has 660bhp on the standard internals, the only changes he made were:
cams
valve springs (80 quid a set volvo ones, lol)
injectors
manifolds
mapping/management


(I guess some people would call cams and springs internals, but I dont personally as you can change them without needing to open the engine itself up, ie not undoing the headbolts)

 

Ive always been a fan of the old aero 900 turbo almost brought one once they seem to be going up in price now

 

Not really that up on the prices of the cars TBH mate, Im just into the engines, lol
(its what is in my nova now)

 

 

Chip, your a Vauxhall guru.
Is the following possible.
Was chasing Russ in his 500bhp Volvo in my 1.8 Vectra of course he was disappearing quicker than my hair but i just held the old foot down to see what it would do. The gps showed a staggering 118mph since then ive considered gps to be inaccurate as surely a 1.8 Vectra cant do that .

 

183 in my mates stripped out A3 with a gt2830rs turbo on standard internals.

 

I reckon you should have gone for one of these saab engines chip (well technically a volvo licensed copy of a pratt and whitney engine):

you can even get a service manual so im sure you could have a tweak and a bit of a remap:

 

LOL

Yes mate very possible, 118mph in a relatively aerodynamic car like that doesnt take very much over 100bhp

 

Something to consider for the next project

 

Early to mid 180's in my Saph a few times here and there

Cheers,

Ade.

 

Out of interest, if you wanted to go to an airfield etc to do a topspeed run or even on a track and guage what your highest speed is..

What equipment is used to clock speed which would be accepted as " offical topspeed"?

 

I bet youd get the Nova top speed record without even using the afterburner

 

I have a Race logic performance box but have used mag equipment for official runs. Im not sure but i think some of them use Race Logic.

 

Fast ford use official Datron timing gear IIRC

Performance ford use a drift box, which sounds pikey but TBH it still works well.

 

Anything running a 5hz or better GPS receiver like most automotive targetted dataloggers do anyway should be safe to trust IMHO its not like we need to know the fifteenth decimal place, lol

 

174mph in an import subaru legacy twin turbo

 

lol all this over a car you have never seen or no the spec off ,i was in the 3 door we beat the vrs to about 70ish then he pulled away, we got up to 145 on the clock and the skoda was still pulling away us you no others like to tune other cars not just fords

 

im more than awear others tune other makes lol as im very much into all cars! and as said if u read all my posts im not saying its not possable just that its more likely that the cos dident have the power u think as 400bhp (genuine) 1.8 20v turbo skodas are very few and far between as its a fair bit of work! still a fair comment in my view and its only a comment! and as cossies are more about in gear and top end on the move power id be even more likely to question it lol

 

Well all I can say is go on briskoda.net the later vrs's had 200bhp standard the early ones 180 now there is a few members on there running over 500bhp but according to most that tune these cars 350 to 400 bhp is easy so it's totally possible the car I saw that night was running that kind of power mind you if I see it again I'll be sure to stop it and ask the owner what it's had done it

 

Or shall I send him your way so you can with him

 

Dont argue Andy just be content with the fact your motor would screw both of them bigtime .

 

In a straight line that's fun

 

121mph (scangauge and shat nav) in the zs, down a slight hill, then I bottled it (all private ofcourse)
Fuck knows in my cousins porsche, I looked at the speedo and we were doing over a ton, then he booted it and I didn't think to look. Pulled well though.

 

Whys that do u not know any roads with bends in i know loads lol and can go round them well!

 

Come out with us one night mate It's not easy hanging on the tail or 400 brake evos and stuff when your 200 brake down

 

whos 200 brake down? i dont get what your saying bud

 

Yeh my dad had one. beast it was

 

145 3.2 vectra ex cop car

 

152mph in the standard sapphire... Eventually, and 170+mph on the GSXR both speedo indicated. And I've done just 130mph in my latest sapphire as I've found something more fun than straightline speed