soozukisteve
New member
Hi there
**sorry to all who were interested in the cinq/uno turbo conversion.i broke my laptop and couldnt remember my password to log in to FF to update proceedings,so i gave up:bang:!!!!!
was just getting all my personal stuff off my phone before upgrading and found id saved it in a personal folder in there....dammit.........:idea:
Anyways,due to some unforseen personal stuff,cinq turbo is now no more and my punto 75 engined cinq has also gone..booo hooo..****
Now,onto my next hair brained scheme.
I now have a seic sporting abarth that would benefit from a decent power hike.
I also have in my possesion a low comp high boost van aaken(?) bottom end,T15 turbo,intercooler etc... that i was gonna put in but have been thinking about the possibility of grafting a motorcycle cyl head onto the 1108 to make a high revving screamer.
I am aware of the mini/bmw k100 conversion that is fairly popular so im trying to get as much info about it as poss.
Firstly though,i wouldnt mind hearing peoples thoughts on this as opposed to going the turbo route..
1.i shouldnt suffer from transmission woes as i wont be producing anywhere near the same amount of torque as a turbo even if the peak hp is the same(or more???)
2.i thought about using the crank from a 1000 FIRE uno (shorter stroke) but not sure if they are weaker!!
3.will try to use motorbike pistons ,matched to the head,which are designed to withstand high rpm which will allow a decent amount of lightening of the bottom end
4.I did hear a few years ago that someone dynoed a standard FIRE engine to destruction and it didnt let go until 14,000 rpm??do standard FIRE engines bottom ends hold up to being revved(obviously it would be balanced)
I reckon a 9-10,000 limit would allow me to get the peak hp out of the cams and head.
anyway,im just toying with the idea at the moment so any input would be greatly received.
steve
**sorry to all who were interested in the cinq/uno turbo conversion.i broke my laptop and couldnt remember my password to log in to FF to update proceedings,so i gave up:bang:!!!!!
was just getting all my personal stuff off my phone before upgrading and found id saved it in a personal folder in there....dammit.........:idea:
Anyways,due to some unforseen personal stuff,cinq turbo is now no more and my punto 75 engined cinq has also gone..booo hooo..****
Now,onto my next hair brained scheme.
I now have a seic sporting abarth that would benefit from a decent power hike.
I also have in my possesion a low comp high boost van aaken(?) bottom end,T15 turbo,intercooler etc... that i was gonna put in but have been thinking about the possibility of grafting a motorcycle cyl head onto the 1108 to make a high revving screamer.
I am aware of the mini/bmw k100 conversion that is fairly popular so im trying to get as much info about it as poss.
Firstly though,i wouldnt mind hearing peoples thoughts on this as opposed to going the turbo route..
1.i shouldnt suffer from transmission woes as i wont be producing anywhere near the same amount of torque as a turbo even if the peak hp is the same(or more???)
2.i thought about using the crank from a 1000 FIRE uno (shorter stroke) but not sure if they are weaker!!
3.will try to use motorbike pistons ,matched to the head,which are designed to withstand high rpm which will allow a decent amount of lightening of the bottom end
4.I did hear a few years ago that someone dynoed a standard FIRE engine to destruction and it didnt let go until 14,000 rpm??do standard FIRE engines bottom ends hold up to being revved(obviously it would be balanced)
I reckon a 9-10,000 limit would allow me to get the peak hp out of the cams and head.
anyway,im just toying with the idea at the moment so any input would be greatly received.
steve