Hey,
The 1.2 8V is an engine used more so in Cinq/Sei engine conversions and also in the original Puntos so I guess your question would have more response in those sections regardless of it being a GP.
As for information I can help you
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The 1.2 8V is actaully an engine that you can do alot of messing with as it by no means is an engine that is on the edge.
While I could just start by putting idea's in your head I wont as Id seriously consider waiting a few more thousand miles before spending serious money as your engine will still be very tight from the low milage and by no means considered "loose" so in return still not performing as well as it will.
As for remapping, it will make a small difference as any engine improvement does but dont expect anything major as this simply wont be the case with a 1.2 8V petrol engine, see diesels for big re-map results :yum:!
Anyway onto some basic mods that help and wont cost you a massive amount of money.
1.
Induction kit £80 - £120 - I recommend that you look into a decent induction kit from GSR "
Oldschool on this forum" as the bolt on kits from K&N, Green and other such companys actaully result in lower performance than the original airbox due to the design they suck in hotter air than the original airbox did. As for warrenty, most kits can be taken off and on with ease just dont bin the old airbox
and insurance, well depends on your age!
2.
Spark Plugs £40 & £40 HT Leads - With my experiance from my previous car which was a fully worked & tuned Seicento Abarth I found that Denso Iridium spark plugs offered a much better spark then the original plugs and these can be ordered from
http://www.spark-plugs.co.uk/ and you can find car code on the Denso website
(I have done the hard work for you and the code for the Spark-Plug site for the Iridium plugs on your car is IXU22).As for HT leads, you wont really see a difference with the new plugs unless you deal with your leads and the Magnecor KV85 leads which are an 8.5mm core and with Iridium plugs you will find that the car has a much smoother feel when reving to the red line and generally feels more willing!
3.
Petrol £current going rate - Every little helps and if you fill up only with V-Power "like a religion" your engine will stay cleaner internally (trust me on that) and with the extra octane of 99 the ECU will learn over a period of time or 300 miles to use the V-Power more effectly as the ECU must adapt to the induction kit as well and any other mod not forgetting that the more you mod a car it will always work better with more octane as it has a more violent combustion.
That is just some of the basic mods you can do to the car yet its the real engine mods that will make the difference and thats where a remap would be best used so that all the add-ons are all working together.
Anyway here is my list of some advanced engine mods that would really help you get some ponys yet these come with bigger prices!
1.
Stainless Manifold £200 - £245 - One of the biggest theifs of your precious power is the standard manifold found on your car as its restrictive and basically just a bad design
. A stainless manifold really frees up some BHP and torque and has a really nice sound to it :slayer:
2.
Head work £60 - £300- Head work can be one of the best places to start and you can seriously go wild on the head although the 1.2 8V head is more restrictive than others its still got some potential. Firsly you could have all the ports polished and or even enlarged although you might need a larger throttle body or injectors based on engine type to make any difference while having all the valves polished and guides so on so on.... Skimming the head to the markers will also raise compression which gives a bigger bang
but if skimmed to much can also cause a bigger bang....
LEAVE to professional precision metal workers.
NOW I CANT BE BOTHERED WITH THE DETAILS
3. Lightweight Flywheel
4. Re-map
5. Turbo conversion
There is alot more than these but Im now to tired to think
Goodluck!
