1.8 tuning products (hard to find) help

[Matt]

i am after a replacement filter for a 1.8 mk1 fiat bravo i know that all the replacement filters are the same on all the versions of the bravo i was just wondering what filter is the best?

foam my personal preferance
cotton
ally mesh



also i have just rebuilt the engine on my car after the cambelt went only after 20,000 miles on the belt!! the car has done 150,000mile but you would'nt know it is in exellent condition, no wear on the engine internals at all after i inspected most of it.


anyway im looking towards a chip of some sort in the search for some 0-80 acceleration as the car is fine after 80 mph, im not to up on chips but if i am looking to do future mods is a reprogrammable piggy back best?


i have seen a company called power chips that are cheap and seem to do a chip for the 1.8 but dose this mean i wont beable to cam the car at a later date? and what dose chipping do to the mpg.

thank you for your time

 

[Anonymous]

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[marko]

I think the general consensus is that PiperX do the most useful direct filter replacement, closely followed by K&N, Green.... i think the rest do very little by way of filtering and are more for noise.

can't really help with the chip thing but i know Dastek gets rattled about every now and again and you'd be better off fitting new cams, chipping and a tune session - you should be on the way to 140-150 BHP with that. You might want to consider uprated brakes, stiffer suspension etc if you are gonna make it a performance motor.