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is there anything i can do to make my 1.4 faster?

hoggeth
 
you can exchange it for a 1.6/1.8 or 2.0, cos 1.4 is always gonna struggle.
 
not really sorry to say you can do the stage 1 mods i.e. induction kit, exhaust + de-cat but whatever you do it will struggle with only having 12 valves
 
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>whatever you do it will struggle with only having 12 valves

Uh huh.
 
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:)

You'd actually be supprised at the number of 12v engines out there. The 1.4 is not **** due to only having 12 valves, its **** for alot of other reasons!
 
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Corsa 12V..

OH!! That's 3 cylinder. LOL

Are there any four cylinder - twelve valve engiens out there that are 'any' good Tom? :)
 
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no there all a pile of shite get it swapped for a bigger engine mate
 
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non that come to mind there not important enough
 
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Honda had a few, the 1.3 carb'd 12v was 72BHP in 1986, 40+MPG as well! (had one in my old rover 213)
Merc had a few 12v engines (4cyl not 6), the old 230 was 12v 4cyl.

Its a halfway house between 8v and 16v, less complex (1 cam), revvier than 8v, torquier than 16v, its just fiat really stuffed up! I think they took the old 1.4 8v block and put a new head on it and then put the dire monotronic injection system on it just to make sure it was crap.
 
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"just to make sure it was crap"

haha. That's so Fiat.
 
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I don't know any car that works well with the monotronic injection system. It was a Bosch attempt to make a system that could be fitted to carb'd engines using the same manifold.

Nice to see JAGO and davidone have a clue :)
 
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Count me in the clueless group! It's just a good thing that you know what you are talking about Tom :)
 

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