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May as well buy a standard 1.4GT in that case. A 1.6 or 1.8 turbo should make an interesting and very powerful car without being too nose heavy.
What engine should i put in my baby.
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What engine should i put in my baby.
May as well buy a standard 1.4GT in that case. A 1.6 or 1.8 turbo should make an interesting and very powerful car without being too nose heavy.
I'd go for a 1.6 turbo not as heavy as a 1.8 or 2.0 so won't upset the handling as much and can be tuned to some good figures :slayer:
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Dawn, If youre staying FWD then Id think 1400-1600cc is your limit really unless you can get a very new 2000cc unit. The Croma Turbo (8v TC <dribbles>) is just too heavy and the car just wont handle as there too much weight at the front.
Personally, Id try and find a older SOHC unit (Tipo 1.4 or 1.6) and look at charging that.
Personally, Id try and find a older SOHC unit (Tipo 1.4 or 1.6) and look at charging that.
i'd stick another engine in the same as the original in, then sell it and buy a faster car if thats what you want. its always the cheaper option.
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Randomman, nice idea with the GT top and 1.6 bottom end. Kev and i will have to discuss that at great lengths
Dave, nice find and just round the corner from me
Jug, it was thought about but tbh i cant part with my baby, i love her too much and Kev has put too much work into her to get rid
Thanks guys for all your ideas, some of which i hadn't thought of and some Kev had thought of but didn't want to burst my bubble by saying they wouldn't work.
Dave, nice find and just round the corner from me
Jug, it was thought about but tbh i cant part with my baby, i love her too much and Kev has put too much work into her to get rid
Thanks guys for all your ideas, some of which i hadn't thought of and some Kev had thought of but didn't want to burst my bubble by saying they wouldn't work.
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Well perhaps its not well known, but the 1.6 16v has a block based on the old SOHC engine so in theory would not be much effort to fit one of these engines. But my chioce would be 1.6 sohc, as it was fitted to MK1 Punto for a short time and is very torquey, economical and easy to work on. Bigger engines equal weight and understeer and a car that will handle like a pig. Remember also, you need to sort the fuel/ignition management out.
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1.4 Turbo should do the trick, find a good GT engine :slayer:
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no idea if it will fit,suspect it is impractical to even consider it, but the vauxhall 2.2 litre petrol engine is all alloy,bombproof and very light, seen one in a chevette sprint car to good effect..........
pah all you simple minded folk... its got to be the autodelta 3.7 alfa gta v6 with the supercharger :devil: mmmmmmmmm
orrr the chroma lump sounds rather tasty to me if it screws the handeling up just go slow around the corners then boot it once your out
mmmmmmmmmorrr the chroma lump sounds rather tasty to me
if it screws the handeling up just go slow around the corners then boot it once your out 
Andy_sx said:just go slow around the corners then boot it once your out
Wheres the fun in that though
blu73 said:Wheres the fun in that though
errr catching out the prokers that think its a lame assed punto with a teeny engine as you arent that quick around the corners, then open it up, let the charger do the work and good by hyper car
sorry, straight line speed isn't fun. Besides which porker boy will just overtake again when you get to a corner
the point is, the car would get to a corner, and then carry straight on.
FWD with a massive chunk hanging out over th front of it with no weight to settle it at the back is just asking for trouble, basically you'll hit a corner, it won't turn in much, when it does, the back end will go straight out, so you floor it, too much power, and the whole car slips mainly ass first into the neartest lamppost/ditch/fence post/postman
not wise.
as dave says. the 1242 16v can be tuned to VERY good potential. you can add a supercharge to put some guts in it at the bottom end. and you can have a 8,000rpm top end with a lumpy cam, some head work and that standalone ecu you'll need to run the 'charger.
1242 16v lumps are VERY common. you can pick up a sub 50k engine with g'box (as th sporting ones ahve a longer 5th gear for better motorway work) and ecu etc for under £200
then you spend the rest of the money on a little supercharger and fitting.
no custom mounts.
no custom driveshafts
no custom wiring
no angle grinding
no one off exhausts required
no custom homebuilt/bodged plumbing and rewiring attepts.
just plug, and play.
FWD with a massive chunk hanging out over th front of it with no weight to settle it at the back is just asking for trouble, basically you'll hit a corner, it won't turn in much, when it does, the back end will go straight out, so you floor it, too much power, and the whole car slips mainly ass first into the neartest lamppost/ditch/fence post/postman
not wise.
as dave says. the 1242 16v can be tuned to VERY good potential. you can add a supercharge to put some guts in it at the bottom end. and you can have a 8,000rpm top end with a lumpy cam, some head work and that standalone ecu you'll need to run the 'charger.
1242 16v lumps are VERY common. you can pick up a sub 50k engine with g'box (as th sporting ones ahve a longer 5th gear for better motorway work) and ecu etc for under £200
then you spend the rest of the money on a little supercharger and fitting.
no custom mounts.
no custom driveshafts
no custom wiring
no angle grinding
no one off exhausts required
no custom homebuilt/bodged plumbing and rewiring attepts.
just plug, and play.
