What's the most powerful?

Level 2 User Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 59

Just wondering what's the most that's been achieved with a 1.8 16v lump? I'm planning on some serious work in 12 months time and would prefer to try the unique route of the 1.8 rather than the more common 2L route.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

depends what you mean, standard (as in stock plenum etc but internals uprated/blueprinted) or turbo/TBs?

Level 2 User Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 59

Anything mate. I'd probably be getting any work done (be it 1.8 or 2.0) on another engine before getting it dropped in, so I'm interested to know what's been achieved by any method really. Not keen on forced induction though, much prefer n/a.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

well with a decent TB setup and the rest of the engine sorted, you'd be looking at over 200bhp, Â£Â£Â£ though!

Level 3 User Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 77

this guy is havin some serious work done on his 2litre clio, have a read
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Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

wow, someone who can take their car to a professional company and hand over wads of cash. Very impressive.

Level 5 User Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 114

Mehdi's car is being built as a development deal/publicity car....so it isnt wads of cash, far from it.......he's just a lucky boy.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

hah very lucky boy id say! Very Happy

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

if you have the cash I could get you putting out over 1000bhp, engine wouldn't last for more than an hour or so though.

Running the stock plenum you can get 180bhp relatively easily, headwork, cams and a decent engine and good mapping can achieve it.

Matts old un was 180 odd bhp, it was sold and believed to be a 2 litre with 200bhp, went like a rocket smoked like a chimney, but thats what heppens when you don;t replace rinsg etc when you rebuild an engine! It was a 1.8 but it was quick and it was Nick (HP) that told him it was a 1.8.

Yopu need to ask yourself what do you want? A high bhp figure means feck all, I have driven very high bhp figure cars and unless the capacity is equally big they are a big let down.

Re-timing the stock cams can bump up the midrange torque quite a bit but the power will stay the same or even lower it by a couple of bhp but its a faster car.

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Level 2 User Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 59

Cheers guys.

I reckon my budget would probably be about Â£3k tbh, and it would still have to be a useable everyday car. How much would blue-printing cost and would it be worth getting done do you think?

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

thats really like asking the same question again...depends what u want.