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 Head porting
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number1
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Joined: 30 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:44 pm

Can anyone recommend a good place to get headwork carried out on a 1.8 16v

Dave
Roger Red Hat
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:34 pm

youve found it.
Dan
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:35 am

PM Chris H he can do wonders with port work, he did a 1.4 clio other day and on the rollers it came out as 13bhp above standard
Chris H
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:10 am

aye, meddys clio came out with 86 at the fly which on a ph3 is 13bhp up on stock.
number1
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:58 pm

PM sent chris Wink
Chris H
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:53 pm

aye noted will respond later when I can give it some tiem though, same to the other guy that pm'd me!

Got a lagunas head to be finished etc.
number1
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:39 am

ok mate no rush like that as i have a spare head here stripped of it's cams and almost ready to go!

Dave
schakal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:44 am

83bhp on the fly ,what does that equal to at the engine if you know what i mean ????
Dan
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:46 am

that is at the engine, the reading is ether @the flywheel or the wheels, my valver was 120 at the wheels
number1
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:51 am

120 at the wheels? thats a lot surely what mods did you do to get it to that kinda power arent standard ones only like 100??
Dave
schakal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:56 am

his car is a ph1 16v mate Wink
number1
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:57 am

well i got a phase2 16v and im sure i read somewhere that there about 100 ish bhp at the wheels after transmission loss, im not doubting that he has 120bhp at the wheels just want to know what he did to get so much power..

Dave
Dan
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:03 am

Induction kit, straight through s/s exhaust with a non silenced decat
Neal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:08 am

120 is about right... 100 at the wheels is knackered. Either that or about 35% transmission losses LOL
number1
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:08 am

i got a panel filter, and a magnex system and decat soon to be chipped, ported and a set of lumpier cams fitted. what was your power reading at the fly with just the ik and exhaust then?

Dave
Dan
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:13 am

i didnt have the reading at the flywheel, i did my rr session at work on the sly,
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:12 am

a decent standard 16V should have around 120bhp at the wheels.
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