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[lazy_arse_pie]

lookin for more power in me 1.6 16V si mk3.5

i was goin to go down the 2.0lt route but the missus has put a stop to that but i can do anythink within reason to the 1.6 lump it only has a s/s backbox on at the moment.

any suggestions ? thinking along the lines of ccams , filter,chip poss de cat ?

[SantaHul]

give the missus a slap and put the 2.0 lump in, you know it makes sense

[lazy_arse_pie]

id love to but id be homeless if i did

[xander7]

you can go the usual route of cat back s/steel exhaust, filter, chip, de-cat , 2.0lt throttle body etc, but you won't see amazing gains for your cash. the 1600 zetec engine is too restrictive too tune. fords idea of making an insurance friendly, economical sports car

you might see around the 110bhp mark with the above mods, maybe slightly more, but certainly not groundbreaking gains. the 2.0lt mondeo route is the smart alternative

HTH

xander

[lazy_arse_pie]

yeah its always them sort of mods ive had (previous cars) , dont make any difference really

any one know about throttle bodys

[voorhas]

Well, back in 1996 there was a company called Hurricane Racing Engines that put together a 1.6 zetec engine pushing out 208 bhp (or so they said). Apparently, they made use of Ford Motorsport goodies to achieve that. But getting back to the real world, if she said "no 2L engine!" you can always fit a 1.8

Goncalo D.

[lazy_arse_pie]

@ 1.8 i wish i could because if i was to do any engine swap id be a dead man

id be happy with around 115bhp+ if i could do it

[SantaHul]

i guess if you had the money you could always turbo it, that aint an engine swap. problem is that the si engine runs so hot anyway, it would probably melt the fooker

[Tom Hill]

Well, if he was to go down that road, you'd probably want to upgrade the engine cooling first (which without the Turbo conversion, might help if indeed the engine gets *that* hot).

So, I suppose an Alloy radiator, up-rated water pump, up-rated oil pump, fit an oil cooler... etc.

Get a Pace charge cooler to go with ya nice new Garret T28 Hybrid

Like he said, it's not an engine swap!!

However, I did hear one company wouldn't touch the 1.6 Zetec with a Turbo... But there's always one set of CRRRAZY fools out there.