Great job getting it running - looking forward to the results of the mapping! how many ponies are you expecting? The 1.6i CVH felt fun and nippy with just the 108bhp but the 16v DOHC should be even better - I'm betting 140bhp at least?

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2 ай бұрын

Thanks Simon, theoretically this engine should be capable of 170bhp, though they rarely quite get there, it’s in Michael’s expert hands at Ignition Advantages, with a brief to make it drive ‘nicely’, rather than going in for peak power. He reckons it’ll be torquey low down, which should be nice. BHP? I’m hoping for somewhere around the 150 mark, twice what it was originally on its 1.4. The Onion’s kerb weight is something mad like 888kg and there’s little insulation from the outside world, so it always feels that bit quicker. Last time I drove over a weigh bridge with a tank of fuel and me in it, it was 964kg

Awesome progress! How come you're not using an Idle valve?

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2 ай бұрын

Good question, there is a valve in the inlet manifold, but it’s not got the wiring in my loom. I’m not sure if it needs a MAF to work, but I don’t have that either. In theory as soon as the base idle is ok, the fueling can be adjusted for each temperature set and we should be ok…