Recent content by ChrisB

What are you getting? :) Wish someone would buy my volvo 1.7 turbo engine. I wanna see what a clio goes like with one of them. Chris.

Nahh, fraid its not me.

Well, I have fitted a 2000hp quad turboed diesel engine to a Nova...... :D Nahh, car stuff is just a hobby. Although I do wonder if i should have done automotive engineering or something. Still, networking = £££ ;)

Do wa? Im a computer networking student at plymouth.

Working on a channel/port/tube whatever removing machining burrs, smoothing tight/poor flowing bends, matching manifolds to the head etc. All just to give less restriction to the flow of gas in and out of the engine.

What size throttle do they put on the 1.4? The 440 turbo gets a measly 45mm, been on the lookout for a 55mm 2.0 one.

1.7 Turbo out of a Volvo 440 turbo (the used renault engines) 120bhp and 130ft lbs standard. 200bhp should be resonable with a bit of work. Its somewhere in for sale section, gone down a few pages now.

Touché :D

Yep, big end shells = big end bearings. I think they were £20 for a Nova GTE I did a rebuild on. Sump and gubbins needs to be removed to change them. Did them while we were reringing it. Check the mains while its all in bits, but the crank needs to be dropped on most engines to change them...

Well maybe dismissing 200K was a bit harsh. Was working on a 155K 2.0 laguna the other day, seems fine bar needing valve clearances doing. Bet the big end shells arent that great though. 150K+ on a well maintained, well run (not too many shot journeys) engine is doable. How many miles has...

Headwork is always a good place for gains on most cars. Just depends on the quality of the work. Judging from comments about Hill Power this should be good. 1.4 renault bottom end lasting 200,000 miles.... hmmm :o If oil flow and pressure is ok theres really not a lot that wears or goes...

Nahh, it should be fine.

Tubular stainless steel manifolds are less likely to have problems. Just be carefull with the wrapping to avoid hotspots (as said above). Id still paint stainless as well.

Colour affects heat absobtion and disipation. Black - absorb and disipate heat better Silver - absorb and disipate heat worse Generally its best to use a paint and the wrap. Wrap alone will often lead to premature corrosion anyway. Wrapping a cast manifold will often lead to it cracking...

Then how could it have a distance?! ;)