cheers for the feedback, i must say the car still surprises me with its pace, and its only cos my mate mentioned the tests at mg that id thought id see if any of you guys had noticed the same thing.
With all the inaccuracies involved with r/r testing i guess ill never be 100% what the actual output of my car is, and seeing as it is at least keeping up with cars that are on paper as fast or faster on the road, ill leave the r/r until i have enough cash for some serious engine mods - just to give a before and after.
Quote: Originally posted by sv_cup on 21 September 2003
got a mate working at MG who has been bench testing different engines and comparing them to their own ZR 160 engine. He said the ZR 160 came in at an average of 164bhp, the 206 180 came in at an average just shy of 179bhp, but the 172 only produced a maximum of 165bhp.
Has the MG mist completely clouded his vision and the figure was actually a lot closer to 172, or are the 172s actually that far off?
ive got a standard cup, although the engines are identical to the 172s and id like to know what bhp figures anyone else has had out of the standard 172 unit. i think im gonna get mine dynod at the end of the month just to see.
Sounds weird, they managed to get hold of a 180 206 engine and bench tested it? Im sure if you ordered the engine itself you would have to wait months and months! You would struggle to get hold of a 206 "180" right now, only demos running about I think.
neil28 - My mates on his placement year there and has been working in the motorsport part. Apparently its common practice for all car manufacturers to buy the very first examples of a rival manufacturers cars. MG had had the 206 180 for a while, and had stripped it completely to see exactly what Peugeot had done.
