can i tune my diesel?? want more bhp!!

[rikb88]

hiya, i really want to get my diesel faster, its a 1.9d RT mk1. is the any thing i can buy/do to make it faster? thanks, Ricky.

 

[G_F]

Save the money that you were going to spend, put it in a savers account or someware safe, wait till you get about 1200 notes and buy a 1.8RSI or more money for a Valver, this is your best bet, dont bother trying to 'tune' your motor mate, it will be a waste of money

 

[black kro]

oh bugger, was ready to say chip it!

I've got a chipped dCi 80 with a performance air filter that fu**in flies - sub 10 0-60, 120 mph!

as for 1.9 -

1) keep it well serviced, K&N performance air filter (worked a treat on my 19td - same basic engine)

2) weight - clear all the crap out of boot glove box, back seats and spare and it WILL make a significant difference - 50kg lost will feel like 10bhp extra.

 

[G_F]

1) keep it well serviced, K&N performance air filter (worked a treat on my 19td - same basic engine)

Putting an external filter is going to lose him power, not gain

 

[Russ.]

he never said external filter. think he just meant aftermarket filter (cotton instead of paper) which r also re-usable which is never a bad thing

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

lol I love the thing on here about filters.

On real old diesels people used to add about half a litre of petrol for every 10 litres of diesel when filling up and that boosted performance, however I'm not sure it'd be much good for the engine... Worth a try though !!

But basically, there's not much that can be done to a NA diesel engine. I wouldn't bother spending a lot on it if I were you.

 

[Clio 1.216v Dynamique]

Yeah dont bother tuning the oil burner and save money and get sommet like a 1.6petrol or what ever

 

[theduck]

WOuldnt bother getting a 1.6 unless you get the 16v and want to spend lots of money tuning it. If i had my choice again I'd get a valver.

 

[Ali]

Diesels don't produce half as much heat soak...But i wouldn't put an open filter on anything to be fair.

 

[rikb88]

yeah spose so, might just try a performance filter and get rid of all the studd i dont need see what it does, that way not much loss. then buy a valver next when i got enough money.
cheers everyone

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

lol why save up to buy the same car with a different engine ???

Just keep your car as long as poss and buy something nice.

 

[G_F]

lol why save up to buy the same car with a different engine ???

Just keep your car as long as poss and buy something nice.

To get more power, why else, why change to a complete different car if he likes Clios, i went from an rt to an RSI to a cup, is this wrong?!?