Hello people, so me and my brother own a track day 172. its road legal but majority of its life is spent on a track. its more than capable and its amazing fun, I have just as much fun as the 50k gtr's that whizz past me but we keep thinking a little extra power would be nice. so I wanted to ask advice on here although I know it has been covered, and believe me I have used the search and google.
I keep seeing Espace 2.0t and Laguna 2.0t for spares and repairs on ebay, using the search I couldn't find anyone that were using these as a donor engine(everyone wants the megane lump) so I wondered if I was missing something? would they fit? realistically I would like 200bhp absolute maximum. to be honest id be happy with 185bhp but I would obviously get around 185lbft of torque too which would be awesome.
in theory could I drop the whole engine in and maybe tweak the actuator to run a little more psi, the Laguna I found was 170bhp so in my mind a little tweak on the boost could see 180bhp/180lbft torque.
and the other question is, and this is where I would get stuck, would I just plug the ecu in and it would work? I don't care if the dash doesn't work and that's easily sorted with a couple of gauges and a gps but am I asking for more trouble than its worth?
and before anyone says it I know its hardly worth it for that 10bhp, but you have no idea how happy that would make me. it would just be nice to nip around those cars that wont move over cos our car looks like its worth less than the shirt they are wearing.
all help is welcomed!
I keep seeing Espace 2.0t and Laguna 2.0t for spares and repairs on ebay, using the search I couldn't find anyone that were using these as a donor engine(everyone wants the megane lump) so I wondered if I was missing something? would they fit? realistically I would like 200bhp absolute maximum. to be honest id be happy with 185bhp but I would obviously get around 185lbft of torque too which would be awesome.
in theory could I drop the whole engine in and maybe tweak the actuator to run a little more psi, the Laguna I found was 170bhp so in my mind a little tweak on the boost could see 180bhp/180lbft torque.
and the other question is, and this is where I would get stuck, would I just plug the ecu in and it would work? I don't care if the dash doesn't work and that's easily sorted with a couple of gauges and a gps but am I asking for more trouble than its worth?
and before anyone says it I know its hardly worth it for that 10bhp, but you have no idea how happy that would make me. it would just be nice to nip around those cars that wont move over cos our car looks like its worth less than the shirt they are wearing.
all help is welcomed!
