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tunning a valver worth it
- Thread starter dannyboy
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535d / t5 caravelle
are they not 130 bhp? valver 137bhp,as said you could go the williams route and still get blown into the weeds,there potential is far greater than with a n/a lump,get nos,i had it on my valver,massive differance with 50 bhp jets,get a 20valve turbo lump in it (sure someone off here could do it for ya)
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Its actually not that easy to get 200bhp in a RST. It can be done but its not as cheap and as simple as most think. 170 is fairly easy though!
I used to love my valver and when it was chipped, filtered and had the exhaust and decat it didnt go to bad. I never thought there could be much difference between it and a willy. Then i drove one.......lol
The willy lump is the way to go! Such a different drive and you have power on tap at almost any point in the rev range unlike the 1.8 that you have to rag the sh*t out of! Cams, chip, filter ect and your looking at a quick car!
Im getting me and willy hybrid soon! Should be fun once it has cams to go with its other mods!
The rst was obviously no where near standard then !
if it was you would have p*ssed on it (imo they arent that fast at all - as standard, you have to remember as well that the latest ones are 1990 so they will 15 years old now) so unless it has been properly mainted most run like a sack of sh*t now !
I know what most rst turbos are like as i spent 4 months looking for one !
then bought my valver instead, as i was fed up with looking at thrashed to death, cr*p examples.
If you want to beat one, id say get a willy lump put in, then mod that, chip, cams etc.
My mate has a tuning company he modifies rsts.Theres so much you can do 1.8zvh conversion,2.1bottom end hes had pulling 293bhp on the rollers,full 2.0 16v zetec turbo conversion.
I wouldnt feel to bad about getting beat by an rst my mate used to have a magenta 4x4 saphy cosworth which wasnt standard and he got beat by an rst in the rain it came past him and the wheels were still spinning
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exactly, the trouble with rsts is you never quite know whats been done to them, my friend had the same engine as above 2ltr zetec turbo and just looked standard so i wouldnt feel bad m8.
even if it wasnt a zetec engined 1 then the standard lump is very easy to get 170bhp by just fitting air filter exhaust and chip, then winding the boost up.
1 thing to remember is it wont last that long if it was a chav driving it with the boost wound up, so next time you see him he mite be at the side of the road broken down and you can just drive past laughing
Not a Clio
i wouldnt worry. Lets face it, at the end of the day a valver is hardly the fastest thing on the road these days.
No matter what car you have (unless you are super rich) there will always be cars faster than yours driven by many different types of people.
Just enjoy what you have now
Hippys bus of LOVE !!!
Quote: Originally posted by Daz on 24 July 2005
Willy.
Torque etc.. makes a big difference.
Then tune the Willy lump, hehe.
I couldnt agree more...
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Nah i was in my mates weird mitsi mirage. You probs saw it, looks a bit like a evo (well kinda). It has a evo front bumper and black 17s.
The cup was looking nice and low though! Did you buy it from the dealers in Bristol? If so i think i saw it when it was forsale there. Remember the plate!
Ill probs take a trip down to weston soon though when i have the willy hybrid!
thanks m8, i think it looks lovely lowered as well, but is not too low just subtle. And yeah it did come from city motors on whitby road in bristol m8. and itll be nice to see the willy when its finished m8 you will have to let me know when ure out in it
Sorry if we have stolen this thread
LY 200
Youl never beat a well modded rst on the road even with a well modded willy engine imo!!!
Mate has a 250bhp+ one with 300lbs of torque..............Total cost of around 24k since its been off the road for the past year!!!
Fully refurbed, inside out and engine...................Il tryn get some pics sometime as its got to be one of the best.............I personally wouldve bought an Escort Cossie and modded that it but it was all a hobby for him and its rewarded him in a way!!!
On topic..........Willy lumps probably the cheapest route to more power and a better all round drive!!!
