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I no where you are coming from regarding the bonnet risers, another alternative is to get rid of the return on the back edge of the bonnet. By getting rid of this you in effect create an opening that the hot air can get drawn out of by the fast flowing outside air, you could also look at fitting...

Sounds like a manic ride, of course your enemy is going to be heat build up particuarly in the higher gears where you hang on to the throttle longer. 16 psi is a good figure but i suspect in first and second you seeing 16psi as a spike as the revs build to fast to really hold on to it,the motor...

turbo 5gt i am guessing???. always the problem with turbo cars poor low down response. because you using forced induction or i think a better term is" ram it in and lots of it" you have to run a low compression ratio and the more boost you run the lower it has to be. Normally there is no cure...

Thats pretty much on the money of course up the comp while your at it, also dont rely solely on big cfm numbers from a flow bench your looking at making the head flow beyond the suck phase. And is the reason the high velocity method gives best gains. If your interested check out mototunesua site...

water pump bearing sounded like a rusty tank track, i was thining along those lines wipe down seats and all. with regard to 1.7 vaux oil burner they were fitted to early corsas i think should be a bolt in with all the bits i hope, sort the silly inlet manifold out wind on some more boost and...

Its the totally wild 1.4 16valve, not a fan either but it was free and big fan of free. I have been considering a diesel lump 1.7 izuzu tdi perhaps anty thoughts on this ...

Been working on this about 2 weeks now, it was given to me when its head gasket failed. So decided to have some fun with it build a bodykit, tune the motor and play with the suspension. Oh and share with you lot comments good and bad welcome :D

Why not install the k tech motor read it is not to hard.

It is in response to an earlier reply regarding potential power gains, i posted the comment explaining my take on how i read it. The topic went along the lines of getting a gain of 10%, its my view that this is a silly way to look at modifications to increase performance. As my post says 10%...

Hmmm a formula for measuring what excatly ???. And whats this flow you mention ??.

Gains and percentages Dont be mislead peeps. 10% is naf all if you only started with 30bhp you now have 33 bhp (30x10%=33). The bigger number you start with the bigger you end up with for same mods, hence would i modify induction on a corsa 1.4 or would i just have the head off first and...

Hi all. I have always struggled with the prices people charge for doing head work but can also understand perhaps a little their mindset, after all they can do it and you cant and what we dont no or understand we pay though the nose for. Hello pikey Motorsports. In reply to your comment i dont...

Well guys gonna have to disagree on this one i am afraid, first ecus are not expensive £20 quid on ebay for a programmable one out of a jap rep mobile, fit it and its looms to an older car or modern and program away. Megasquirt is a wicked ecu with everything bar fly by wire well within the...

Well now much debate regarding cammy !!. But keywords such as "properly set up" speak volumes, "remember for every action there is a reaction". Camshafts there, timing ,profiles and specs take up more pages of tuning books then just about any other subject, the reality is untill recently it...

v8s for sure as long as its not the rover version which struggles to overcome itself, i would disagree though. My reasons are this, forget bhp etc look at a cylinder containing 1 drop of fuel and 2 of air, when ignited it creates heat and this heat expands pushing the piston away from itself...