best less obvious car to tune?

[LPMorgan]

i need a 5dr or a spacious 3dr, what would be the least obvious car to choose? was thinking like an old rover metro, diahatsu charade, hyundai accent, daewoo matiz (random car).. i wanna stay away from golf's, fiesta's, corsa's etc... typical tuned cars, i want something different but funny to see peoples faces when it blows them away lol

 

[pgarner]

vw bora. not as obvious as the golf

ether v6 or 1.8t - although they are rare

 

[LPMorgan]

see loads of bora's driving round leicester, and it's a VW too popular and too "non shock" car as it can keep up with most cars the same size anyway, it's gotta be small and cheap

 

[old-git]

My daughter has a VW Corrado. Old, I know, but not a bad looking car. Comes in both 4 pot and V6 flavours. Only downside is that it is FWD

 

[andyalbone]

what bout a seat toledo my mate has the 2.3 v5 quite fast smooth power delivery good sound and cheap

 

[LPMorgan]

needs to be cheap insurance lol low insurance group, i'd love an old vw polo with a golf r32 drive system lol now that would be a monster killer!

 

[Loz]

A Rover 100 with a MGF engine & maybe you could make it a bit lighter too with some glass fibre bits & plastic windows.

 

[LPMorgan]

rover 100/metro with a mgf engine? i need the rear seats lol

 

[Loz]

Nah engine goes in the front:amuse:
Essentially it's the same K series engine just a bit larger capacity & a VVC head, you can also use the PG1 gearbox & the MGTF's boxes came with a LSD as well.

 

[HDi fun]

VW's 20 valve five cylinder unit is lovely. Almost impossible to tune but sounds nice and pulls evenly across its rev range

 

[LPMorgan]

want a tunable engine, rover did a v6 didn't they?

 

[Loz]

Yes the KV6, that's what's in my ZS. I wouldn't call it a tunable engine though.

 

[LPMorgan]

would it be a good engine in a metro though? lol

 

[LPMorgan]

i'd probably stick with a 4cyl engine lol name some tunable 4cyl engines?

 

[Loz]

It'd be a squeeze, anyway I think my 1.8 100 is faster than my ZS.

Other engines? The VAG 1.8T is the first one that springs to mind for me.

 

[turbonutter69]

How much are you willing to spend buying the car?

 

[SLEEPER]

i need a 5dr or a spacious 3dr, what would be the least obvious car to choose? was thinking like an old rover metro, diahatsu charade, hyundai accent, daewoo matiz (random car).. i wanna stay away from golf's, fiesta's, corsa's etc... typical tuned cars, i want something different but funny to see peoples faces when it blows them away lol

you cant get a cheap fast car that has low group insurance - they dont exist

especially if you then modify it.

 

[Prince]

i'd probably stick with a 4cyl engine lol name some tunable 4cyl engines?

Most Jap engines.

you cant get a cheap fast car that has low group insurance - they dont exist

especially if you then modify it.

x2.

I thought you were getting a Primera?

 

[claymore]

fiat bravo 20valve

 

[aston]

for easy tuning it would have to be forced induction for better gains, and cheap would probably be volvo or saab. I believe you can get 300bhp out of a saab 9000 very easily, (Just the use of a screwdriver on the older 9000's nets a huge gain.) Or there is the diesel route, How about a 306dturbo, meant to be brilliant and can be tuned easily (Again just a screwdriver). But the old saying goes, it's better to buy an allready fast car than buy a car and spend money making it fast.
How fast do you want to go? What is your criteria? how much do you want to spend? What 0-100 do you want? etc.. Whats more important, handling or outright straight line speed?
I thought you were getting a Primera? TBH they are quite thirsty.

 

[LPMorgan]

primera went boom after starting lol there is a thread on it lol

 

[aston]

So you don't want a primera any more?

 

[LPMorgan]

not a gt anyway lol got a quote just before it went boom and it was for £1400 3rd party, checked again about a month later and it shot up to about £1900 including a £500 excess

 

[Prince]

That's just insurance. That's how it is. You won't find a 'fast' car that's cheap to ensure. It's either get the car and pay the insurance or get a cheapy.

 

[HDi fun]

Or get old

 

[T9 man]

Or get old

and who says that it has no advantages? :bigsmile:

 

[Prince]

 

[LPMorgan]

would love an old school mini but can't fit 2 kids in the back and shopping in the boot lol

 

[aston]

TBH I don't think whatever you are looking exists, just buy whatever is cheap and safe, decent on fuel and half decent to drive, 306 Dturbo comes to mind or e36 325tds.

 

[LPMorgan]

i like 306's but i don't like diesel cars, and i know what i'm doing with petrol engines lol

 

[LPMorgan]

i like the look of the 1.6 with 90hp, same as the dturbo, the standard diesel only produces 70hp but the 1.4 petrol produces 75hp, all do 0-60 in less than 14 seconds

 

[aston]

i like the look of the 1.6 with 90hp, same as the dturbo, the standard diesel only produces 70hp but the 1.4 petrol produces 75hp, all do 0-60 in less than 14 seconds

torque.....torque....

 

[LPMorgan]

the turbo diesel does 0-60 in the same time as the 1.6 petrol lol

 

[turbonutter69]

That's due to gear ratios and power delivery.
Try a 30 to 70 mph test and the tractor will trounce the 1.6 petrol.

 

[LPMorgan]

diesels are awkward to tune though lol and with a petrol i can do all my own servicing etc

 

[turbonutter69]

The 1.9 XUD is a hell of alot easier to tune than the petrol.
You can get free hp out of the tractor whereas you'd have to spend to get anything out of the petrol.

 

[LPMorgan]

ah didn't know that, lol how do you get free hp?

 

[turbonutter69]

A screwdriver.
Jarrus is the man to ask. Try sending him a pm.
Post 154 of this thread.

 

[LPMorgan]

i guess it's done by adjusting the turbo?

 

[aston]

There is a full explanation on you tube. Basically you need to turn a screw on the pump. Get the right one and you can run it on veg oil ...bonus lol