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wayne hiscock |
posted on 18th Aug 03 at 23:48 |
i dont care bout the bhp. | |
MikeH |
posted on 18th Aug 03 at 22:43 |
NO!!! torque is a measurement of a force in a shaft!! | |
luca2020 |
posted on 18th Aug 03 at 22:13 |
my mate said bhp is measured by the amount of air u can flow, and tourqe is measured by the amount of air/fuel mixture in the chambers | |
miles |
posted on 18th Aug 03 at 21:39 |
Yeah but a throttle bodied car will have a much bigger power band, which will be more usable. Turbo's suffer with traction much more. You would need more bhp in a turbo'd car than an n/a car to be quicker. | |
Tony |
posted on 18th Aug 03 at 20:40 |
The great thing of torque is that you FEEL it more than bhp. It throws you back into the seat as the curve kicks in. When I had my car dyno'ed, There was a slight power difference. which I didn't feel at all. What improved on the dyno was the torque curve, and I could really feel the car nipped from the lights compared to the previous runs. | |
MikeH |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 22:47 |
I may be wrong but power is simply torque over the time axis..... | |
wayne hiscock |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 22:46 |
yeh but its torque i want more gains of. | |
miles |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 21:39 |
you cant really gain torque without bhp. | |
luca2020 |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 20:33 |
yes turbo has more tourqe than tbs | |
wayne hiscock |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 20:10 |
not a chance of me doing diy job. | |
miles |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 20:02 |
Indeed. As long as your happy with it then cool. It must be good enough if its lasted 3 years. | |
DaveC |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 19:04 |
and u get a warranty, which was nice!! However, if i had had the time, equipment and the knowledge i do now 3 years ago, i would have done it myself, but didn't :) | |
DaveC |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 19:00 |
quote: fair enough, i'm happy with it, and can't fault it at all everything works well... guess thats what matters really | |
wayne hiscock |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 18:17 |
£3k | |
miles |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 17:13 |
So 2 head gaskets and a spacer, still not the ideal way to lower compression. If i had a conversion like that the first thing I would do is get it on the rollers. Remote oil filter kits cost less than £50... | |
DaveC |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 16:17 |
3 headgaskets? no they have a small spacer and a metal gasket either side of this to lower compression, oil fiter re-located to accomodate the turbo lower down the engine to try to get a little bit of air flow to it. | |
miles |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 11:08 |
What was the spec and cost of the conversion? and power..... | |
DaveC |
posted on 17th Aug 03 at 00:02 |
courteny are expensive yes, but it has to be said in my experience they do a very good job, had the turbo conversion done on the nova GSi 3 years ago now, car has done 143000 miles on a J plate and still runs like new. Never had a problem with it at all, as for the conversion itself looks like it could have come out of the factory like it... good job | |
miles |
posted on 16th Aug 03 at 19:37 |
Could be done DIY much better and cheaper than what courtenay offer. | |
big eck |
posted on 16th Aug 03 at 19:08 |
It isnt that heavy m8 but if you want a big power 1.6 then go for tb's much more reliable. | |
wayne hiscock |
posted on 16th Aug 03 at 19:05 |
i dont want a let engine. | |
big eck |
posted on 16th Aug 03 at 19:02 |
Would be cheaper gettin someone like Lee Mitchell to put a LET engine outta a calibra or cav into your corsa. | |
wayne hiscock |
posted on 16th Aug 03 at 18:27 |
??? | |
wayne hiscock |
posted on 15th Aug 03 at 11:49 |
is it only courntenay that do it? |