they're trusty engines like :thumbs:

well i missed 5th and hit 3rd at full revs and bang :lol: only smashed 2 rockers and bent 2 valves

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HP was yours that black one with the veccy gsi style front bumper (did u give it to your then bird?)?

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they're hard as fook to kill from my experience

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missed a gear and bounce the rev needle off the bottom of the stop peg :!

car cut out... fired her up and drove home :lol:

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they're hard as fook to kill from my experience

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:thumbs: Same here!

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depends how much it will cost

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don't bother with enlarged tb, go for panel filter, exhaust and cylinder headwork with these lumps, they're hard as fook to kill from my experience

Some lad on here called niven had a turbo'd one claiming about 150 bhp question the reliability :! I'd just stick with the usual and some carbs if I were going to do it :)

My mate had a 1.4 8v SRi. He had Full system exhaust including manafold, boost valve, head work, filter and a chip. It's running 105bhp.

I've read up on these engines and tuning, and people have claimed to have upto 150bhp.

depends how much it will cost

Depends how much you're paying ;)

well ive been offered an enlarged throttle body and inlet plenum, sportex manifold + decat and a remapped ecu for this setup.

the guy recons this will add around 15-18 BHP. do you think this would be worth buying?

slap some nitrous on it

HP was yours that black one with the veccy gsi style front bumper (did u give it to your then bird?)?

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Tony (halfpint) off here had a tuned 1.4 8v SRi

Cams
performance head
PMC exhaust manifold
full exhuast
Decat

was pretty nippy till he blew the head off it :lol:

IMO its a waste of time to tune one "just to be different" as BHP per £ is reletively low and you'll regret it when for the same money you could of fitted a tuned 1.6 16v or even a 20XE

but its up to you at the end of the day :)

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I have a spare c14se knocking about totally stripped all been shot blasted etc :thumbs: was planning on doing some bits to it but decided I couldn't be assed :lol: good basis to start if u wana buy it :| £75 with all ancillaries (loom ecu etc :thumbs: )

I'd think cam, polish and port, and manifold/exhaust/decat you'd also need to put carbs on imo and you'd be looking at 125bhp tops

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same tunig principles as any engine mate, but i'll have a 1.4 16v engine box loom and ecu etc available soon if you want it?

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depends what colour the car is

same tunig principles as any engine mate, but i'll have a 1.4 16v engine box loom and ecu etc available soon if you want it?

Cams (well in ur case cam) and 4 branch, ported and polish head, and inlet manifold if theres one for the 1.4 8v

[Edited on 05-09-2005 by Corsa Sport Gav]

Tony (halfpint) off here had a tuned 1.4 8v SRi

Cams
performance head
PMC exhaust manifold
full exhuast
Decat

was pretty nippy till he blew the head off it :lol:

IMO its a waste of time to tune one "just to be different" as BHP per £ is reletively low and you'll regret it when for the same money you could of fitted a tuned 1.6 16v or even a 20XE

but its up to you at the end of the day :)

has anyone ever gone down this route? iv'e had a search and found very little. i think im going to try this instead of fitting a bigger 16v engine, just to be different.

If you have done this what did you do and what gains did you get?

Thanks