Calum1577
Member
Registered: 30th Jan 04
Location: Troon
User status: Offline
|
Been told by a lad at work that his cousin owns a Vaux Astra and it has the most powerfull naturally aspirated engine in Britain in it. Now i dont for one second beleive this so does anyone know of any astra's in Scotland (as car going to be in F&M as its Scottish) that are maybe even likely to come close. Alternativly does anyone else know what the more powerfull n/a tuned car in the uk is?
Cheers 
|
Ant
Member
Registered: 12th May 02
Location: Hereford and Worcester
User status: Offline
|
highly unlikely!!
|
Calum1577
Member
Registered: 30th Jan 04
Location: Troon
User status: Offline
|
Yeah mate i am the same but just want to be able to properly shoot him down tomorrow at work.
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
er, tvr's at like 450bhp?
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
speed 12 at 800bhp, pretty sure theyre n/a engines, just fuckin huge,
|
drunkenfool
Member
Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
User status: Offline
|
bhp/ litre possibly but still sounds like bollocks 
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
tvr cerbera 4.5 has 420 bhp and 380 ft.lbs of torque, still lookin tho, cos im pretty interested myself in how much powers been got out of n/a engines
|
timrud_
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
I personally know of 270bhp from an XE without NOS, and you can get 299bhp from 8 injectors, different management, bit more head work etc...
Just look at the SBD website.
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
As drunkenfool says its bhp/litre
The M3 E36 evo was highest production one with over 100bhp per litre
|
Tom
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
User status: Offline
|
Tell him he's a cock, regardless of whether it's true or not 
|
Teddy
Member
Registered: 19th Jul 04
Location: Northampton Drives: VW Bora 1.9TDi pd130
User status: Offline
|
The old Cavalier touring cars used to run 290bhp from an xe without nitros.
Swindon race engines used to prep those.
|
timrud_
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
With reverse heads, thats difference between them and my mates 
|
Teddy
Member
Registered: 19th Jul 04
Location: Northampton Drives: VW Bora 1.9TDi pd130
User status: Offline
|
Indeed - have you actually inspected one close up.
Its amasing enginnering.
|
timrud_
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
No only seen a picture! 
Ment to cost quite a bit to reverse a head?
[Edited on 06-01-2006 by timrud_]
|
Teddy
Member
Registered: 19th Jul 04
Location: Northampton Drives: VW Bora 1.9TDi pd130
User status: Offline
|
Swindon will bulid you one for about £20,000 i think.
|
timrud_
Member
Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
User status: Offline
|
No, I ment on a current engine, I had around 3k in my head!?!
|
Ian
Site Administrator
Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
User status: Online
|
Depends how you measure the power.
Absolute output, he'll certainly be outclassed by big capacity 8/10/12 cylinder engines in many different vehicles.
Specific output, ie. bhp per litre is more likely for a 2 litre Astra to be in the running for, although proper motorsport stuff will certainly beat it.
Unless he rebuilds the engine every few thousand miles, its probably not.
|
Calum1577
Member
Registered: 30th Jan 04
Location: Troon
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Tom
Tell him he's a cock, regardless of whether it's true or not
He gets that every day anyway. Just one of these things where he has said "Its the most powerful n/a tuned car in Britian". Obviously i think he is talking crap.
|
tom_simes
Show Staff
Organiser: South Wales
Premium Member
Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
As drunkenfool says its bhp/litre
The M3 E36 evo was highest production one with over 100bhp per litre
Think its now the E46 M3 CSL, with 360bhp from 3.2L engine
|
