motor

thepest · 05-09-2005, 06:13 AM

Hi I was just wondering about that one. I've heard a few people saing that messing with engines smaller that 2.0 litres is a waste of time!
What do you guys think. And what will be the first things that you'd do?

You won't just start by putting a turbo or supercharger, right?

evoWalo · 05-09-2005, 06:26 AM

I live in a country with a lot of those cars and in my point of view it is a waste of time. Then again those who mod sub-2.0L cars are cheap.

SilenCe · 05-09-2005, 06:27 AM

I've a 1.6 litres engine in my car, and it is really lame! But i think a 1.9 litre engine is still enough for beginning driving.

thepest · 05-09-2005, 06:48 AM

Wow You know what you're talking about! Damn you learned your lesson

Thanks a lot! Some great ideas, I'll have them all in mind!

BTW how much would all this stuff cost! Don't be too exact

numerouno · 05-09-2005, 06:49 AM

VW's 1.8T would be good enough if properly tuned IMO

5vz-fe · 05-09-2005, 06:52 AM

Hey Brembo, don't forget ur intercooler, u don't want heatsoak to spoil your fun.

ZfrkS62 · 05-09-2005, 08:00 AM

i've actually toyed with the idea of sticking a turbo on a 9hp Honda go-kart motor

mindgam3 · 05-09-2005, 08:27 AM

1.3litre hayabusa turbocharged - around 400hp, cant see much wrong with that if put in say a Caterham or mini

TransAm · 05-09-2005, 09:18 AM

There are countless sub-2.0 forced induction motors, specially some of the JDM 600cc stuff like the Suzuki Cappa, cappu, fuckit coffee.

Anyone who's driven a Renault 5 Turbo and then a 1.4TL back to back would probably disagree it's a waste of time to turbo sub 2.0 motors.

I think it should be positively encouraged!

espen · 05-09-2005, 10:23 AM

Try a turbocharged Arctic Cat RX... 1.0 litre 230hp, these things rock 8)

Nothing like 150kph in powder on an untouched mountain lake!

cateye · 05-09-2005, 12:51 PM

me totally n00b in cars. in my country ppl mod ther honda civic which is 1.6 litres .. n dont knwo what they put in them trubo .. nos ... bla bla ...

TeflonTron · 05-09-2005, 02:02 PM

Hmm. Well, a Daihatsu Charade GT-ti was the match of a Golf GTI back in the day, and that has a 900CC engine, with an intercooler turbo, twin Cams, fuel-injected and 12 valve engine! 99BHP was good enough for 0-60 in 8.0 seconds!

JiggaStyles09 · 05-09-2005, 02:06 PM

i think brembo hit it on the head. if the work needed to proporly add forced induction to a car is done and done correctly (i.e. built bottom end, good flow of intake and exhaust, dyno tuned, etc.) a small displacement engine is not a waste of time at all, and can be a lot of fun in the right car.

a good rule of thumb is that most people want 3 things out of their cars cheap, fast, and reliable. however you can only have 2 out of the three. forget where i heard that, it may have even been from JW.

just putting a turbo/supercharger on a car without going through the proper steps while it can be cheap, you will either be running on borrowed time or running so conservatively that you are wasting a lot of potential of forced induction.

5vz-fe · 05-09-2005, 02:08 PM

Daihatsu Charade weights in @ 810 kg while golf GTi back in the 90s is around 500kg more.

T-Bird · 05-09-2005, 02:23 PM

I just look at the GTI and Audi's with 1.8T's they are fast little cars and can be very fast with some work put into them. hell I would turbo a 600cc engine.