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what about turbo'ing the 1.8 and strip down the interior and excess bits that arnt a nessesity (spelling) so as well as having more power it'll be lighter to? (therefore aiding speed)

<img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions051.gif" /> i thought his fiesta si was a 1.6....didnt know ya could get 1.8s, but anyway:
the Puma's 1.7 16v with variable cam timing and it pushes out about 125bhp as standard. pumaspeed claim they can get 200bhp out of them with the help of some tuning and mr turbo

his used to be a 1.6 i think, had a transplant an put the 1.8 in

mines the 1.6

On this whole puma speed thing they can do u a cossie puma but it would set you back 30G. However they will put the 1.7 racing puma in for 2G an thats about 155-170 bhp an thats the drive away price which inlcudes labour, gear box, engine an dash. Then theres the 300mm disks which are £329 fitted. plus you can get a powerflow exhaust an a decent air filter with the rest
So for just under £2500 you could easily have around 180bhp.
Plus its a small car an fairly light anyway so youd be keepin up with a fair few things.

Paul

why not go 4 a 2.0 16v vauxhall engine transplant? cheap to get hold of, reliable, and tons of tuning potential. must make some sort of sense to get me to recommend using anything vauxhall...i hate em! but the old 2.0 16v is used in many rally cars...especially mk 2 escorts. try to get some prices and c wot ya think.?!

CHEERS GUYS SO MANY IDEAS, IN CASE YOU WERE CONFUSED MY CAR USED TO BE A 1.6 SI BUT IT ENDED UP IN THE BEACH AND HAS BEEN REBUILT WIV A RS1800 ENGINE, WHICH IS STANDARD 130BHP, I SPOKE TO A GARAGE AND HE RECKONS HE WILL BE ABLE TO ADD A TURBO ON IT WHICH WILL TAKE IT CLOSE TO 160BHP, THEN I HAVE MY BOOST VAVLE AND SUPERCHIP SO HOPEFULLY GET IT MOOVIN.

I CAN SEE COSSIE IDEA WAS SILLY <img border="0" alt="[blonde moment]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions037.gif" />