T16 into mk2 - Page 6

petet16 · 30-11-12, 06:39 AM

243 bhp back in 2006, the engine was in my 420 then but pretty much the same spec, gt28 turbo, fmic, one piece down pipe, Mongoose exhaust modified with a a Jetex 100 cell cat, tubular ex manifold.

ZSONE80 · 13-12-12, 08:24 PM

Quick update on zs. Started stripping front end to remove engine and also to repair various body parts!

petet16 · 13-12-12, 08:44 PM

Coming along nicely.

Quadcam24 · 13-12-12, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smokey

The whole project is a lot of work for 30bhp over a lightly modded 180.

Other than VAG, is there no other way of getting 270+ out of one of the rover/mg engine?

bhp is only half the story, your forgetting the extra 50-60 lbft of torque this engine will bring, and its this that will make the car so effortlessly fast.
It might have only 230 bhp but that torque will mean it will accelerate as quick in 4th as a modded nasp zs does in 3rd.

petet16 · 13-12-12, 09:25 PM

Something else worth doing is bracing the turbo mounting flange to the manifold flange, it lessens the risk of cracked welds.

ZSONE80 · 16-12-12, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quadcam24

bhp is only half the story, your forgetting the extra 50-60 lbft of torque this engine will bring, and its this that will make the car so effortlessly fast.
It might have only 230 bhp but that torque will mean it will accelerate as quick in 4th as a modded nasp zs does in 3rd.

Oh yeah!