Engine Power Upgrade Solved

[Guest MarkB]

After having my butt kicked by Nick, Dan and Keith on wednesday night i thought i would see what i could do to increase engine power on my 2b...... after a bit of pondering and a bit of reading last night (thanks to posts from Dinger, GDC and ianjenn) i had my plan.

 

After a quick call to Dan (notimpressed) we arranged to meet at my garage this morning and start the mods i had decided on...... just needs the coolant hoses, fuel pipes to carbs and a plug for the coil and its done..... all completed in 8 hours, would have been quicker but tea, biscuits and a welcomed visit from Rob and Fliss gave us more than enough breaks.... anyway to the decided mods........ easy really.....

 

 

Remove this

 

 

 

 

 

and replace with this

 

 

 

 

Instant power upgrade

[speedtripledan]

enjoyed it, its now close to how I wanted when it was mine.... Should be a bit quicker

[Guest MarkB]

enjoyed it, its now close to how I wanted when it was mine.... Should be a bit quicker

 

i bloody hope so after the work we put into today!!

[Guest tom-zero]

what engine is that going back in ?

[Guest MarkB]

what engine is that going back in ?

 

 

supercharged st170

[Guest dinger]

Power is nothing without control!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

:crazy:

[Guest MarkB]

Power is nothing without control!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

:crazy:

it boils down to 2 things.... as loud pedal gets nearer to the floor my eyes will close what you cant see cant hurt......... i hope

[Guest dinger]

I like it Mark,,, If you cant go round them,,,,,,, F*ck it! go through them,, Lovfl,

 

 

Seriously,,, thats gonna be some awesome power mate, I'm assuming that its still got standard internals so low boost? If not, do you know the engine spec?

 

 

 

Cant understand how I have part blame for the transplant though, lol

[Guest MarkB]

I like it Mark,,, If you cant go round them,,,,,,, F*ck it! go through them,, Lovfl,

 

 

Seriously,,, thats gonna be some awesome power mate, I'm assuming that its still got standard internals so low boost? If not, do you know the engine spec?

 

 

 

Cant understand how I have part blame for the transplant though, lol

 

 

I spent a couple of hours reading the forums, your posts, Grahams posts and of course Ians post (the creater of this engine setup) helped me decide the fate of the st engine that has been gathering dust in the workshop for the last few months

[Guest mower man]

Nice one Mark ,I lusted after that lump when you showed me a few months back should be properly quick but very drivable .Hope to get over to see you soon [not driving yet ,just getting a bit bored with 4 walls] regards mick

[Guest MarkB]

Nice one Mark ,I lusted after that lump when you showed me a few months back should be properly quick but very drivable .Hope to get over to see you soon [not driving yet ,just getting a bit bored with 4 walls] regards mick

 

 

Once its up and running it will be a pleasure to come over and see you mick, I sympathise with your boredom, when I was off work for 2 months with my dicky ticker I was losing my marbles with the boredom factor. Hope your on the mend.

[keith kelly]

Mark,

do you still have the pinto?? i am in the market for a 2.0l

 

 

regards

 

keith

[Guest MarkB]

Mark,

do you still have the pinto?? i am in the market for a 2.0l

 

 

regards

 

keith

 

I do have the pinto but I'm keeping it unroll I'm happy with what I've replaced it with..... Once I'm happy it will be up for grabs, although, I have four people already wanting it

[keith kelly]

i would not need it until winter. can you add me to the que please and if the first in line dont take it let me know.

 

 

thanks

 

keith

[Tazzzzman1]

Nice one Mark.

Not so sure its the lack of power that was making you slow..... :rofl:

Can't see any nice shiny bits on the new lump though...

 

Looks like I will definately have to do the turbo mods to mine next winter then...