As stated. who could do it, how much?
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volvo 1.7l turbo into valver
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As stated. who could do it, how much?
Torsion Tuning in Witham, Essex are doing this very conversion to a clio at the moment and have done it times before!
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What about charging your F7P.
The the GTT block would have been designed with turbocharging in mind wheras with the 1.7 it was a bit of an afterthought considering it started life as a n/a unit. IMO its pointless choosing the 1.7 over the 1.4 as itd be heavier, probably less reliable, less potential (not really considered a "performance" lump) and as has been said theres nothing that hasnt been done or couldnt be done to the 1.4. We could go on........
Well i have read all posts, and maybe it seems best to leave the volvo unit alone, but i dont really fancy the ren. 5 lump as everybody i know thats had the 5 turbo has had nothing but trouble with them, where as i have had no mechanical problems at all with the valver for the three and a half years i have owned it! So maybe ive answered my own question? Think ill go for the head, cams, chip route that i initially had planned, then stick a 50 shot of nitros on for good measure. From what i can gather, this seems to be about the limit for the F7P except for forced induction, but that just seems far too expensive and i would have reliability worries too. What do you lot think?
its not 40 years old, and having pushrods has no bearing on the engines capabilities. Most Yanky V8s are pushrods and still going strong, even the NASCARs still use good ol rods.
And by cost i mean the amount you would spend getting the 1.7 to make 200bhp. Its design isnt a major problem, just the quality of the parts used.......its not intended for high boost/high output.
As for injection, again makes no diff since its so basic and really not user mappable.
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i have the 1.7 engine, and it has been a pain in the arse, if you want an engine that you can stick in the car, and have it run standard boost all day, every day and dint want to mod it the volvo lump would be a good idea, however when it comes to tuning its slightly harder.
i have the 1.7 lump with low comp pistons, supposedly some head work and a reground cam, but i also have the carb conversion, which in a way is a little silly as i could of gone for the gtt, the amount of money i have spent i wish i had gone the gtt route, atm its a pain in the arse, with the carb conversion im not limited to the amount of boost i can run, as with the EFI you have a 1 bar boost limit, if you can get a duel layered volvo ecu u can chip it, but as they were not a UK spec ecu its pretty much impossible, there are ways around it, it is possible to go out and get a new ecu summit like an luminition ecu, and get it mapped how you want, but its alot of money, once my engine is running right (shouldnt be to long now) i will get a bigger intercooler, and a bigger turbo, then i should be able to go to atleast 180 bhp, prob up to 200, idealy i would like to run around 160 bhp as a daily car, and be able to run 180 if i wish, just to be able to breese past some 172s and cups
i would go gtt route if i had the choise again, easier to tune, etc, and gtts are far from unreliable, all these people come up with ive got m8s who have had them, i guarantee they have ragged the tits off the car or havent looked after it propperly.
