more power

18th June 2004, 18:42

hello all,
whats the best way to get more power from a 1.4i furio besides the backbox and induction kit.
i cant afford an engine transplnt so need to get as much as poss from the 1.4 engine.

cheers gav

18th June 2004, 18:48

to be honest mate your fighting a loosing battle tuning the 1.4 unless you have a bit of cash.

Best start is an enclosed induction kit and full exhaust system and manifold.

After that your either looking at a cam and a remap then throttle bodies. OR leave the cam and either turbo or supercharge it

18th June 2004, 19:11

not really worth it is it on the 1.4?

Strip out the interior and save a bit of weight instead!

18th June 2004, 19:30

yep strip it as well.

Its not worth tuning the 1.4 unless you have a fair bit of cash to spare look at GMC taiwanese(sp) race car, its was a 1.4 and it made 250 at the wheels!

18th June 2004, 19:59

Scotty,

throttle bodies.....

The last time i looked on the gmc web site the prices weren't clear for fitting throttle bodies

Roughly how much would that converstion cost...

Cheers

18th June 2004, 20:08

no idea mate think the throottle bodies themselves are around 2 grand, then mapping and/or anything else you may want like high comp pistons wild cam etc... email or phone them and they will give you a price

18th June 2004, 20:56

Ouch didn't realise they were that expensive.....

Although it's half a turbo converstion i thought it was more like a grand or something.

Ok change of mind ha ha

18th June 2004, 22:08

if only i could afford a vtr/vts

i think i'll get the enclosed induction kit and just go for looks more than go. then i wont ave to go that fast coz everyone will wanna look at my bodykit and wheels

thanks for your advice gav

25th June 2004, 04:02

look at fast and furious show this weekend or santapod or max power there is a white Ax with vts lump running throttle bodies, 4 branch manifold and if sorted direct port nitrus injection, stripped out and ready to run.