Whats worth doing to an F7r engine?

[Waltarno]

I have a willy2, and am wanting to some tuning to it, so far it has a sports outlet manifold (got rid of cast one), decat pipe and a magnex back box. This is how i bought the car and am just wondering whats worth doing to the engine, i.e. port, polish, throttle bodies or bike carbs, skim the head ..... any help would be great. Thanks Andy

[Coops]

budget? what kind of power are you looking for?

[Waltarno]

Looking to be around 180 to 200bhp dont think id want anymore in a front wheel drive. Budget from 500 to 1500. Cheers Andy.

[Coops]

cams, pulleys and a decent remap on top of current spec would come in at about 1500 if you buy new but fit yourself, bit more to get them fitted and you'd see around 180bhp at a push

[thaijedi]

you need to let it breath first.

mani and de-cat with a good system needed b4 you start touching the cams and mapping

[2 live]

hes already fitted mani and de-cat/zorst tho mate.

next step for me would be cams/pullies/map

bodies too...then

[Waltarno]

Any suggestions how lary to go with the cams, just didnt want my power band being right a the top and unusable on the road. Also what manufacturers do you recommend? Im assuming it wont matter where i get the pullies (maybe even machine them myself) Also if im taking the enigne apart, wouldnt it be worth port and polishing too? Thanks Andy.

[zmaster2k]

cat cams pullies
piper pullies


avoid kent pullies they are well known on here to fail and cause epic damage

[Wobba]

You could probably hit the 200 mark with a set of ITB's, you would have to fit it all yourself or you would go way over budget. Would need proper mapping as well.

Could also have headwork, fit bigger valves. Probably cost from £700 -£1000.

I'm having headwork at the moment with a Megane head.

[Waltarno]

Bit of a long shot, but where could I obtain tolerance information for the engine like port polishing, minimum head thickness. Im a mahcininst and have access to a wide variety of machines so I could possibly save costs this way. Unfortunatly most of my friends in the industry are in to thier vw's and havent got a clue about french cars! Thanks again Andy.