my rsi turbo

[spud1987]

how much is a 1.7 turbo engine?? is it much work to go into a valver??

cheers

[donsrno1]

how much is a 1.7 turbo engine?? is it much work to go into a valver??

cheers

I don't think they are too expensive, but TBH I wouldn't put one in a valver - much better and more straightforward to drop an F7R lump in there. IIRC the wiring on the 1.7 turbo is an absolute nightmare and there are issues with the exhaust and engine mounts where come custom ones might be needed.

[spud1987]

ah rite stuff that then!!!!

[clio_rsi_turbo]

yep, listen to him! put a valver lump in it instead. wiring is a pig, downpipe had to be custom made along with the drivers side top engine mount.

[Coops]

buy a cheap f7P lump and slap a megane f7R bottom end on it! better head the valvers have n all so more to work with if you go for the cams etc etc NA route!

eh? Williams head is miles better than the valver one... unless your going to have TB's, in which case the port on the vavler are better as there's more meat on the bone to reshape them.

exactly where i was comin from matey! the valver head is a better base to start from if your gonna build a monster spec engine, cuz like u said more meat on it!

[RikiGT]

hi mate, you don't want to be going n/a i hav a friend who is running the same volvo lump as you only in a 5 campus,you may of hurd of him on rtoc hes called haz? its an abolute animal of an engine when tuned right and tottally bomb proof!
the engine was taken out of a 140k volvo well over a year ago! and as far as i know its running a t28/t3 bigger injectors and has played with the ecu, its running well over 250bhp, used daily, and he ran a 12.7 at the pod not long a go.
http://www.rtoc.org/members/member.asp?memberid=2490
he runs a little tunning unit called nocturnal developments in ormskirk, if u can't accsess the page pm me an il give u his number.

[Craig]

v nice bud!

[clio_rsi_turbo]

yes mate, ive spoken to him, his van is a monster. he wanted to look at my ecu somtime ago to see how they re-programed it. top bloke.