Who'll be demanding the most out of their 6 this year?

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:38 pm

jameslxdt wrote:ill be happy if i can get my 406 to 170bhp without a turbo
270bhp is just being greedy
and my 406 already goes off the speedo.................

[font=Arial] [/font]when i drive it with the front end on axle stands

LOL..... I've already passed the 170hp mark and its great fun! lol

As for the speedo, I was actually going to say, with a power drill attached to the engine speed sensor lol

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:39 pm

yeah, 170bhp should be good, but im thinking of going to 200bhp eventually, possibly with a supercharger, a turbo is too much effort

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:43 pm

jameslxdt wrote:yeah, 170bhp should be good, but im thinking of going to 200bhp eventually, possibly with a supercharger, a turbo is too much effort

Sounds good to me..... what about going throttle bodies and twin carbs.... push around 225hp on a NA engine ??? You've got the valves unlike me ! lol

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:26 pm

it will never pass an mot on carbs, and throttle bodies are just way too expensive, if i was gonna go for some mad n/a power then i may as get a gti6 or mi16 lump and start with that
the supercharger will be a lot cheaper, i can use the gti cams and manifold then get a mini supercharger and a huge intercooler and some pipe work and some sort of piggy-back management and stay with standard internals all for arround £500 whereas the throttle bodies fitted and set up and remaped could be anything arround £2000 and the power band would be hopeless in the 406

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:45 pm

a mini supercharger will take too much work to mount and plumb in the 406... your better off going for a universal Eaton charger, instead of that specifically designed for the mini

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:49 pm

the mini superchargers go so cheaply on ebay though, and it wouldnt take that much effort to fit, just make up some brackets to fit it below and just a bit further forward than the pas pump and then just get a longer belt

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:30 pm

soz dude, but its the length and the plumbing required... you would need to manufactre inlets and output flanges etc... too much hassle!

I've seen superchargers with turbo compressor housing types which are easy as piss to install.... the mini one would take too much effort IMO

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:36 pm

i suppose, i had planed to convert the diesel turbo to a supercharger, but gave up on the idea as it would never be reliable

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:45 am

150km this week - How pathetic!

turbolag · Post by **turbolag** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:26 pm

My '6 has been relegated to 'shopping car and get the other arf to work' status, but it may still well be taking us all to the Scillies on holiday in August (although i'll be sensible this year and whack the car on a ferry for the final leg). Might use the 407SW, but TBH there's only 3 of us, and one of use is 10, so our luggage will easily go in the 6's boot, and it's use less juice. As good as the '7 is looking, the '6 is still a hard act to beat.

Dog in the old life yet, ef?