tommy10101 Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 would it be at all possible to gain 25-50% bhp tuning with parts to a 1.0 50 bhp arosa engine.. other than an engine swap obviously.. i know people will say that..???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 you've bought a one litre. it will never be stupidly fast. accept it or sell up and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunalupi Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 (edited) Well....Can it be done?Yes.Do you want to as a daily?No. Edited December 30, 2007 by lunalupi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 don't get me wrong, I reckon I could take a one litre to some extreme's and keep it functioning as a daily. is it worth it though? not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chie Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 to give the answer everyone else wants to read....put a bigger engine in it to give my answer yea itll not be that fast but itll be fun through the twisty bits and cheap to run so bloomin' do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 but what bits could you add to a one litre which will actually give it a 25 - 50 % increase ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunalupi Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) to give the answer everyone else wants to read....put a bigger engine in it to give my answer yea itll not be that fast but itll be fun through the twisty bits and cheap to run so bloomin' do it Wouldn't exactly call it cheap to run....Been told that to get any decent power from the 1.0, you are looking at full race tuning. So thats lots of work to start with (no simple bolt-on bits), silly fuel consumption, servicing every few thousand miles, very likely to go bang, new engine after a much shorter time.....Fun, and a good project if you had another daily - but not cheap! Edited December 31, 2007 by lunalupi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I may buy a one litre and fit some parts I've got lying around which should make it stupidly quick and see how long it takes to make the thing go bang. I'd do it in an mk4 polo though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chie Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) fair enough there not as tunable as i thought lol not really a jap motor is itstill would be nice to see people start playing with smaller motors, manifolds remaps to make them a bit more pokey Edited December 31, 2007 by chie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 small motors don't map that well. it's all about mechanicals and keeping away from silly electronic superchargers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chie Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 good old engineering then, increased compression, headwork, cam, manifold, induction setup etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Yep, I had started looking at playing with the Arosa, then I bought the GTi. It would all be about engineering as said above.Don't forget lightened and balanced crank and flywheel.I used to play with Imps (998 - 1300) and whilst they were never super cars, the were spirited and fun to drive!You could also look at putting carbs/throttle bodies on, but the main thing would be porting, polishing, balancing and lightening.Oh and lightening the dead weight the engine is pulling around too.It would be nice to see a 1.0 being played with seriously.Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 It is onyl a 1.0 after all, people never buy them for their performance so any increase over standard would be good. I'd do it in an mk4 polo though.Why the Polo Its much heavier and slower than a 1.0 lupo so you would be going backwards, best of making the lighter lupo faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasperGTI Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 would it be at all possible to gain 25-50% bhp tuning with parts to a 1.0 50 bhp arosa engine.. other than an engine swap obviously.. i know people will say that..????It can be done, but wont last too long, well saying that.....Before the lupo i had a van aaken chinquecento turbo. it started off as a 1.1 with 54Bhp and i had it RR'ed at 120bhp on hight boost, so the answer to your question is yes it can be done.A friend of mine had recently rebuilt an engine from a hillman imp as a part of his dissertation, thats been just tested at 132bhp at the flywheel. and thats an 875cc engine!All depends on how much you throw at it or develop your idea, i cheated and had a ready made kit for my cinq, just strapped it all on and had it mapped to suit.All depends on what you want to do, personally i wanted to go faster, so ig to a bigger engine and a nicer car to suit that engine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth vader Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I had a 1108 cinquecento sport that in the begining had 54 hp, when I sold it, the engine was on the 100 hp... Nothing that money and work can`t do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 I had a 1108 cinquecento sport that in the begining had 54 hp, when I sold it, the engine was on the 100 hp... Nothing that money and work can`t do...Van Aarken charger kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 http://www.noswizard.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasperGTI Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Van Aarken charger kit?For me yes it was. As for darth vader im not sure but....there were only about 10-20 in the country with this kit on them before van aarken stopped producing the kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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