Bigjawa wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:36 pm
My wee Fabia 1.2TSi at the dealers, it's a 110bhp but mapped to somewhere north of 140. Got it cheap because of the colour.
It's mental how much power they get out of small capacity turbo engines these days.
My 1.6 makes 211bhp from the factory and a remap will take it to 250.
Bigjawa wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:36 pm
My wee Fabia 1.2TSi at the dealers, it's a 110bhp but mapped to somewhere north of 140. Got it cheap because of the colour.
It's mental how much power they get out of small capacity turbo engines these days.
My 1.6 makes 211bhp from the factory and a remap will take it to 250.
I remember when 75bhp was good for a 1.2.
I know I'm going back a while, but 1.6 205gti was 116 hp and the 1.9 129
weird how now shopping cars have more power than the 'fast' cars back in the day !
Druid wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 8:17 pm
Nobody wants to see pictures of a grey 2006 Mazda 6, or a 2013 VW Crafter
The Mazda has gone. My wife wanted a Nissan Juke so that's what she bought. Nobody wants to see a picture of one of those either
The new Juke is slightly less face meltingly ugly than the old Juke.
She bought an old Juke. I may post a picture tomorrow, if I have to look at the bloody thing on my drive i don't see why you lot shouldn't have to suffer it too.
It's mental how much power they get out of small capacity turbo engines these days.
My 1.6 makes 211bhp from the factory and a remap will take it to 250.
I remember when 75bhp was good for a 1.2.
I remember a 1.6 Pinto motor in a Capri/Cortina/Sierra etc was 75bhp in HC form!
You always could get power out of a small turbo engine, but the real trick was when the variable vane, electronically controlled turbos and engine management practically eliminated lag and gave torque from low revs.
My missus has a 95bhp 1.0 TSI Fabia and the bloke who mapped mine tells me that VAG sell cars with that engine putting out 115bhp so it's likely you can get it up around 130 without too much hassle.
It's mental how much power they get out of small capacity turbo engines these days.
My 1.6 makes 211bhp from the factory and a remap will take it to 250.
I remember when 75bhp was good for a 1.2.
I remember a 1.6 Pinto motor in a Capri/Cortina/Sierra etc was 75bhp in HC form!
You always could get power out of a small turbo engine, but the real trick was when the variable vane, electronically controlled turbos and engine management practically eliminated lag and gave torque from low revs.
My missus has a 95bhp 1.0 TSI Fabia and the bloke who mapped mine tells me that VAG sell cars with that engine putting out 115bhp so it's likely you can get it up around 130 without too much hassle.
Our little 1.0 fiesta has been fettled to a claimed 140.
Still manages 58mpg ave and even 4 up doesn't struggle.
