helloooo im wanting to squeeze some more out of my pb engined digi 8v and would appreciate some pointers shes completely standard at the moment so the possibilities are kind of endless i still want to keep the original lump in and it needs to be reliable cos she's my daily ideally im looking for 130BHP+ if thats possible without major surgery lol to coin a term i heard on the radio Its gotta be "as loud as gods revolver and twice as shiny" lol

ummmmm

tuning fr tht power

simplest mods wd be
chip = 80 ish
exhaust, full system = 300 ish
air idnuction = 60 ish
fast road cam = 260 ish
port and polished head = 300 ish
injectors and remap = expensive
2ltre botom end from a mk3 gti = cheap from breakers,= expesnsive to fit


or an extreme mod
16v head and setup on the 8v block, can push some extreme power

or
go carbs and tuning , will be lowwwd as foook nd very torqy

thanks man would i need all of that for the power or just a selection? i need to start savin lol i start a new job soon so i'll be gettin better pay

well hmmm all of its good for power

for better power its sometime cheaper to put in new engine


would cost you bout 300 quid to put in a 16v (gd one)


but fr good power fr money, exhaust, induction, chip nd cam is best rout

yeah, theres no point doing just one or two things as you wont benefit from it. One mod leads to another. So if you were to say make it breath better with an air filter, and put a camshaft in, then you would need to get a 4branch and a system to get rid of all the extra gasses. And theres a lot of money. Like what rhys said, put a 16valver in there, they're cheap to come by now, 130bhp standard and its a much more tuneable engine the the 8v.

or spend few extra quid on a vr6 = 190 standard

or even more money on a 20vt but thts more wrk


8v is a good engine dnt get me wrng, but hard to get serious power out of it unless u go for a tsr style package which is the works tbh

easy 2 get that first do a full service to get ur 110 bk then full stainless from manifold lookin at about 10bhp from that will cost about 500 for a decent 1, then a cold air induction kit will get u about 2bhp then either a new cam or port an polish which ever u prefer all simple 2 do and pretty cheap if u wanted to stick 2 the 8v