Recent ABF 16v threads regarding power

[F17BAD]

interesting, some of the better ABF powered cars iv heard of rolling road results

Ess threes car does not seem as great as many of us thought

http://www.clubgti.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=228244&page=14

Proof its hard to get close to 200BHP with this engine anyhow

[Gavv8]

I like the 151bhp from de-cat and mod air box, how does that happen against some of the modified machinery?

[F17BAD]

I like the 151bhp from de-cat and mod air box, how does that happen against some of the modified machinery?

what do you mean ?

[Ess_Three]

interesting, some of the better ABF powered cars iv heard of rolling road results

Ess threes car does not seem as great as many of us thought

http://www.clubgti.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=228244&page=14

Proof its hard to get close to 200BHP with this engine anyhow

Before you gloat any more... 
Maybe you should read the full thread, and the build up threads.

It made 150+ BHP on 3 cylinders.
You do the maths.

It took 9 litres of oil and 3 spark plugs to limp it the 550 miles home...so maybe it's not quite as sh!t as you think, either.

200 BHP is VERY possible,...but it's close to the limit on a plenum.

[Ess_Three]

I like the 151bhp from de-cat and mod air box, how does that happen against some of the modified machinery?

I think the full thread details explain it.
Standard cars are influenced less by the temperature.

All the highly strung cars were well down on power in the heat. That's life, sadly.

[F17BAD]

Yeah i read it all, point is 200hp is very very hard to get with ABF, some of the others that are well sorted didnt even make 200, toyotecs or the race spec Seat

[F17BAD]

on a side note regarding yours - id be very pissed off after all the work you have done to it..is the engine dying then??  whats next ?

[Ess_Three]

Yeah i read it all, point is 200hp is very very hard to get with ABF, some of the others that are well sorted didnt even make 200, toyotecs or the race spec Seat

I've spent the last 10 years telling people that.
These 'experts' that seem to think you can get 200 BHP from an ABF with an eBay chip, a drilled airbox, a de-cat and £13.50 and some pocket fluff are well off the mark.
I'd hate to think what I spent trying to break 200 BHP...which it did...but wouldn't run properly or pass an MOT.
As it is, 195ish has proved too much, and it's broken.

Such is life.

[AudiA8Quattro]

So what's happened Glen? a ring has popped?

[Ess_Three]

on a side note regarding yours - id be very pissed off after all the work you have done to it..is the engine dying then??  whats next ?

Yup. Gutted.
It's sat in the garage and neve run since I limped it home.
Lost interest in it.

I have a fully knife edged, lightened and balalnced Diesel crank, a load of ARP bits, and a spare complete ABF...so a high compression 2.1 is on the cards.

But first, I need to rip the current engine apart and see what's broken and whats savable.
And I really can't be bothered at the mo.

It's a hobbly though...so interest comes and goes.