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golfvr6

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #10 on: 22 January 2004, 00:35 »
200bhp out of a diesel? me thinks that will go bang very soon!  :o

Offline frosticles

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #11 on: 22 January 2004, 10:18 »
The PD Diesels come out of the factory "Seriously de-tuned" The 150 is capable of running 200bhp all day without problems. It's the clutch and gearbox that will suffer the most. (Mine's slipping when very cold)

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golfvr6

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #12 on: 22 January 2004, 11:31 »
Seriously detuned? i doubt it, 150bhp is very tuned for 1.9 diesel lump.
The problem with tuning these engines is boosting the turbo, how long will the engine last?

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #13 on: 22 January 2004, 21:55 »
UPsolute who re-mapped my car have quoted about 5% drop in life expectancy for the engine when driven hard all the time. So it will still be good for 200k+ These diesels cruise along at such low revs that the wear factor on the engine is a lot less than a high revving petrol. Like you say though, Turbo life may well suffer.

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golfvr6

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #14 on: 22 January 2004, 22:01 »
not turbo life, engine bearing life and melted pistons.
using forced induction, especially more boost(i believe its already quite high on the diesel) will certainly lead to much shorter engine life.
i wouldn't believe any tuning company, as they aren't gonna tell you that the engine won't last.
be wary  ;)

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #15 on: 22 January 2004, 23:19 »
who gives a toss, the man will have sold his tuned diesel by the time any serious miles are on the clock and moved on to a mk5.  by which time he will have had his fun,(which i would have thought would be a lot of fun with that bhp in a diesel) and then some other mug who is paying a lot less for it second hand can pick up the repair bill later on. so come on live a little, buy it use it and deal with the consequences later, live for today and sod tomorrow, cos when GPS speed cameras come in in 8 yrs time we won't be able to have cars like these.

Forced induction is the way to go, look at the torque level of a small capacity diesel to that of a big old petrol guzzling technologically out of date V6.
Me old diesel was quick/........

16.004 sec Qtr mile @ 85mph 23/5/04 Santa Pod



Now running around in soon to be REVO'd Seat ibiza 1.8T 20v FR and missing the fuel economy..............

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #16 on: 22 January 2004, 23:20 »
actually that sounds quite b!tchy, no animosity intended. Us diesel boys get quite protective
Me old diesel was quick/........

16.004 sec Qtr mile @ 85mph 23/5/04 Santa Pod



Now running around in soon to be REVO'd Seat ibiza 1.8T 20v FR and missing the fuel economy..............

golfvr6

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #17 on: 23 January 2004, 00:00 »
Diesel car is never gonna match the v6  :D ;)

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #18 on: 23 January 2004, 00:09 »
oh yeah, so the v6 diesels, are they close enough
Me old diesel was quick/........

16.004 sec Qtr mile @ 85mph 23/5/04 Santa Pod



Now running around in soon to be REVO'd Seat ibiza 1.8T 20v FR and missing the fuel economy..............

golfvr6

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Re:Santa Pod Sunday 25th,
« Reply #19 on: 23 January 2004, 00:14 »
The straight 4 aint bad.
The problem with diesel is its never gonna produce the bhp a petrol can produce, unless you crank up the turbo till it melts the pistons.