best things to do to get the most out of nova 1.6 8v gsi c16se coil pack

[peter gsi]

hy just brought a nova gsi coil pack un touched with 74000 miles. i have brought manlfold and full exhaust. i want to keep the 1.6 in it as it really good. whats best thing to do to tune this engine any good places to help. thanks pete

[adam c]

whats your budget?

[xxspudxx]

wanting to keep it standard injection or twin 40s? head work, ported polished, cams, exhaust, etc etc look at autosprint for ideas of things that can be bought!!

[gazjoiner]

hy just brought a nova gsi coil pack un touched with 74000 miles. i have brought manlfold and full exhaust. i want to keep the 1.6 in it as it really good. whats best thing to do to tune this engine any good places to help. thanks pete

:thumb: nice find fella!! has it got mot on it? keep the standard cat and exhaust> for the mot test! emisions are tough on any late nova:cry:

[peter gsi]

was luckly to find this one came from a old lady. will be willing to spend about 500 dont want twin 40 thinking about head work and a cam. is the c16se better tuned than the e16se. my last gsi had head work cam and pulley and that chiped that was a e16se tho pete

[Stuart]

as above, Whats the budget, What kind of use is it for (road,track,drag,race), how long do you want it to last etc

[peter gsi]

i can spend about 500 pound will do some of work my self . want to use for road would like to see 130 bhp want it to last few years. my last gsi e16se tho i had for two years it 1.4 mile in 15.7 and 0to60 in 7.3. it got bit of a hard life and never let me down pete

[Stuart]

hmmmm 30bhp for £500 might be a bit of a stretch (esp to be reliable)

[peter gsi]

be happy runing 130 what will you need to get it at least this high then

[Welsh Dan]

Assuming the engine is currently very healthy:

Headwork (ported, exhaust ports polished etc..) for circa £300
A more agressive cam for circa £90-150
Aftermarket management, ancilliaries and mapping for circa £500-1000 depending on what you buy, if its new, and who maps it.

On a standard bottom end you'll need to keep the rev limiter fairly sensible which will limit the cam you can fit, which in turn will limit the power you can acheive. Getting the bottom end balanced will cost you circa £90, and some ARP rod bolts will cost you a bit more, but combined will let you rev higher.

For £500 if you can weld or you know someone who can, you could fit an XE.

[peter gsi]

i can fit xe and have one at the mo but want to keep 1.6 8v engine very good never hsd hard life mite try head work cam and remap see where that gets me any one shpuld use for cam head work chip thanks peter

[xe Dan]

yeah my mates had a four branch a fast road cam and a f13 gear box and it went like hell very fast for a 1.6

[peter gsi]

yea my last nova gsi did with fse fuel valve gas flow head cam and pulley. some people fort it was a red top. think are go same way mate mite look in to biger valves

[16xe_chris]

I have a lightened and ballanced flywheel for this engine with a clutch thats done around 15miles :) it'll make it rev up quicker

[peter gsi]

how much mate got a pic