BHP estimate?

[NovaBoi92]

Im thinking about doing a few upgrades to my standard 1.2 carb. im meant to be putting the gsi engine in but at the moment it needs quite alot of things before its finished. So if i were to use the 1.6 cam, gsi exhaust manifold and whole exhaust system, and f13 5 speed gearbox, what kind of bhp figures would i be looking at? 100? 150? ;) lol

[Adam]

About 5-8ish more than standard. At the most

[NovaBoi92]

probably not worth it then. I suppose ill just get the gsi lump finished quicker. thanks :)

[Stuart]

I reckon you will be back to std power with that lot lol

[NovaBoi92]

woo standard powarrr ;D!!

[turbojolt]

i put my nova on a rolling road the first day i got it made std power from its 20 year old 1.2 engine lol

[Lewis.]

GSI cam won't fit in the carb engine, as it has no lobe to drive the fuel pump

[NovaBoi92]

ahh.. well thats definately that idea out the window. cheers guys

[Lewis.]

just persevere with the GSI engine dude, will be well worth it when it's in :)

[NovaBoi92]

i will :) ive been told that i need to get high pressure fuel lines, because my standard carb lines wont take the pressure. is this right? and also the same fella said that rather than getting an spi tank with the in tank pump, i could weld a boss into my tank and run an external fuel pump because it will be gravitationally fed. is this also correct? thanks

[Lewis.]

he's right about the lines, you need lines from any fuel injected nova.

**** welding a petrol tank though lol just stick an MPI mk3 astra pump in an spi tank

[mowgli]

just get some thin copper radiator pipe from b&q. it can be bent easily to shape, and it withstands all weathers. then use efi grade rubber hose for the end joints.

ps. the old feed pipe can be reused as the return, as there is no actual pressure on it...

[Bubba]

i got 25m of copper fuel pipe from my local motor factors (ish) for 20quid. that held my XE fuel pressure fine

[NovaBoi92]

ah thats handy, about the return lines. i didnt know that they didnt hold pressure, thanks. ill just grab the copper fuel lines then and try and get hold of an spi tank :) cheers