Most powerful 1 litre

[dave.gsi]

browsing though 'retro cars' magazine in asda before and came accross a rolling road shootout.

in there was a 985cc turbo nova knocking out 157 bhp. :o
it was a hillclimb/ track car

may buy it and scan in the page unless anyone has it allready?

either way take a look at it next time your out

[Dpnova]

LMFAO you got to buy it and scan it in

[Fester]

It's a good magazine!

[krobinson]

Jebusss :o

How the hell did they managed to get that from a 1.0L?

Keith

[NovaNeil]

Lots of Boost im guessing :D :twisted: 8)

[Slatter]

Was it red and yellow and belong to Andrew Bradley???

If yes this bloke does my rolling roading... I know alot about this car and hopefully he might be building my next engine :lol: :lol: well gotta ask him first lol but hes really nice bloke and very clever!

[SKoob]

people mock the 1.0l but they are the same power as a 1.2i, they do sound pants though :lol:

[Slatter]

nahh he has a 1.6 engine sleeved down to 1ltr if its the same bloke

[Stuart]

i belive the article in retro cars says its a 1.2 slieved down.


and the impossible thing of peak power and peak torque occur at the same place!! :o

dodgy RR me thinks lol

but still fair play to the guy

[~~joycey~~]

:o

[badnova]

thats crazy

[Slatter]

I think its on Throttle bodies as well as it being turboed :lol: :lol:

[_JH_]

didn't CCC do a 1.0 turbo using a sleeved 1.2 block and metro pistos or something?

[peester]

aye tis funny that article; 1.2 block sleeved down to 1.0 with 1.6 'head. out powered all these rs' bar a cossie. suprised to see 1.2 block can cope with that sort of power. 45bhp std? now running 100bhp more; that's aprox. 155% power gain, lol. 155bhp per litre. with nos; 200bhp out of a 1000cc? hilarious.

[CP]

Owner Kevin Bradbury
985 cc ( sleeved down 1200cc block)
OHC turbo - 1600 head - fabricated inlet manifold (no TB's i could see)
157.5 bhp @ 5621
126.2 lbft @ 5621

8)

[Slatter]

Its a different car to one im thinking of then

[Snowface]

people mock the 1.0l but they are the same power as a 1.2i, they do sound pants though :lol:

the 1.2i is only at 45bhp cause its restricted (i.e. Cat), if u took these off then the spi would be around 55bhp, same as carb.

standard the 1.2i will prolly have more torque than the 1.0.

[MechaT]

Daihatsu Charade GT Ti - 1.0L, 3 cylinder, 12v, =100bhp.
but 157bhp bodged nova engine? :o Surely it must need rebuilding after every race or something?!
Must get that Retro Cars issue.

[Aragorn]

believe it or not the 1.2-1.6 vaux engines are all very similar designs when it comes to strength - 150bhp from a 1.6 isnt all that difficult to imagine and its almost the same running gear in a 1200

so the 1.2 crank, bearings etc could prolly handle 150bhp just fine with minimal of work - maybe shotpeened rods, some uprated bearings and arp bolts and it would more than likely be fine

[Stuart]

but what idiots gonna tune a 1.2 to that extent............................ 8) oh yeah

[Col_Mk1]

cool :D

[nova_rally]

i belive the article in retro cars says its a 1.2 slieved down.


and the impossible thing of peak power and peak torque occur at the same place!! :o

dodgy RR me thinks lol

but still fair play to the guy

Not impossible, you should get yourself a Mazda 121, Happens on them as well (peak of 4500RPM then a very sharp dropoff!) as standard though. Still more fun to drive than the Nova.

Alan

[_JH_]

you should get yourself a Mazda 121

isn't there a sticky about handing out bad advice on here somewhere?

:lol: :lol: