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I dont mean to be a knob jockey (It just comes naturally) but for £4.5k you could get a good car.
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If you really want a fast N16 you could do an SR20 transplant for less than 2 grand. Then you have a tuneable engine with 140ish bhp on tap. Or spend a bit more and stick an SR20VE in for 190ish bhp.

For about £1500 you could build a fairly good SR20 powered micra also.

You could get a 1.4 almera equation N15 and stick an SR20 in, or de-gti a red N15 GTi with bumpstrips, plastic bumpers, spoilerless bootlids, for pennies.
 
Corbs said:
I dont mean to be a knob jockey (It just comes naturally) but for £4.5k you could get a good car.
OR
If you really want a fast N16 you could do an SR20 transplant for less than 2 grand. Then you have a tuneable engine with 140ish bhp on tap. Or spend a bit more and stick an SR20VE in for 190ish bhp.

For about £1500 you could build a fairly good SR20 powered micra also.

You could get a 1.4 almera equation N15 and stick an SR20 in, or de-gti a red N15 GTi with bumpstrips, plastic bumpers, spoilerless bootlids, for pennies.
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That's fair enuf mate, appreciate your opinion. But that stuff's already been done a few times & I like things that are different. I know it's a very expensive route to go down, but I'm selling another car to finance the conversion. So at least it's not a loan or an extended mortgage, there's no interest due this way ! ;)
 
Supercharger

Thanks for the link 'edk' :cool: Had a quick look at this & I'm better of with the Rotrex fit tbh. The German conversion (if still offered) is exclusive of VAT & fitting - meaning it would be around £5K ! That's £500 more than the price quoted last week by TTS in England. I really want to go ahead with this (I know, I must be nuts as I'll never get the money back) but have to sell my other car to finance the work 1st.
 
Awesome not nuts, just a car enthusiast :D Plus, you'll prob be the only person in the UK to do this, and what a sleeper it'll be! Have TTS mentioned what sort of gains you'd get?
 
Gains

Yup - Richard at TTS reckoned around 165-170 bhp. Torque about the same :D Piggy-back ECU, Rotrex supercharger, intercooler, 5th injector, etc. Plus a look at the intake system - better flow from a cold feed possibly ? His only concern was whether the gearbox life would be reduced, but I told him I use the car on the road (not track days) and occasional quarter-milers at Crail strip. Does anyone know what sort of power a 1.8 gearbox can handle safely ?
 
i dare say the box will be one of them things that hasnt been pushed to the limit yet so you get to do that test.

i think its great that you are doing the charger conversion :D
 
165-170 eh? Would be interesting on a 1/4 mile strip yours and my car once they're done ;)
 
The gearboxes and clutches in the QG powered N16's are notoriously poor, particularly the gearbox in the P1's. I would keep enough money for a new gearbox sitting just in case...

Fair play to you buddy if this works out it'll be a hell of a machine!

Corbs - SR20 Conversion for the N16 for 2G's? Ain't happening buddy. Maybe if you do all the labour yourself...but 100% definately absolutely not if someone else is doing it. Completely custom everything. Believe me, I have investigated. Even so, an SR20 is a heavy lump, heavyer than a 1.8 + charger and I doubt you'd see the same figures (especially torque) without turbo action, thus requiring even more money.
 
Cheers

elkingyboy said:
welcome dude, seems you are just half an hour from me. Nice to see the Scottish N16 possee continuing to grow :woohoo:
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Are you in Elgin or Nairn dude ?

Thanks for all your comments folks - good to hear other peep's opinions & cheers for the welcome :cool:

edk - you're on ! :lol: Should be a hoot as long as I'm not picking up gearbox parts :O
 
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