carmad01
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just brought my punto jus seein if any one knows any ways of making it a bit faster for as cheap aspossible i will try anything so any advice is apreciated
Tuning 1.7 turbo diesel punto advice on making it a bit quiker
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Tuning 1.7 turbo diesel punto advice on making it a bit quiker
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Seriously, that huge lump of steel hanging over the front axle doesn't exactly help your power to weight ratio. I am not aware of many tuning options for the engine itself, so just make sure it is well maintained to get the best out of it.
What you do have is a decent amount of torque, and the weight is a variable you can control. Remove any unnecessary weight, including the jack and spare tyre (make sure you have recovery and a can of tyre weld or similar). The back seat is not that heavy, so removing it will not yield too much in the way of power-to-weight improvements. The front seats however are ridiculously heavy, so if you chance upon an inexpensive pair of lightweight bucket seats, that will help.
Actually, one thing you can look into is some decent induction. This will not really increase the top end, but the less restrictive airflow will allow the turbo to spool up more freely, increasing low-end punch.
What you do have is a decent amount of torque, and the weight is a variable you can control. Remove any unnecessary weight, including the jack and spare tyre (make sure you have recovery and a can of tyre weld or similar). The back seat is not that heavy, so removing it will not yield too much in the way of power-to-weight improvements. The front seats however are ridiculously heavy, so if you chance upon an inexpensive pair of lightweight bucket seats, that will help.
Actually, one thing you can look into is some decent induction. This will not really increase the top end, but the less restrictive airflow will allow the turbo to spool up more freely, increasing low-end punch.
ask here http://performancefiat.co.uk/
Technically the way to tune mechanical Turbo diesels is to adjust the turbo and then alter the fuelling to match. Im more customed to the Pug/citroen engines but the principle should be the same. You need to know what you are doing though.
this is how we tune the pugs, They have gone from 92-115bhp and higher when a Front mount intercooler has been installed.
http://www.club-306.com/guides/306_turbo_tuning
Also as said above, make sure its well serviced.
this is how we tune the pugs, They have gone from 92-115bhp and higher when a Front mount intercooler has been installed.
http://www.club-306.com/guides/306_turbo_tuning
Also as said above, make sure its well serviced.
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Which would be for a JTD and not a 1.7 TD.
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Still worth a call
yeah there's not much at all you can do to the mk1 TDs, good engines though
