Tuning mk2 tjet

[coleio]

As I said, many years ago (or now it seems so) the 1.4 and T Jet have different blocks. The differences are subtle, but not unimportant. The 1.2 and 1.4 have different bores (but the extra stroke on the 1.4 is a function of the crank). The 1.4 T Jet crank is forged which is one reason -- perhaps the main reason, why longterm the n/a lumps don't like more than 150bhp being put through them. The T Jets, with proper fuelling, will easily take 200. The sump is stiffer, too.............

Believe me, all the little tuning houses that had so much success getting Works performance from Mini Cooper Ss at less than John Cooper S Works prices looked hard at getting T Jet performance from the 500. No-one made it a commercial proposition although the potential profits were big.

Now, I'm not currently enjoying a sexual relationship with anyone at a FIAT dealership, but pistons. rods, crank, block, sump at new mates rate prices is going to cost more than a s/h T Jet. And you get all the other nice bits thrown in -- cams -- I know they're different (because FIAT tell me so and because anyone with any experience of turbo engines would bet on it), exhaust valves that won't loose their heads or melt, modified cooling in the (different) head, injectors that can cope with the fuelling demands, the turbo itself, a rather neat oil/water heat exchanger......... and so on.

thats a pretty fair assumption but in ireland we have a thing called volume terms ordering. that means we put one big massive order together and get extra discount, if i get my bro to add the bits to the list and get the area manager to handle the order we can factor in discounts, increasing the cost of say... .5% across the entire range and reduce the cost of my parts substantially.

(this doesnt make a difference to consumer price btw )

yeah, the cams are different, but that doesnt necessarily mean better, they are both non performance cams and i imagine there wouldnt be much difference in the profiles of either or.

injectors would be a help to get it off the ground but i will probably be changing them anyway.

the valves will be fine, im going for around 200brake. but yeah the s/h tjet engine is my only option now anyway and gettin the full lump with all the bits doe have its advantages whether you take price into it or not

 

[coleio]

what dealer import stuff in bulk from china?? our part come from the uk, which are supplied to them from italy so parts over here are substantially more than in the uk

 

[coleio]

oh i should say, buying all the bits s/h is more expensive because there are none in ireland for breaking so parts have to be shipped in from the uk

 

[oldhammer]

oh i should say, buying all the bits s/h is more expensive because there are none in ireland for breaking so parts have to be shipped in from the uk

Have alook on the Salvage Auction's, [plenty of crashed cars on there]

copart is eire based too, worth alook,


http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSear...eFacility=*&zipPostalCode=&mileageRange=99999

 

[coleio]

Have alook on the Salvage Auction's, [plenty of crashed cars on there]

copart is eire based too, worth alook,


http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSear...eFacility=*&zipPostalCode=&mileageRange=99999

nada.

thanks though never came across those sites before