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Re: S1 Honda

Post by campbell » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:08 pm

I guess if you want a reliable 200bhp, it's one of the few ways to do it.

But if 160-180 is good enough, you may as well stick with the engine God gave it :-). And keep a few grand in the bank.
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Re: S1 Honda

Post by j2 lot » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:33 pm

I am in the keep it original camp. :flame
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Post by campbell » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:35 pm

I can't offer an unbiased view ref "keep it original" ;-)
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Re: S1 Honda

Post by mckeann » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:50 pm

Having had both, 160bhp tuned K vs 220bhp honda, there is absolutely no contest in the driving experience, but no doubt its an expensive conversion
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Post by campbell » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:33 pm

I think that's fair. And I think it also depends whether one is qualified to use all 220 of those horses. I know I'm not!
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Re: S1 Honda

Post by mikeyb13 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:42 pm

campbell wrote:I think that's fair. And I think it also depends whether one is qualified to use all 220 of those horses. I know I'm not!
Being absolutely terrified is part of the fun. I think?? :shock:
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Re: S1 Honda

Post by j2 lot » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:28 am

mikeyb13 wrote:Being absolutely terrified is part of the fun. I think?? :shock:
:blackeye I dont need horsepower to scare myself sh*t less :roll:
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Post by Dominic » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:39 am

campbell wrote:I can't offer an unbiased view ref "keep it original" ;-)
Depends on the car in question.... I certainly want to keep mine original, but then it's one of 35 sport135'99s, so modding it would be a poor show IMHO. If i had a tired plain S1, then I would probably be more tempted to modify it, to a point.

There is a certain irony in my approach: I don't want to modify mine too much as I feel it would detract from it's value as a 135, but I never plan to sell it, so what does it's value matter!?!? :roll:
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Post by tut » Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:42 am

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Re: S1 Honda

Post by jimbo » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:31 pm

Out of interest, is it possible to drop in a supercharged Toyota unit as an alternative? Would the costs be as high/more?
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Post by Shug » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:38 am

jimbo wrote:Out of interest, is it possible to drop in a supercharged Toyota unit as an alternative? Would the costs be as high/more?
More - it's a totally different subframe and rear suspension on the back of the toyota cars. You'd essentially have to hack the car off at the back of the ally tub and replace just about everything aft. And you'd have an engine without the torque of the Honda - the Honda is 2lt and the Yota is still a 1.8.
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Post by Scotty C » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:53 am

jimbo wrote:Out of interest, is it possible to drop in a supercharged Toyota unit as an alternative? Would the costs be as high/more?
no point. people put hondas into 211's
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Re: S1 Honda

Post by GBOBM » Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:58 am

Just put a VX220 turbo engine in it. :flame :leave
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Re: S1 Honda

Post by mxvx » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:03 pm

GBOBM wrote:Just put a VX220 turbo engine in it. :flame :leave
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Re: S1 Honda

Post by j2 lot » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:07 pm

+1
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Even in standard form 200/ 225 bhp & can easily put out over 300bhp with some fettling :thumbsup
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