16-07-2012, 04:01 PM
The XUD9TE is a 110hp engine derated to 90hp as far as I'm concerned - they're WAY overbuilt for the power they produce... If you compare them to any other ~1.9 Turbo Diesel of that era - conrods are the exception here, but the cranks, big end caps, the block itself is STUPIDLY over engineered in comparison to other engines.
If they were a DI engine, they'd cope with 200hp without any real issues if the conrods weren't such a crap design. Peugeot never did a mechanically injected Direct Injection engine, if they had, there'd be a MUCH bigger tuning scene.
If you notice, an XUD7TE is also, 90hp
They had to derate it because the 2.0 8v XSi was slower than the 1.9 TurboDiesel...
If they were a DI engine, they'd cope with 200hp without any real issues if the conrods weren't such a crap design. Peugeot never did a mechanically injected Direct Injection engine, if they had, there'd be a MUCH bigger tuning scene.
If you notice, an XUD7TE is also, 90hp
They had to derate it because the 2.0 8v XSi was slower than the 1.9 TurboDiesel...