23-09-2012, 09:28 PM
A stage 2 hdi requires lots of mods, not just enginewise but clutch, etc too. And afterall, you can stage 1 a pd130 up to 180bhp and a load more torque than the hdi, no other mods required. I still dont know why they didn't make hdis more powerful from the factory. It's like they thought 'right, these crap old dt's wont pass emmisions regs so we better get some common rail stuff.....its a bigger engine, with much more modern technology and electronic control that we could do so much with...but we won't make it any more powerful'.....why??? If you want to sell new cars make them more powerful than the previous model ffs, even I can work that out! 
. Make some shit ones for tight people yeah, but if they'd stuck a 130bhp hdi in the 306 I reckon they'd have sold loads of them, specially if they called it a gt hdi or something.
The 306 was a rival for the Golf, hence the much better build quality than the 106, and with about 8 grand of difference between the purchase prices of a top spec hdi and top spec pd150 I know which I'd have chosen from new! But then you know you'd be sitting in your new hdi at a set of lights, feeling smug that the guy in the next lane paid an extra 8 grand for his golf and didn't even get autowipers......then he shoots off and leaves you for dead with his epically torquey PD engine, vnt turbo, and doing it in comfort with a hydro clutch, nice dmf and 6 speed box for more economy than you're managing than your measly 90bhp hdi. I genuinely dont know which I'd have chosen from new, both have major downsides!
. Make some shit ones for tight people yeah, but if they'd stuck a 130bhp hdi in the 306 I reckon they'd have sold loads of them, specially if they called it a gt hdi or something.The 306 was a rival for the Golf, hence the much better build quality than the 106, and with about 8 grand of difference between the purchase prices of a top spec hdi and top spec pd150 I know which I'd have chosen from new! But then you know you'd be sitting in your new hdi at a set of lights, feeling smug that the guy in the next lane paid an extra 8 grand for his golf and didn't even get autowipers......then he shoots off and leaves you for dead with his epically torquey PD engine, vnt turbo, and doing it in comfort with a hydro clutch, nice dmf and 6 speed box for more economy than you're managing than your measly 90bhp hdi. I genuinely dont know which I'd have chosen from new, both have major downsides!