16 Valve HDi?

[Toms306]

Why do you want a 16v HDi?

I thought Diesels were shit, and you only want a petrol.... For what you'll spend on a valver HDi you could near enough pay for half a years fuel, not to mention the hassle with immobilisers and various other inevitable EMLs etc...

Stick with an 8v unless you're wanting nutty power.... They flow just fine, all you need is a bigger turbo, Bryns was dynoed at 210 ish with effectively a big turbo, and bigger nozzles - might have been stock nozzles even and just a larger HP pump...

You could easily sit at 170hp with just a bigger turbo on a 2.0 8v.

Well at least you agree that diesels are shit. But they're also good for poor people, can't afford to fuel, tax or insure a '6 or a CTR or anything remotely nice atm.

So a HDi with the power of a '6 was looking very interesting.

I can now see that the cost of 16Valving a Hdi is ridiculous, which I guess is why its not done often, and clearly if I did buy a HDi I'd have to stop at a big blower, an FMIC and a remap, which should still see 170bhp..... But that doesn't stop me writing about it in the project.

Bryns not on here is he? Might have to drop him a pm on .net if he's still about.