05-04-2013, 09:48 PM
But then as far as I'm aware I'm the only person here to have made over 300lb.ft torque, make over 175hp and have done 40,000 miles on one engine with not one rod issue?
Yes there was the head lifting problem - but I guarantee a HDi making that power would have the same problems, they use the same bolts and if anything DI Cylinder pressures will be higher.
Don't get me wrong, Direct Injection and Common Rail is a SIGNIFICANTLY better technology, there's no denying that, if I had the time I'd love to sit down and put my brains to EDC15 - but unless you are simply doing a stage 1 remap - you're the devils' child on any chiptuning forum and it's only hostility that you receive because everyone treats you that you are purely trying to make a quick buck, however people saying that XUDs instantly blow rods over 150hp is crap. I know of HDis that have shat rods at past 170hp... And I know of DW8s at 65hp that have as well...
However, when tuned a HDi simply doesn't have any sort of "sporty" feel to it, you change gear at 3700rpm, destroy the clutch with torque, the throttle pedal is just something that you press to go faster, it's not responsive at all - it's just an extension of what Peugeot did for 90hp.
It's just that thus far I've yet to see a HDi that I've thought - "Fook me, that looks proper fun to drive" or driven one...
Yes there was the head lifting problem - but I guarantee a HDi making that power would have the same problems, they use the same bolts and if anything DI Cylinder pressures will be higher.
Don't get me wrong, Direct Injection and Common Rail is a SIGNIFICANTLY better technology, there's no denying that, if I had the time I'd love to sit down and put my brains to EDC15 - but unless you are simply doing a stage 1 remap - you're the devils' child on any chiptuning forum and it's only hostility that you receive because everyone treats you that you are purely trying to make a quick buck, however people saying that XUDs instantly blow rods over 150hp is crap. I know of HDis that have shat rods at past 170hp... And I know of DW8s at 65hp that have as well...
However, when tuned a HDi simply doesn't have any sort of "sporty" feel to it, you change gear at 3700rpm, destroy the clutch with torque, the throttle pedal is just something that you press to go faster, it's not responsive at all - it's just an extension of what Peugeot did for 90hp.
It's just that thus far I've yet to see a HDi that I've thought - "Fook me, that looks proper fun to drive" or driven one...
