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Sept 18, 2005 18:49:39 GMT
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good evening all! i pur-chased retro-steves slammed skoda rapid 130 a month or so back... ive been loving it for all that time and i NEVER want to sell it...ever!!! haha ;D anyway... i wondered if you guys could give me any ideas of tuning routes i could take improving it further??? all i have done so far is putting on a green air filter which made a big improvement!! (the original was SO restrictive!!) the exhaust also looks kack... so that could probably need changing too!! do any of you know where the engine originates from, and what (if any) other cars it was used in??? cheers
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The more you drive, the less intelligent you get.
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Sept 18, 2005 18:55:55 GMT
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used in estelles and S110R
used in favorit after rapid
fiat twink goes in i think
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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Sept 18, 2005 18:59:40 GMT
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ah excellent... i was reading up about the fiat twin cam last night... and was thinking that could be a nice transplant.
would it mate up to the current gear box??
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Sept 18, 2005 19:03:43 GMT
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think you'd need an adaptor. how about putting an r5 turbo motor in?should be do-able. a skud that goes tish. ;D got myself thinking now
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Sept 18, 2005 19:05:45 GMT
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haha... why the feck didnt i think of that!!!
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The more you drive, the less intelligent you get.
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Sept 18, 2005 19:11:33 GMT
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Hello and welcome! A very wise choice of car: rear engined Skuds ROCK! As someone mentioned on another thread - the Fiat Twink route was done to Rapids and Estelles because the engines were quite readily available. These days, you just don't find them lying in the scrappy any more. OK so the adaptor plates and know-how is already there, but I really like tonycocacolas idea of a Renner 5 Turbo lump in there. Or a Rover K-Series... or a Ford Zetec... or a Toyota 4-AGE....
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Sept 18, 2005 19:21:05 GMT
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Or just go the budget route.... 1300 displacement favvy lump, bigger carb, home-made exhaust, strap a turbo on (the engine will take it apparently) and job's a good 'un.
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Sept 18, 2005 19:36:02 GMT
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mazda rotary fits and works (saw on at the pod recently)
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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Sept 18, 2005 19:49:38 GMT
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well done and congratulations on your purchase.
RE engine swaps - i've thought about this, and while the idea of a some big powerful lump in the back is attractive, i'd remember that the cars are overall very light and have very little weight in the front, so with a big engine in the back your weight distrubtion would be well out.
engine tuning - exhaust, carb, air filter. thats the basics...should get you going quite well. but you can go to all sorts of extremes.
back in the early 90s there was a company who bolted the Garret T3 turbo to the engine...i've got an original brosure as a PDF if your interested. I've know of one been supercharged too.
Exhaust wise - the original ones are quite poo...too quiet and look silly. My rapid has got an ashleys exhaust on, and it really does transform it. there are a variety of different systems really...kind of just mix and match. havefunskomad (member on here) has just got a bigger silencer (i think) on his and it looks the business.
That's basically it for now, if you want more info just ask, and if your thinking of any kind of style etc i'll post up some pics...i've got LOADS!
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Sept 18, 2005 21:04:32 GMT
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Welcome to the board...I've had a slammed Rapid (with a Twin Cam!), but the adapter plate is no longer available. Of all the ideas here I'd say the Turbo'd Favorit (the last version of 'your' engine) sounds the least likely to end up unfinished.
I'd love to see some pictures of your car, it sounds great!
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Sept 18, 2005 21:13:38 GMT
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ah Keivor! long time no see etc ;D Didn't you mention some thing to me about rotary power? Anyway get some pics up as soon as you can
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Sept 18, 2005 23:02:54 GMT
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Of all the ideas here I'd say the Turbo'd Favorit (the last version of 'your' engine) sounds the least likely to end up unfinished. You know me too well! ;D Skodanorman - big power doesn't necessarily mean big weight. Although the alloy block / cast head 1300 Skud lump is light, I dare say some modern (all-alloy) engines are lighter, and with twin cams and 16 valves etc., kick out more bhp. Besides, what's wrong with psychopathic amounts of oversteer?! ;D
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Last Edit: Sept 18, 2005 23:03:43 GMT by BenzBoy
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Sept 18, 2005 23:41:24 GMT
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Besides, what's wrong with psychopathic amounts of oversteer?! ;D a scientific experiment was carried out to determine the answer to this question.after many tests the resultant answer was... ...nothing ;D ;D ;D
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Sept 19, 2005 6:22:43 GMT
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well now you've got me thinking. An engine producing say, 150bhp? Modern engine, how big is it? how heavy? the other problem with engine tuning/transplants is the Skoad gearbox. It's not the strongest and can't take too much power. So if you had 150bhp, if you actually wanted to use the car, you'd have to change the gearbox ...
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Sept 19, 2005 6:54:41 GMT
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OK, how about this? Why not try to blag a 1.9 TDI unit accident trashed rear end shunt, see if you mate that upto the gearbox, and get it to Van Aaken? Economy, more performance than normal, and prejudiced people expect to see an old Skoda smoking anyway.
Or try with a Fabia 1.4 8v on a Megasquirt with throttle bodies or even a light pressure turbo?
Both options should got quite well.
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Sept 19, 2005 8:44:52 GMT
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Nigel Grimshaw's Rapid (the Street Machine car) had 150bhp+ from it's Fiat TC and a further 100+ from Nitous. All on the standard box.
The green Wankel'd saloon has a VW transaxle and I've seen a red Rapide (in an old Fast Car feature) that also used the VW 'box.
My wife's daily '95 Sunny has a lovely little 1600 16v that would do the job nicely! How about a Silvia Turbo lump (or a FWD Bluebird version) or a Toyota 4-AGE which are found in things far more mundane (and therefore cheap) than the usual AE86 and MR2 locations.
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Sept 19, 2005 9:16:49 GMT
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Just a thought, but I wonder how hard it would be to mount a transverse engine and gearbox from a modern car over the back axle? There should be enough space - may have to ditch the rear seats... would make an interesting conversion, and go some way to alleviate the oversteering. Purists may gasp in horror, but f*ck it! It would rock!
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Sept 19, 2005 13:26:29 GMT
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Beetle engine and transmission My race car runs a stock 1600 twin port engine (c £200) with a set of 1.4 rockers and some ex-Alpha Romeo 36 IDFs off ebay (bolt on and go with a new fanimold kit) and that's good enough for a 16.4 second quarter mile at about 80mph. After that the only limit is your wallet It's lightweight and simple
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Sept 19, 2005 16:21:32 GMT
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Just a thought, but I wonder how hard it would be to mount a transverse engine and gearbox from a modern car over the back axle? There should be enough space - may have to ditch the rear seats... would make an interesting conversion, and go some way to alleviate the oversteering. Purists may gasp in horror, but f*ck it! It would rock! Ah-ha! I had exactly this thought this morning, and have been thinking about it all day. All you need is a cheap but powerful front-driver with the correct track (or narrower...then you could run deeper dish rims!) such as a n Escort/Fiesta/Astra/Sunny/Rover/Pug 205, cut out the front - turrets 'n' crossmember included - after some careful measuring, and then re-locate the lot into the back of your awaiting Skud. You'd have the right gearbox for the engine and handling would benefit from it's near mid-engine location. Whos gonna get it done? ;D
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Sept 19, 2005 17:31:11 GMT
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Skoda Estelle + 1.8 turbo out of vRS = + 17" rims
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