What is the safe maximum power that an 1700 xflow can take?
depends on the internals, top spec internals can push 180bhp
As above, it depends on the spec, but also how driveable you want it. Caterham's super sprint engine does 135 bhp and still very tractable, but
above that and it'll start getting difficult to live with on a road car.
David
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Originally posted by Sij
What is the safe maximum power that an 1700 xflow can take?
My engine has 140bhp at the Flywheel. Not sure what internals it has but it has twin choke Weber DCOE 40 carbs. What would I have to do to get some more power out of it?
Depends how much money you have, and how reliable you want it.
I would have said that you wouldnt get much more than 200hp, but even then thats quite a hopeful figure.
Finding power higher up the revs is the next step, for that you will need steel internals.
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Originally posted by Sij
My engine has 140bhp at the Flywheel. Not sure what internals it has but it has twin choke Weber DCOE 40 carbs. What would I have to do to get some more power out of it?
That's what I'll be doing to my x-flow, the next time it needs big money spent on it.
Don't get me wrong, I think the x-flow is a cracking engine that is easy to maintain, makes a great noise and is very useable - but a Zetec gives
as much power out of the box as a x-flow does after tuning work - and you can still tune the Zetec if you want more power.
[Edited on 31/5/10 by David Jenkins]
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Originally posted by Sij
My engine has 140bhp at the Flywheel. Not sure what internals it has but it has twin choke Weber DCOE 40 carbs. What would I have to do to get some more power out of it?
To get the max power from an Xflow you will need to spend a couple of thousand, and at the end you will have an engine that will be useless on the road, great for racing but little else. The answer is to fit, (as has been said before), a Zetec plenty of power straight from the box, very reliable and you can get a new one for around £7 or £800, and it will fit straight on your existing gearbox. Just my opinion of course, final choice is up to you. Cheers Ray
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Originally posted by Sij
My engine has 140bhp at the Flywheel. Not sure what internals it has but it has twin choke Weber DCOE 40 carbs. What would I have to do to get some more power out of it?
Thanks for the thoughts guys. I will be sticking to what I have for now.
Does anyone know of a cheap place I can get the carbs tuned. In the West London area. Power engineering want £150 for a RR tune is that a fair price?