Making my intake bigger...

[Duggie]

Ok, yet another "power hungry" thread with regard to my frankly slow 1.4 MPi. As some of you know, i have gone against the views of most on the remap front and it's being taken to Jabba on the 26th April. I have been told that to get the best from the 'map a free flow air filter with a bigger intake could help. I already have the free flow filter, care of K&N.I'm not entirely sure buy I think the airbox on a 1.4 MPi is the same as that on a VRS (a kind of triangular shape?). Is it possible to get a bigger intake to allow more air into the engine? I don't really want to have to fiddle around with hoses or cheap intake kits, just a different PD intake? Would that be available?

Cheers guys... no mention of the girlfriend just yet...

Duggie.

[Babs]

Throttle bodies is what you need!

[Duggie]

Eh? In regard to the girlfiend or the car? I'm not very mechanically minded!

[vRS Dovit]

Oh Duggie Duggie Duggie lol Throttle bodies the bit where all the air goes into. It has a wee flap or "butterfly" that opens n closes when the throttle is used. Gettin a bigger one lets more air in and give you "more power"
Not sure about the intake pipe on the 1.4 but if u can, try running a PD130 or the PD 160 IF they fit.

HTH

[Duggie]

Ok, where can i get these throttle bodies? And where could I get them fitted?
Also, as for an uprated intake, where can i get one of those? I'm clost to a Vw dealer, Skoda dealer and a Seat dealer.

Many thanks,
Duggie.

[jasc1988]

Would bother with a remap till you did everything, i.e throttle bodies, port polished, cammed, turbo'd / supercharged

[vRS Dovit]

not sure where u'd get throttle bodies. Contact jabba, awesome etc n see what they can do. The PD intakes can be bought from SEAT but will cost u a bit, think there's some PD160's in the sale section. Failing that mate, pm me n u can try my standard PD130. Dont know if you'll see any improvement.......

[jasc1988]

Get a 1.8 t stuck in, rather as farting on with a 1.4

[Dmac1969]

I'd be thinking about just doing the map to smooth power delivery out , I cant see any gains being availible on the 1.4 8V engine without having it to bits and fitting cams , throttle bodies etc , and even then you probably wont get much more than 20 bhp (if that). Its always much cheaper just trading the car in for the most powerful one in the range , than trying to tune a base car for power. Unless you can stretch to an engine swap , that is!

[Duggie]

Oh how i'd love a 1.8T, clearly not everyone has been paying attention to otrher posts on my crazy power wanting threads... an engine swap could be on the cards in the distant future....

-Duggie.

[Robshaw]

Originally Posted by Duggie

Oh how i'd love a 1.8T, clearly not everyone has been paying attention to otrher posts on my crazy power wanting threads... an engine swap could be on the cards in the distant future....

-Duggie.

Duggie.

I'm not sure about the PD130 However you can have mine if needs be - Just send me a PM and it's yours...

Rob

[vRS Dovit]

I've PM'd you mate
I'll do what i've said in the PM n get back to you asap.

[Duggie]

Thanks for the PMs and the very generous offers guys, Briskoda really is an awesome resource for all us Skoda owners out there!
Thanks again.

[cheezemonkhai]

Duggie, I'm not going to tell you not to do this, although as you know I fall into the I wouldn't group.

What I will say is have a long hard think about what you really want to do before you spend the money. If you are going to do a 1.8t save the money and put it towards the conversion.

If you are not I suggest talking to somebody like teflontom, who has done wonders with an old felly engine and will has a lot of knowledge in the area of tuning up N/A engines.

[Robshaw]

Originally Posted by cheezemonkhai

Duggie, I'm not going to tell you not to do this, although as you know I fall into the I wouldn't group.

What I will say is have a long hard think about what you really want to do before you spend the money. If you are going to do a 1.8t save the money and put it towards the conversion.

If you are not I suggest talking to somebody like teflontom, who has done wonders with an old felly engine and will has a lot of knowledge in the area of tuning up N/A engines.

That is some good advice -

- Duggie I have sent the PD130 today. 1st class should be with you tomorrow or Weds.

Many thanks,
Rob

[vRS Dovit]

No need for mine then Duggie.....................lol

[jasc1988]

Originally Posted by Duggie

Oh how i'd love a 1.8T, clearly not everyone has been paying attention to otrher posts on my crazy power wanting threads... an engine swap could be on the cards in the distant future....

-Duggie.

Why would i read every topic anyway?

Only suggesting mate

[Duggie]

Why would i read every topic anyway?

Don't worry about it mate, I'm just saying that i've been posting far too much about improving a 1.4 in terms of power!

[L-Y-K]

Originally Posted by jasc1988

Get a 1.8 t stuck in, rather as farting on with a 1.4

yeah that would be the best bet surely oops.

jumped a few posts my bad!

out of question whats the difference in tunability between the 16v and the mpi?

[Lummox]

Lots, the 16v is a crossflow engine, plus better breathing due to multi valve design.

Dont get me wrong stuff can be done to the 8v OHV engine, just to get yourself even to the same power as the std 100bhp 16v youf looking at a couple of grand i'd say.

[Duggie]

Get a 1.8 t stuck in, rather as farting on with a 1.4

Ok, this may be a lot to ask, but if and when I do decide to go along that route, would be in about a year's time... who'd be up for lending a hand? like a Briskoda team effort... lol

[Lummox]

I'm always up for a laugh me

[redbaron]

if you plan to swap for a 1.8t dont spend anything on it now.

you could buy a 1.8t for as little as 600quid..

[Duggie]

Right, here's the problem, my age, i'm 18. Granted i've been driving for one and a half years with no claims or penalty points but my premium last year, all mods declared was £1000. If I drop a 1.8T in there I can't see that amount going down any time soon. For this reason, i'm going to spend a bit on it now and get it up to reasonable power for my driving style (i'n not a boy racer, just like to be able to pull away and overtake quickly).
It would be fantastic to put some faces to the names on the forum, not just at a meet, but doing what we all ike doing best, tinkering. The other reason i'd like to wait for a while is that next year i'm taking a motorsport engineering degree, might allow me to know what i'm talking about if this goes ahead... lol.
Ultimately, i'd love to keep this car for a long time and turn it into a true one off, nice engine, brakes, etc... if people are willing to help that would be awesome!

[vRS Dovit]

As i've said before Duggie, i'll help ya out if i can lol