200 bhp Diesel

[RossB08]

I was just wondering really if anyone has managed to reach the big 200 bhp in a diesel?

I know from reading through Zack's thread his 90 hdi is at about 170 bhp, so I was wondering if anyone had done a similar level of tuning on a 110 + hdi?

[cyclone]

I am not aware of any but if your reaching for that level it does not mater if you start with a 90 or a 110. The inside parts are the same and will have to change all the outside go fast stuff either way.

[Broda]

You could easily, most people don't tune the short engine which is the most important part, if you did that properly 200bhp would be easily done

[RossB08]

Well I've been chatting to a tuning company about a similar set up to Zack's and they think 200 bhp is reachable. Just got to decide whether its worth the money!

[Broda]

All I'm going to say is SHORT ENGINE!

[cyclone]

Beefing up the internals will just lays the groundwork for for staying alive at high power levels.

[Broda]

Put in a wild cam and the flywheel is really important, I used to use a calculation to make them myself, it effectively lightens the car something a lot of people don't fully understand and makes a HUGE difference and help balance out the modifications done on the short engine, Are you looking to bore the engine square?

@cyclone - Don't forget the huge performance gains probably the area you gain most

[cyclone]

Flywheel and cams are not part of a short block engine assy. But yah lightening the rotational mass makes a huge diff at least petrol. Do not even pretend to think I know how to or want to tune a diesel or what the intended and unintended consequences of modifying stuff on them are

[Broda]

My post got messy lol, I know they're not part of it just trying to help and it didn't make sense as I waned it too, still important parts though lol, never tuned a diesel either but assuming it's the same principles lol, sorry I was probably half paying attention when I posted the last one grrrrr my mistake!