kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #1

Title ses it all really is there any mods you can do to a 2.5 na to give it a bit more power and save fuel

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #2

Yeah, take it out and put a 200 in! They tried stickin a turbo on the 12 enjine making it a 19J and it dint cope very well so any noticeable upgrade is likely to affect the engine's reliability (not that adding a turbo to it was all that noticeable!)

 

kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #3

After having a look through some other threads a few folks have talked about putting a K&N filter on would this give any increases in power economy. Reckon it gets about 25ish the now

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #4

Yeah, but if you look amongst the search results there's as many say it has no effect whatsoever as say it's a goodun! It's a known that adding any noticeable power output to the 12 engine makes it unreliable

 

kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #5

Im sure its a 19j

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #6

Then it's not NA, it has a turbo. The turbo is what makes these engines unreliable i think, it's trying to force too much power from components which can't cope. The 19j was a stop gap for a bit of extra power while the 200 was in production.

 

kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #7

I always thought it were a 19j but it aint got a turbo

 

The Mad Hat Man

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Jan 20, 2008

• #8

that shud be easy to check then?

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #9

The 19j has a turbo (look just to the right of the oil filler cap, from the front) - the 12 is the same engine (minus a few tweaks, like teflon coated cylinders and some slight mods to make it cope with the MASSIVE power boost). Try checking your VIN number, the codes on that should tell you what engine it should have in it.

 

yella

New Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #10

ffs dunt put a kn filter on it. they are absolutely ****e and they **** about with the set up of the engine.

 

kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #11

Its a 12j then i know what a turbo looks like. Is there any other methods to gain any increase in the 0-10 time of 20 minutes. My dad would like to see about 30mpg or close to it

 

kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #12

Didnt they bring out a 19j without turbo on later models

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #13

What year is it?

 

Griffdowg

New Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #14

if they did, they wouldnt give it the same number would they. if you want 30mpg i suggest you only drive on the motorway at 56mph and slip the lorries.

my n/a will return 32 on the M4/M5 but city driving and offroad sucks the life out of it.

 

Grippa

New Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #15

odenne said:

What year is it?

Click to expand...

2008.................Keep up FFS!

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #16

Ta grippa, just checkin i'd set the dials right in t'tardis. Reet, lets get on wi LZ then...

 

kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #17

Its a 1984 when he got it the engine was smoking and drinking oil so an engine change solved it the engine looks the same as the one that came out but it was from a later year i think the oil housing thingy was different and a couple other things like the fan and some pipes

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #18

He must know what he bought to put back in???

 

kennyb87

Active Member

• Jan 20, 2008

• #19

He just asked whats that will it fit how much whats youre wife look like lovely ill take it

 

Oddie

AntiSeptic Sandal Wearer

• Jan 20, 2008

• #20

So he took the engine out and put the bloke's wife in there? No wonder you ain't getting many to the gallon!