This engine would be good in a Micra...

Retepetsir

King of Subsonic
The new 1L turbo from Ford, 125bhp and decent torque, only 3 cylinders and also extremely small and light. Better performance than the current 1.6L.

Interesting technology:



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Guy

Has gone over to the oily side...
Club Member
My thoughts exactly Nex :D. Having said that, I am a self-confessed Ford snob o_O.
 

Antony

Ex. Club Member
if you look at the work being carried out on honda's, saxo's 106's, fiestas, escorts, fiat's etc etc.... anything is possible.
its just the micra scene is so "low budget" that nobody touches the car in the same way.
if the car was involved more in motorsport, or had a performance model back in the day, then more people would appreciate its handling / tuning credentials.

stuffing a hyabusa turbo in the back of a mini has been done so many times now its boring, stuffing a hyabusa engine in a micra..... thats unique and would get lots of attention.

the engine i think, that would be most suitable for the micra would be either the SR16VE N1 engine from the almera. Or the mid mounted 3SGTE from the mr2 turbo. (has been done to a yaris)

both these engines would be stupid quick, the sr16ve would scream its nats off (see what i did there) and wouldnt look out of place either.
the 3SGTE is capable of over 800bhp, mounted where the fuel tank sits now would produce an awesome handling machine that is untouchable..



but a 3cylinder ford engine?....... NAAH!
 

James

Chairman
I will have a driveway and garage soon, would love to have a project like that. Never know eh, might win the lottery! :D
 

Antony

Ex. Club Member
it might be a vvl, but that just means the power delivery is given at a higher rpm than a car without vvl.

if you have two cars with 150bhp, one with vvl and the other without, they will perform almost axactly the same, however the car with vvl with get a "kick" in torque on the switch over, much like a vtec engine... the non-vvl engine doesnt get this kick but it doesnt need it as the torque is allready up there anyway.

the only thing VVL, VVTI, VTEC MIVEC ETC.... allow you to do is run a wild cam up the top end and mild cam near the low end for economy..

if you ran the wild cam all the time the two engines would perform the same in a car as light as a micra.

so a bone stock SR16DE without VVL, but with a set of cams, is just as good..

but i would say an SR20DET is better!
 
Stuff all these engines,

Im saying R35 V6 Twinny T with a custom made all wheel drive transmission for our little go-kart!

I kid,

But lets face it, Little Red Bandits SR20DET was beautiful.
 
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