200 bhp for £1,000 ?

[smokeypd206]

Just had a map done on my newly purchased 2001 octy 4x4 1.8T ( 148 up to 188 bhp .....bjf tuning Clydebank........good progressive boost / torque improvement across rev range ). Just bought it for winter second car as I live in the sticks and ithas good winter tyres on it too, but couldn't help myself and went for a bit more power too. Total cost £1,300 including the car at £1000.

 

This got me thinking ( will get the point ...I promise......... ) . Has  anyone managed to get 200 bhp for a total £1k...any car....moded or not ?.........myself and my mates used to challenge each other to get 200bhp for £2k total....sad but true

 

Comments ?

 

( smokey pd206 tag from my old bora tdi 206bhp, but cost £5k total back in 2009 though....diid the usual 150 pd cam follower melting thing....that was the end of that fun )

[langers2k]

Why not start at over 200hp? Plenty on autotrader...

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201609268159624 - Mazda RX-8 1.3

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610048413780 - Jaguar S-Type 3.0 V6

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610078528037 - Mercedes-Benz E Class 4.3 E430 Avantgarde

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610239061598 - Lexus LS 400 4.0

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610208950168 - Volvo S60 2.4 T5 SE

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610108637630 - BMW 3 series 3.0 330i SE

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610078545882 - Vauxhall Signum 2.8 i Turbo V6 24v Elite

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610068490540 - Saab 9-3 2.0 T Aero

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610309279514 - Audi A6 SALOON 2.7 T Quattro

 

Just be warned they may have various issues and will have probably lost at least some of their original HP

[skinnyman]

This got me thinking ( will get the point ...I promise......... ) . Has  anyone managed to get 200 bhp for a total £1k...any car....moded or not ?.........myself and my mates used to challenge each other to get 200bhp for £2k total....sad but true

 

I was initially thinking you were heading down the 200bhp per ton route.  That'd be a bit of a different theme as I knew of a few Mk1 Golfs/106 Rallyes/Saxo VTRs back in the day that managed to break the 200bhp per ton mark for less than £1k (I am going back a while now though). 

 

Anyway, if you take the standard weight of your remapped 1.8t 4x4  at 1470kg it's producing 129bhp per tonne.  Stick the same engine in the Mk1 Golf engine bay with the same state of tune and it's running 232bhp per tonne due to the 810kg donor car.  It's not what you asked but before the Mk1 Golf became stupidly expensive, it was possible to do this for about £1k.  It's similar with a 106/Saxo shell running a 16v engine, maybe 15kg heavier than the Golf.  

 

As for the original question, there are a few tired Mk1 Octavia vRS out there for less than £1k and they'll remap to over the 200bhp mark.  They won't be as quick off the line as your 4x4 though.

Edited 2 November, 2016 by skinnyman

[smokeypd206]

Tasty list of cars there from langers2k. I'm clearly out of date with the 200 bhp goal ! Good point about the horses bolted from the stable over the years and likely issues....no pain no gain as they say though.

 

Nice alternative goal from skinnyman. Like the Mark 1  / saxo idea...................on a sort of related point check this out :

 

[dsj20v]

Well a 1.8t (2001 onwards) will map to 205-212 on a big standard revo stg1 tune, so a rough mk4 golf 20vt at £600 plus map job done