Palio Engine Swap

HAFI · 24th January 2007, 21:57

okk cool...i got my gtx 1.6 for 1.5 lacs....its mh reg....i was scared when u told flood affected...doubted myself whether i got cheated...

khanak · 24th January 2007, 22:10

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Originally Posted by BUSA

Thanx mclaren1885 and moralfibre - What ever you said makes a lot of sense.

My budget for the mods is around a Lac. So the car i am getting is for 70k + 1L on mods = 1.7L which hopefully should be a bit faster then a 1.6 GTX bought for 1.5L.

Its not a flood affected car. A flood affected 1.6 = non flooded 1.2 in performance.

Instead of going through the jholl of an engine swap i feel it would be easier to just get a 1.6 for 1.5 and spend 20k on basic mods...then as u save up u can mod the 1.6 further....im sure the factory installed engine would be a lot more reliable than an engine swap....especially one tht involves custom mounts nd stuff

moralfibre · 24th January 2007, 22:24

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Originally Posted by khanak

Instead of going through the jholl of an engine swap i feel it would be easier to just get a 1.6 for 1.5 and spend 20k on basic mods...then as u save up u can mod the 1.6 further....im sure the factory installed engine would be a lot more reliable than an engine swap....especially one tht involves custom mounts nd stuff

I second you on that. Making custom mounts is not an easy thing to do. I have seen many cases where the mountings crack.

BUSA · 24th January 2007, 22:30

Thanx guys, will ponder over the points.

mclaren1885 · 24th January 2007, 22:39

Custom made mounts is not the only headache , because there are plenty people here in bangy whose mounts are holding up insane bhp figures on cars like zens etc though the driveshafts and the gearboxes arent .. Its just the tidious process of having to go thru though id personally love it .. Finding such engines is neither the issue but its very time consuming and the chances of screw ups are more ..

U can however , buy a 1.6gtx and get the head ported and polished with headers for about 25k .. Thats what harrie did and he was more than happy ..

Boom Shiva · 25th January 2007, 12:15

If you want a drag rocket, get a Zen instead and swap the engine. Cheaper, quicker, easier to maintain and mod, and tuners have had already got loads of experience with it.

24th January 2007, 21:57	#16
HAFI BANNED Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: cochin Posts: 296 Thanked: 0 Times	okk cool...i got my gtx 1.6 for 1.5 lacs....its mh reg....i was scared when u told flood affected...doubted myself whether i got cheated...
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24th January 2007, 22:30	#19
BUSA Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,130 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	Thanx guys, will ponder over the points.
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24th January 2007, 22:39	#20
mclaren1885 BANNED Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore (the city of modded cars) !! Posts: 4,820 Thanked: 45 Times View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (10)	Custom made mounts is not the only headache , because there are plenty people here in bangy whose mounts are holding up insane bhp figures on cars like zens etc though the driveshafts and the gearboxes arent .. Its just the tidious process of having to go thru though id personally love it .. Finding such engines is neither the issue but its very time consuming and the chances of screw ups are more .. U can however , buy a 1.6gtx and get the head ported and polished with headers for about 25k .. Thats what harrie did and he was more than happy ..
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25th January 2007, 12:15	#21
Boom Shiva BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,055 Thanked: 18 Times	If you want a drag rocket, get a Zen instead and swap the engine. Cheaper, quicker, easier to maintain and mod, and tuners have had already got loads of experience with it.
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