16v Cupra

[jayjay]

i played around with megasquirt on a 16v with gsxr throttles for a few hours. it was roughly tuned and we got it pretty good over the span of a weekend.

went extremely hard too... (fast). don't be afraid with itbs.

[V666]

cheers for the advice velly, but really want more than 200+ hp for the cupra as its only a sunday drive car and will definitely be used on the track. Unless carbs can get that sort of hp on the same engine build?

[Golf Loon]

i played around with megasquirt on a 16v with gsxr throttles for a few hours. it was roughly tuned and we got it pretty good over the span of a weekend.

went extremely hard too... (fast). don't be afraid with itbs.

Yup, the car was rapid and fuel management was easy to build and tune.
The owner Brent pointed out that the fastest VWs in the world are in the states and lots of them use megasquirt.
They even have sites where you can swop tunes for megasquirt

[velly_16v_cab]

cheers for the advice velly, but really want more than 200+ hp for the cupra as its only a sunday drive car and will definitely be used on the track. Unless carbs can get that sort of hp on the same engine build?

200+......then you will need a turbo or a supercharger for sure.

not being funny but you dont see many N/A 16v's break the 200 mark.


my 1.8 16v on twin 40's was good for 170 bhp and 145 torques lovely sound and massive flames from the exhaust FTW.

i still think a head and cams will give you what you a quick car and 90% of the power figures you want.

[Jarred]

you might run into problems putting carbs onto a car that came fitted with fuel injection standard.

EDIT: not physically, due to legal emissions requirements etc

[GoLfMan]

run ITB's with mega squirt. You may not get 200+bhp but you'll get close

[velly_16v_cab]

you might run into problems putting carbs onto a car that came fitted with fuel injection standard.

Not really jarred, carbs are more basic and easier to put onto the car as you will be removing all the fuel injection stuff off the car.

run ITB's with mega squirt. You may not get 200+bhp but you'll get close

this is my point, if you set your sights at 180/190 bhp this can be done with the ABF injection.

[Jarred]

sorry Vel, I meant legally. cause of emission requirements and stuff.

[velly_16v_cab]

sorry Vel, I meant legally. cause of emission requirements and stuff.

i understand now, i still cant get my head around these laws!!!

i totally agree with you on that one J

[Peter Jones]

Biggest problem I see with converting to carbs would be ignition control.

You'll also need to figure out how you're going to get fuel out of the tank.