making a 1.0 go fast?
as a past (?!) owner i can only suggest a few things....
* keep it properly maintained. and i f***ing mean it. If you're pasting a 1-litre, then you are
really, really pasting it, like a 13 year old pikey on a moped. Good oil changed every 4000 miles at the most and always let it get warm before you really hammer. Make sure everything's working, too. clean air filter, sorted plugs and ignition, clear injector(s)... functional thermostat
* find the right gearshift points i.e. you have to make it scream, but not always play dodge the limiter
* get the right rhythm to the gearchange, the right -fast- rhythm
* get your fast 1st gear starts down to an art
* flow with the handling, even if it's squashy stock stuff there's a certain groove to it that you can work with. can be awesome on small roundabouts with your foot down in 2nd
* be fearless
* undertake
* strip the weight
* find out just how hard you can brake before losing control and how hard you can corner also, and how to recover from these (in a "safe" environment if possible). But never ever push those limits on the open road, especially one you're unfamiliar with, unless it really is an emergency.
* get familiar with your local roads and where you can and can't use them to your advantage. i'm meaning both geography (corners you can safely take faster than they first appear) and shortcut wise (i can get to one workplace about 10-15 minutes faster than the mass lemming migration in bad traffic, from learning how to join the dots of non-stopped roads - and a different, countryside one in about 2/3rds the distance and time that signpost-following / common knowledge would have you go, a clocking-in lifesaver in a car that might not break 80mph at full throttle on that journey). This might mean a lot of exploring and of what-if pondering.
* put optimax in - you never know - it might work
* find a big hill that's shallow on one side and steep as f*** on the other
or...
* nitrous
* alcohol blend fuel
* put a more powerful engine in.
is it an early 6n with the single-point 45hp 1043 jobbie (like mine, but worse i.e, you're already at a disadvantage because you're carrying extra weight equivalent to a mate and a week's shopping), or a later one with the multipoint 50hp 999cc thing?? (better fizz and no loss of torque... possibly more chippable)
you could do stuff with the zorst, air intake, chip, etc but that'll mainly make it sound nicer and drive a bit smoother (e.g. take out the emissions / noise-testing "notches" in the power curve). that might be all you need for extra enjoyment though, that and better suspension
dont forget to perfect the slower "precisely timed" gearchange method for super smooth cruising if you do any of that
good luck and happy thrashing.
, need more power and in a cheap way, what exhaust would be best if any to increase my acceleration ?? bearing in mind its a 1 litre
) and would it have to be changed if i got a 16v rear bumper???