Engine Building
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ehurter
Engine Building
Going to start the process of building a more high performance engine for a 74 Fiat Coupe. It has a stock 1608 engine today and want to add more punch to it with a rebuild. I got a hold of an engine out of a 69 Spider, 1438 engine but I also have an opportunity to get a 1608 replacement as well. My question is this: Can I build the 1438 to outperform the 1608? If so, what to do aside from the obvious boring of the cylinders?
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narfire
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- Your car is a: 1980 124 spider
- Location: Naramata B.C.
Re: Engine Building
Size matters....(more displacement) I found with my engine build (FI ) the most noticeable boost in performance was in the head and aftermarket cams with adjustable cam wheels and degreed in properly.
80 FI spider
72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
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72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
2018 F350 crew long box
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fiatfactory
- Posts: 506
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- Your car is a: 1970 128
Re: Engine Building
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Last edited by fiatfactory on Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
nothing to see here... move along.
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jrjr5000
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- Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 12:06 am
- Your car is a: 1980 Fiat 2000
- Location: Little Rock, AR
Re: Engine Building
narfire, I'm in the process of rebuilding my '80 FI. Curious how aggressive you went with your cams. I want something with more power, but want to drive it on the street and not have to make major mods to the engine. Also, what mods did you make to the head?narfire wrote:Size matters....(more displacement) I found with my engine build (FI ) the most noticeable boost in performance was in the head and aftermarket cams with adjustable cam wheels and degreed in properly.