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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:41 am
by mihaistan
well ... it will have over 300 nm of torque ... and it is an estate version(the longer... the better (NOT) ... and yes the previous owner didn`t care to much about the car ...
i can feel it even in normal driving... how it twists ... so it is a good adition!
There are no more 16 valves in Romania there are 3 or 4 left... and they are not for sale... and the shiping for a interior from outside the country doubles the cost of the 16 v interior
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:53 pm
by mihaistan
new intercooler (from a friend
)
32"X12X3 UNIVERSAL TURBO INTERCOOLER
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:56 pm
by Jeth
Have fun fitting it!
It's gonna get tight...
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:11 am
by BX Bandit
I have to say that the photo looking into your engine bay from the top shows what a very neat job you have done. You've taken a lot of care! Have you used a standard XM/Xantia 2.1 radiator and inter cooler?
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:39 am
by mihaistan
jeth .. it will fit in
or else !
bx bandit , all the wiring and the air ,water and stuff .. are original from the xm.. mostly they are exactly in the same position as in the xm ... we didn`t want the engine to seem out of place ...
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:23 am
by BX Bandit
Did you have to modify any of the slam panel to fit it in? I'd like to fit a larger front mounted inter cooler (say from my 2.1 Xantia) but from a brief glance it means cutting bits out of the car which I'm reluctant to do.
Well i think your efforts of taking all the parts from the XM was worth it as it really does look neat!
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:07 am
by mihaistan
yes ... the front of the car needs a bit of work ... cut in one place... strenghted in other ....
measured the original intercooler .... it is 86 cm wide , 37 cm heigh .. so it is just a case of remodeling the original status of the fan units ...
here are some photos with the front
(we have added a bar in front .. for protection)
also the bottom end(the one that the radiator and the intercooler sits... needs to be lowerd and moved a little in the front ... just for that little extra space ... in case of something ...the engine won`t suffer much !)
any questions i will help you with joy ! i do not recomend the original intercooler ! If you want to do an upgrade ... choose the c5 2.0 hdi one !
I will do that on a 1.7 td engine for a friend... and i think it is less space consuming... and better performance
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:44 pm
by Jeth
Even that neede lot of cutting, so im looking forward how you're doing it, i suggest slim fans..
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:26 pm
by mihaistan
i think it will fit ... i have enough space ... i tought at slimer fans... we shall se what i can find ! and also ... the final product
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:30 am
by mihaistan
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:13 am
by BX Bandit
I'm sorry to say that you've bent your car, judging by the last picture!
Nice work. I like the black & red combination, my favourite. Those black bumpers work nicely!
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:13 am
by Philip Chidlow
That looks great. All the better to know it's backed up by distinctly un-BX performance!
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:35 am
by mihaistan
thanks
hope i will make it better ...
performance on 1/4 miles
bmw 120d 163 bhp vs bx wagon -bx first by 2 cars
clio rs 200 bhp vs bx wagon (rolling start ,my clutch is done) clio won by 1 car and a half
citroen c4 vts 180 bhp vs bx wagon - bx first by 1 car and a half
i am pretty pleased with the overall performance.. and with the progress done this year ! hope next year will bring much more ! I salute you !
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:44 am
by mihaistan
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:01 pm
by mihaistan
