Steve D Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi, i have a Ford kent 1.6l engine in a caterham kit car that i have built, can anyone give me any ideas to how i can tune up the engine and get more performance out of it any info would help regards steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK1 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi, i have a Ford kent 1.6l engine in a caterham kit car that i have built, can anyone give me any ideas to how i can tune up the engine and get more performance out of itany info would help regards steve hi steve i have 16 kent crossflow in my mk1 escort rally car........ ter is plenty of things you can do to make it better bhp my 16 is a 711m block which is stronger and was used in the old skool rally cars now ive had it bored out to 1660 using + 90 pistons the crank was lightend and balanced and arp big and main end bolts fitted i have kent 244k cam and duplex timing gear fitted a billet steel flywheel and ap paddle clutch the only thing that lets it down is the head its a big valve head but isint gasflowed i did have a gasflowed but it cracked now it s got twin 40 webers wich i had rebuilt and roling roaded at northhampton motorsport my car at the moment is 116 bhp@wheels there is lots you can do to get more power mate what spec is your engine if i can help i will i love the xflow cos it will rev and rev ands pretty cheap to fix haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oto Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hi, i have a Ford kent 1.6l engine in a caterham kit car that i have built, can anyone give me any ideas to how i can tune up the engine and get more performance out of itany info would help regards steve Check out the engine tuning guide on www.burtonpower.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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