82 Beta - Body Kit and Volumex
Posted: December 13th, 2007, 6:58 pm
Hey Guys,
1st thanks for a great site with tons of info :-)
Well this car has been a family member for the past 25 years. My Gran (95) bought her new in 82 and stopped driving it about 6 years ago lol. So we decided it was about time to sort her out.
So far we have completely redone the body, and a car customize built me a pair of bumpers, those old steel one just don't cut it ;-) Went for a nice two tone with pin stripe and a "Lancia" signature on the side.
But we stay at the bottom of Africa where it's 40 degrees in the shade, so it's like a sauna on a hot day.
Anyway, my mechanic has just decided to be nice and sell me his Volumex engine. So next month we're gonna start converting it from the 1600.
But now I really need some advise, I have the perfect opportunity now to do some work on this engine and I am not to sure what the best $/hp/reliability changes will be.
What I've been thinking so far is.
Lighten flywheel by 30%
Head ported
Cams, not sure if I should change both or just inlet?
Intercooler - Not sure if the volumex will have enough boost for this to work properly. But it does get hot very hot here.
And lastly I've heard of guys changing the chargers gear ratio and putting a smaller gear?
Sorry If I'm being silly and the answers are in the forum already somewhere.
1st thanks for a great site with tons of info :-)
Well this car has been a family member for the past 25 years. My Gran (95) bought her new in 82 and stopped driving it about 6 years ago lol. So we decided it was about time to sort her out.
So far we have completely redone the body, and a car customize built me a pair of bumpers, those old steel one just don't cut it ;-) Went for a nice two tone with pin stripe and a "Lancia" signature on the side.
But we stay at the bottom of Africa where it's 40 degrees in the shade, so it's like a sauna on a hot day.
Anyway, my mechanic has just decided to be nice and sell me his Volumex engine. So next month we're gonna start converting it from the 1600.
But now I really need some advise, I have the perfect opportunity now to do some work on this engine and I am not to sure what the best $/hp/reliability changes will be.
What I've been thinking so far is.
Lighten flywheel by 30%
Head ported
Cams, not sure if I should change both or just inlet?
Intercooler - Not sure if the volumex will have enough boost for this to work properly. But it does get hot very hot here.
And lastly I've heard of guys changing the chargers gear ratio and putting a smaller gear?
Sorry If I'm being silly and the answers are in the forum already somewhere.