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ATMO Tuning

Postby jon_viola » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:50 pm

Hi, im a new member with a new (to me) atmo. My dream has finally come true, yay! Could you tell me what my options are to make my lovely new car go that bit faster? Any idea of cost to benefit? Cheers Jon
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Postby peterg » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:50 pm

Triple carbs, cams, exhaust with manifold and you should have over 200bhp....but it could cost a bit!
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Postby Alpineandy » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:10 pm

If you use the search facility you'll come up with quite a lot of info.
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Postby David Gentleman » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:31 pm

Advance the timing slightly on the dizzy, fit a better fuel pump and adjustable fuel regulator instead of the fixed rate out, and remove the rubber ducting into the air filter on top of the exhaust and replace with some straight conduit. Gains about 10bhp and around 15-20lb midrange and makes it more peaky around 3500 rpm and pulls harder...Get it set up properly on a decent rolling road..

Next on the list is a decent exhaust and manifold system, but your looking around £650-700 for a full setup..
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Re: ATMO Tuning

Postby Alpineandy » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:21 pm

jon_viola wrote:make my lovely new car go that bit faster?

Where abouts in the country are you?
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Postby jon_viola » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:49 pm

Hi thanks for all your messages, im in west London. Any advice on where's best to get all this done and the best place for servicing etc
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Postby Alpineandy » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:21 pm

jon_viola wrote:im in west London


The best people are 8)

In London the only option would be Paul Sage who's in west norwood (crystal palace'ish) for general refurb/service etc but he's not really into tuning.
Mr G in colchester seems to be the man for tuning.
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Postby Stunned Monkey » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:32 pm

I'm down in East Sussex and can work on your engine. I have a carb guy who's fabuloso and about 500 yards from my shop. I've done cams in DeLorean engines and have a supply of fast road cams that've proven very effective, and currently have Tony's 360hp GTA inside doing a bit of re-wiring, and Alpine Rob's outside awiaiting its new engine. His set of triple webers are going spare now and the aforementioned cam guy really wants to build an engine based on them as he likes them quite a lot :-) (always moaned about EFI and PRVs in general till he saw them). My 3 litre turbo engie is on the stand getting built at the moment (if only Renault would move their collective buttocks and get me my pistons!)

Anyway, drop me a line if you're interested.
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Postby David Gentleman » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:49 pm

Alpineandy wrote:
jon_viola wrote:im in west London


The best people are 8)

In London the only option would be Paul Sage who's in west norwood (crystal palace'ish) for general refurb/service etc but he's not really into tuning.
Mr G in colchester seems to be the man for tuning.


Yes, Im only just over an hour's drive away..
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Postby Stunned Monkey » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:24 am

To get the best results without spending mega bucks, I suggest:

Cams (drop subframe, can be done in situe without removing heads), re-time up to even up banks, and run a touch less advance. Tappets re adjusted and oilways widened, ignition timing adjusted with advance curve moved.

Free-flow exhaust from Germany

Triple weber carbs, tuned to perfection :)

This will take you beyond 200hp

Or if you wanted to go for soopa doopa, as above but complete engine rebuild, lightened and balanced flywheel, crank and pistons, ported and polished heads to match the triple webers. This will breach the 250hp mark.
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Postby peterg » Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:59 am

and currently have Tony's 360hp GTA inside doing a bit of re-wiring


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Postby Alpineandy » Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:12 am

David Gentleman wrote:Yes, Im only just over an hour's drive away..


From east london...
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Postby David Gentleman » Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:27 am

Alpineandy wrote:
David Gentleman wrote:Yes, Im only just over an hour's drive away..


From east london...


doh, yes. OK add another 5 minutes.. :lol:
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Postby David Gentleman » Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:28 am

peterg wrote:
and currently have Tony's 360hp GTA inside doing a bit of re-wiring


:shock:


I think that was just a typo Pete... :oops:
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Postby Alpineandy » Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:30 am

Stunned Monkey wrote:To get the best results without spending mega bucks


No mention of cost... :?:
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