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Old September 23rd 04, 12:37 PM
Gareth Tuckwell
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Default More power to the 2.0 JTS

I have a 2002 156 2.0 JTS...

A friend of mine has a 1.9 diesel Audi and is having it 'chipped'. This
should improve his BHP roughly 40%. Obviously emmisions will go up and
economy will go down, but my question is can I do something similar with my
156 2.0 JTS once it is out of
waranty??

I have seen chip re-programming mods, but they only give 5-10 more BHP (not
worth bothering with!).

Where should I go (I'm in south-east scotland) and how much should I expect
to pay??

Failing that - how much would I be looking at for a turbo or supercharger.


Also, what will be impact on my insurance be??

Thanks


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Old September 23rd 04, 01:40 PM
Ian Riches
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Gareth Tuckwell ) wrote...
> I have a 2002 156 2.0 JTS...


Lucky you. I still drive a Skoda and dream of Alfas...

> A friend of mine has a 1.9 diesel Audi and is having it 'chipped'. This
> should improve his BHP roughly 40%. Obviously emmisions will go up and
> economy will go down, but my question is can I do something similar with my
> 156 2.0 JTS once it is out of
> waranty??


No.

> I have seen chip re-programming mods, but they only give 5-10 more BHP (not
> worth bothering with!).


Indeed. That's because your friend's Audi has a turbo. Turbo cars
are much easier to wring extra horsepower out of.

> Where should I go (I'm in south-east scotland) and how much should I expect
> to pay??


Most chip upgrades cost in the region of UKP 300 to 500.

> Failing that - how much would I be looking at for a turbo or supercharger.


Lots. Not even worth thinking about, IMHO. You'd be better off
flogging the JTS and buying a GTA, or one of the JTD's and then
chipping that....

> Also, what will be impact on my insurance be??


It will go up ;-)

Ian
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Old September 23rd 04, 03:07 PM
Tom Boltwood
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> From: Ian Riches >
> Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:40:28 +0100
> Subject: More power to the 2.0 JTS
>
> Gareth Tuckwell ) wrote...
>> I have a 2002 156 2.0 JTS...

>
> Lucky you. I still drive a Skoda and dream of Alfas...
>
>> A friend of mine has a 1.9 diesel Audi and is having it 'chipped'. This
>> should improve his BHP roughly 40%. Obviously emmisions will go up and
>> economy will go down, but my question is can I do something similar with my
>> 156 2.0 JTS once it is out of
>> waranty??

>
> No.
>
>> I have seen chip re-programming mods, but they only give 5-10 more BHP (not
>> worth bothering with!).

>
> Indeed. That's because your friend's Audi has a turbo. Turbo cars
> are much easier to wring extra horsepower out of.
>
>> Where should I go (I'm in south-east scotland) and how much should I expect
>> to pay??

>
> Most chip upgrades cost in the region of UKP 300 to 500.
>
>> Failing that - how much would I be looking at for a turbo or supercharger.


> Lots. Not even worth thinking about, IMHO. You'd be better off
> flogging the JTS and buying a GTA, or one of the JTD's and then
> chipping that....


I would disagree here. Don't know about the JTS, but Autodelta have
supercharged and turbocharged a few Twin Sparks. There are threads about
this on the forums of www.alfaowner.com and check out www.autodelta.co.uk

> >
>> Also, what will be impact on my insurance be??

>
> It will go up ;-)
>
> Ian
> --
> Ian Riches
> Bedford, UK


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Old September 23rd 04, 04:25 PM
Alfistagj
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"Tom Boltwood" > schreef in bericht
...
>
>>
>>> Failing that - how much would I be looking at for a turbo or
>>> supercharger.

>
>> Lots. Not even worth thinking about, IMHO. You'd be better off
>> flogging the JTS and buying a GTA, or one of the JTD's and then
>> chipping that....

>
> I would disagree here. Don't know about the JTS, but Autodelta have
> supercharged and turbocharged a few Twin Sparks. There are threads about
> this on the forums of www.alfaowner.com and check out www.autodelta.co.uk


I guess I would agree!!
A turbo or kompressor kit will costs you about 5000 euro's (3500GBP) as a
kit.
Include another 1500 euro's (1000GBP) for assembly.
It would "only" give you a similar power boost as you would get from a
750-100 euro (that's doing the job correctly, so not with a chip from the
shelf) diesel chiptuning.

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AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Alfa red 156 SW 1.8 Madeno tuned (2000)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)


 




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