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Car Forum / Peugeot Cars / February 2004

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Carl Collins - 02 Feb 2004 09:15 GMT
Ive got a Peugeot 306 xs and am wondering if anyone could tell mem how to
increase performance?
I am more interested in torque rather than top end speed

Any help appreciated.
Andrew Kirby - 03 Feb 2004 14:42 GMT
If you are keeping the same displacement, then you can't really increase
torque without forced induction (turbo/supercharging).  O.k. you could
install nitrous, but that's an extreme option.

When most people 'tune' thier engines, they allow the engine to rev more
freely - this gives more power, but no extra torque, unless the original
intake/exhaust was very restricitive (which it isn't on the 306).

Alternatively, you can make the car lighter, by stripping out non-essential
items. By removing the spare seats/wheel/running a half full petrol tank,
you can pretty easily loose 10% of the car's weight, thus increasing the
power-to-weight ratio.  Done carefully, it's completely reversible, so the
car is still saleable, it's free and it doesn't put any extra strain on the
drivetrain, so reliability should be unaffected.

If that doesn't appeal, then from a purely pragmatic point of view, it will
almost certainly be cheaper and easier to sell your existing car and buy a
quicker one - insurance on modified cars is usually expensive and the
resale price will probably drop, so you get no return on your investment,
whereas if you spend the same buying a faster car then it will be worth
more at resale.

All the best,
Andy

> Ive got a Peugeot 306 xs and am wondering if anyone could tell mem how to
> increase performance?
> I am more interested in torque rather than top end speed
>
> Any help appreciated.
Carl Collins - 03 Feb 2004 14:57 GMT
So I could add a forced air induction kit and lose some weight in the car..
The spare wheel can be removed but not the back seats as I need them.

I havent brought 17"alloys etc because of weight but have bought a
suspension kit to improve handling (40mm drop)..

My engine is tappety recently and there is a clinky noise from the exhaust
which I think is amy cat converter going/gone

If I have my cat replaced and my tappets realigned should I expect some
gains..
I dont want to remove the cat because of MOT etc..

Ive got a powerflow exhaust on
And its going to be lowered with the weight reduction
The Induction kit can be fitted soon.. Should I buy one of them chips for
the engine to improve erformance and to go a bit bwetter on handling maybe a
strut bar?

> If you are keeping the same displacement, then you can't really increase
> torque without forced induction (turbo/supercharging).  O.k. you could
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> >
> > Any help appreciated.
Andrew Kirby - 04 Feb 2004 11:35 GMT
> I havent brought 17"alloys etc because of weight but have bought a
> suspension kit to improve handling (40mm drop)..
It's not my place to argue, but are you sure that's a good idea?
On many mainstream models dropping the ride height tends to improve
handling at the expense of ride comfort, but the stock handling of the 306
is very well sorted to start with, and it is quite possible (even likely)
that altering the suspension geometry (e.g. by lowering) will make the ride
AND the handling worse.

> Ive got a powerflow exhaust on
> And its going to be lowered with the weight reduction
> The Induction kit can be fitted soon..
Um.  By 'forced induction'  I meant turbocharging or supercharging, not an
'induction kit' of the K&N / pipercross cone-filter variety (which make a
nice noise, but don't improve performance).  Installing a turbo is
possible, but it requires significant engine mods, and isn't cheap.

> Should I buy one of them chips
> for the engine to improve erformance and to go a bit bwetter on
> handling maybe a strut bar?
Performance chips for non-turbocharged cars don't really do anything, and
aren't worth the several hundred pounds they cost.

If you want to tune a 306, I'd recommend you get a 306 TurboDiesel - they
are MUCH more tuneable that the petrol variants.  They have 150lbFt of
torque as stock (compared to 119 for your car), and can pretty easily be
tuned to give 200+ lbFt.
 
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