if i am thinking about an engine swap - from 1.3 to 1.5 - please help

[mikeukrainetz]

just out of curiosity from reading over this thread;
ALL diesel engines which leave the factory, never mind the model seem to be extremely de-tuned. Ive seen what must be a hundred different engine tuners, parts etc for diesels which increase the ouput by ridiculous amounts. Anybody think this would hold true even on the little D4D? If its running at even the same power output (or even slightly less) would it not be possible to 'tune' it per se with the same power percentage increases as larger diesels?
Keep in mind Ive never owned, run, or worked on diesels.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by mikeukrainetz

just out of curiosity from reading over this thread;
ALL diesel engines which leave the factory, never mind the model seem to be extremely de-tuned. Ive seen what must be a hundred different engine tuners, parts etc for diesels which increase the ouput by ridiculous amounts. Anybody think this would hold true even on the little D4D? If its running at even the same power output (or even slightly less) would it not be possible to 'tune' it per se with the same power percentage increases as larger diesels?
Keep in mind Ive never owned, run, or worked on diesels.

Diesels are very weird little things.... no throttle per se, no sparkplugs, and a lot of low end torque... I'm pretty sure there is a reason they are factory de-tuned, most likely to do with emissions or mileage. But yes, it is not very difficult to see some big gains, especially as the motors are usually built quite tough. Turbos also show big improvements, but I am not sure how complex it is to add a turbo to a non turbo diesel engine.

Definitely something for our european brethren to mess around with