Hiflowheads

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

not wanting to say to much but some of peoples past experiances on this forum havnt been good

[dcc 855]

250 hwapest via gti6 + charger tbh. About 6k or less 2nd hand.

[GLPoomobile 958]

not wanting to say to much but some of peoples past experiances on this forum havnt been good

 

Over the years I've not heard a single good word in favour of them. I've heard plenty of horror stories.

 

Often you'll hear some bad s*it about some companies but you can balance that out with the good reviews. Doesn't seem to apply here though!

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

 

Over the years I've not heard a single good word in favour of them. I've heard plenty of horror stories.

 

Often you'll hear some bad s*it about some companies but you can balance that out with the good reviews. Doesn't seem to apply here though!

where your from GLpoomobile ?? and dont say Edinburgh lol

 

I go out drinking in Haddington and a few of Andys work mates go out so better not say to much lol

Edited January 11, 2013 by farmer

[GLPoomobile 958]

Yes, I live in Edinburgh. Frankly I couldn't care if this person was my next door neighbour. I'm only repeating what could be found with a bit of time spent Googling, and any member on here asking about whether they should consider this company for engine work deserves to know what bad experiences some of our members have had.

 

Is HFH still the same company? The reason I ask that is it looks like a fairly new website, and I don't remember them being Lothians based (it would have stuck in my mind).

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

no been just outside haddington for as long as i know

 

so you actually live in town then

[GLPoomobile 958]

Why do you ask? Are you going to send someone from HFH round to bum me?

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

Why do you ask? Are you going to send someone from HFH round to bum me?

always think the worst in people dont you lol , but your honesty is quite refreshing

 

that answer to the buming is no just inquistive to where the hell all the 205s are up here

[GLPoomobile 958]

I was originally looking to hit the 250bhp-ish mark, something to frighten the 100k supercars, but keep the car and shell original. Quickly realised that it would be a best to put in a roll cage with power like that and track days just make this more necessary.

 

 

 

Sticking NA, you are going to have to spend serious money to get near to 250bhp. The least stressful way seems to be increased capacity, slightly wilder cams and ITBs. But that means you are going to have to replace most of your Mi (you'd need to go iron bottom end), and there won't be much you'd really retain except the head and maybe the exhaust manifold. DrSarty's project threads are worth looking up as he got ~230-240bhp and very good torque on a 2.2 16v. I think his build cost was about £4k but he did a lot of the work himself and he's very good at finding bargains, using a lot of 2nd hand of scrapyard parts etc.

 

If you look up Allenallen on here, I think it's him that has a 1.9 Mi with an Eaton blower, which he did himself. Quite a rare conversion. And I think he's seeing ~250bhp.

 

We've got a handful of 1.9 MIs with turbos on here too. One guy in Aus with about 350bhp. One of the biggest costs with that route is the exhaust manifold. DP do a good one but they are very expensive. IIRC the manifolds are affectionately known as a "welders nightmare" hence they aren't cheap.

 

Then you've got the rotary supercharger conversions that are getting very popular on the GTI6 engines (Lynx Power Engineering). I'm sure you could modify their kit to mount to an alloy block Mi16. Again 250bhp-ish on low boost.

 

Edit: DrSarty's 2.2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtbPaJrA9kY

Edited January 11, 2013 by GLPoomobile

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Why do you ask? Are you going to send someone from HFH round to bum me?

 

Or worse get them to work on your car!!

[GLPoomobile 958]

always think the worst in people dont you lol , but your honesty is quite refreshing

 

that answer to the buming is no just inquistive to where the hell all the 205s are up here

 

Yes, I'm in Edinburgh, but my 205 hasn't seen the road since Autumn 2010. I rarely see any 205s out and about the East Lothian region. There was a Miami blue that I used to see every day but this went down south (think it's Scott Barton on here that has it). They're probably all hiding away in garages, mid-project, like mine.

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

mine comes out every summer alpine white one with grill decal

 

i live near Cockburnspath if you know it

Edited January 11, 2013 by farmer

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Can you send someone to bum me please?

 

That sounds ace!

 

 

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

Can you send someone to bum me please?

 

That sounds ace!

 

if thats cup your cup of tea good on you son

[GLPoomobile 958]

Can you send someone to bum me please?

 

That sounds ace!

 

 

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

I'd like to bum Mr hiflow heads....... With a wire brush!

[Batfink 201]

Check out the supercharger kits people are fitting. Unless you have to keep n/a its the cheaper route for that power

[vtifan 26]

agra engineering in dundee do a lot of machining work on race engines

[ablister 31]

If you want an engine build done right where you are then you have to remove engine and send it to a proper company.

 

Stick engine on a pallet for £60 ish (along with a large cheque)

 

The engine in my 306 was done like this. Was sent down to Longman and was back a few weeks later.

 

As for HFH...do your homework and take it somewhere else

[JonnyGee 0]

ok i really dont get involved with this kind of thing but;

i have a hi flow built engine and cannot fault any of what has been done at all,i have done a fair bit of reading through reviews ect and it seems a really mixed bag?

can i ask where people are reading or the bad reviews are?

via pm ideally as not to clutter up the boards with it.

oh and im not trying to dispute or agree with anything i just want to form my own opinion

[Baz 421]

HFH stuff might look good, but it takes more than that to make numbers and these never do.

 

I would avoid. If you're serious, look around at proper race engine builders with proven results in competition, none of these faux-'tuners'.

[welshpug 1,657]

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=132380

[JonnyGee 0]

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=132380

thankyou

any with anymore?

[welshpug 1,657]

plenty, you just have to look for them.

[PeterGriffin 20 1 Cars]

Thanks folks, looks like I've got a lot of chin-scratching to do... might be asking for a replacement low mileage chin soon...