17-07-2020, 12:12 PM
(17-07-2020, 11:52 AM)Mighty306 Wrote: Welcome to the club. Am not particularly familiar with the TU3 engines but as far as I know there won't be a cheap n easy route to more power. Anyway, if you're young n declare any tuning for your insurance it would likely make it prohibitively expensive n you might as well buy something else with a few more ponies under the bonnet.
Failing that, making sure the engine still has decent compression & is well serviced is worthwhile. After that shedding weight from the car, particularly rotating mass of the wheels is an easy win. I expect the 1.4 came with reasonably skinny steel rims so not sure how much weight you can reasonably save from them.
Sorry can't be more help.
Thank you for the honest info! Another thought was to swap the engine for another TU or something fancier (keeping to the Peugeot range) but that's for another day.
How would I know the engine is keeping good compression?
Also I know you said you don't know much about the TU3 but any recommendations on how often to service it? I redid the Spark Plugs, Oil, Oil filter and air filter about 5K Miles ago. Timing belt I think was done a little while before I bought the car.
Thanks!