The guy in the next unit to me has four Nissan 200sx 1.8 engines the standard daily driver mild engine puts out about 180hp the one is his all singing all dancing drift car is pushing over 360hp with about £1000 worth of second hand parts spent on it.

The question I ask myself a lot when speccing things is 'why?'. And I always ask myself this before committing to something expensive.

Why do you want a 250bhp engine?

spent a lot of time trying to answer this one so that people would understand why. the simple answer is................... Because i can and it will scare the life out of me on the road and that will remind me that i am alive!

sorry if its a little blunt but thats the best answer i have

Good answer!

The same reason I am putting a £230 saab engine in mine. Solid for 450bhp before you have to touch the pistons. I'm reigning the horses in on mine to a modest 350bhp for reasons of underware preservation.

I expect the engine costs including the turbo, chargecooler and custom inlet manifold to come in under a grand, with a car attached. Plus the Saab engine management system can be fully remapped by an owner with the right software.

Keeping the engine and inlet temps cool will be your biggest headache.

Easy solution with regards to budget is to pick up a less than perfect s2000, sell all the bits you don't want and keep the bits you need. A lot of work but you should get what you want for less.

Type "9"s don't like to many horses due to layshaft only having tiny needle rollers in it.:eek: