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Thread Author: L'escargot Replies: 10
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 09:24 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - L'escargot
I'm starting to find the 1.6 litre petrol engine T4 180hp version of the latest Volvo V40 an attractive proposition, but I can't help wondering about its reliability. To me, 180hp seems an awful lot from a 1.6 litre. Also I wonder what they've done to achieve another 30hp over the T3 150hp engine.
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 09:57 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - rtj70
There's cars getting 200bhp from a 1.6 engine. VW were getting 225bhp from a 1.8l engine many years ago. I'd say 180bhp is easily achieved with reliability these days.
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 11:04 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - Focusless
>> VW were getting 225bhp from a 1.8l engine many years ago.

240 in the last versions of the old TT (10 spoke alloys).
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 10:05 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - WillDeBeest
Turbo settings and injection mapping, most likely. No reason to suppose it will be less reliable or durable than the T3 - after all, you're not going to be using all 180 all the time, are you?

20 years ago it was considered remarkable that Honda got 115hp from a 1.6 four. Technology moves on.
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 10:12 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - Victorbox
Bit like 123 bhp from a 1 litre engine: tinyurl.com/9g5mq47
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 11:05 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - Lygonos
13 years ago Honda were getting 240hp froma 2.0 4-pot.

Ever seen a "my S2000 died" thread?
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 11:53 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - DP
As well as engine technology progressing, engine oil has also come a very long way. The Ford Cosworth engines were knocking out > 100 bhp per litre in the mid 80's, but running on mineral oils which went out of grade very quickly when faced with the terrific temperatures inside the turbos of these engines. Those in the know would change their engine oil at 3,000 miles on a Cosworth. Very few made 100,000 miles without some kind of rebuild in those days.

Good modern synthetics can cope much better with this kind of punishment, and as engine fuelling, materials, and tolerances have become more precise, and things like water cooled turbos have become the norm, high output engines are a little kinder to their lubricating oil than they used to be. The result is a huge leap forward in terms of reliability and longevity.
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 11:57 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - oilburner
Can't see why there'd be a problem.

BMW 328i = 121bhp per litre.
Ford 1.0 Ecoboost = 123bhp per litre.
Peugeot/Citroën 1.6 THP 200 = 125bhp per litre. Reports of even higher powered version developed but not yet unleashed.
Mitsi Lancer Evo FQ-400 = 200bhp per litre!

112bhp per litre should be fine, lazy even.
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New Mon 3 Sep 12 19:44 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - Woodster
And normally aspirated motorbike engines beating these specific outputs for years. Honda fireblades and CBR 600's with over a 100k no problems. Certainly not a bar to longevity.
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New Wed 12 Sep 12 09:45 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - oilburner
Sorry to necro this thread, but I've just seen on Autocar, the Pug RCZ with the 1.6 turbo now knocking out 260bhp...

>> 180hp seems an awful lot from a 1.6 litre

Not anymore!
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New Wed 12 Sep 12 09:53 
 Reliability of Volvo 180hp 1.6 litre petrol engine - Focusless
>> Autocar, the Pug RCZ with the 1.6 turbo now knocking out 260bhp...

www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/paris-motor-show-2012/revised-peugeot-rcz-turns-wick-260bhp
nice :)
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