156 2.4jtd sportwagon performance upgrade?

Hi
My wife has a sportwagon jtd early 140bhp 2.4 and I wondered if anyone
knows if it is an easy job to increase the power as Alfa gradually
increased this engines power over the years?

I used to have a landrover discovery and had a larger intercooler
fitted which helped a lot! Is there one for the 156 available
anywhere?

Also the diesel tuning boxes advertised everywhere are they any good?
they sound too good to be true? Anybody fitted one or is the ECU
remap the way to go?

Thanks for any input and sorry if this has all been discussed before!

steve406 > wrote:

> Hi
> My wife has a sportwagon jtd early 140bhp 2.4 and I wondered if anyone
> knows if it is an easy job to increase the power as Alfa gradually
> increased this engines power over the years?
>
> I used to have a landrover discovery and had a larger intercooler
> fitted which helped a lot! Is there one for the 156 available
> anywhere?
>
> Also the diesel tuning boxes advertised everywhere are they any good?
> they sound too good to be true? Anybody fitted one or is the ECU
> remap the way to go?
>
> Thanks for any input and sorry if this has all been discussed before!

What you gain in power, you lose in flexibility.

Not Alfa, but I have a Passat 2.0TDI, with 140bhp and have driven the
same car with the 170bhp version of the same engine.

The 140bhp car is much better to drive - the 170bhp engine is too
'peaky' with a very narrow powerband in comparison.

You could get a chip to get similar power to later versions of the 2.4,
but Alfa made a lot more modifications than re-chipping in order to
maintain some level of flexibility.

--
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:41:25 +0100, (SteveH)
wrote:

>You could get a chip to get similar power to later versions of the 2.4,
>but Alfa made a lot more modifications than re-chipping in order to
>maintain some level of flexibility.

Not least the 20 valve head and 'multijet' fuel injection system.

--
Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
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> steve406 wrote:
> Hi
> My wife has a sportwagon jtd early 140bhp 2.4 and I wondered if
anyone knows if it is an easy job to increase the power as Alfa
gradually increased this engines power over the years?
>
> I used to have a landrover discovery and had a larger intercooler
fitted which helped a lot! Is there one for the 156 available
anywhere?
>
> Also the diesel tuning boxes advertised everywhere are they any
good? they sound too good to be true? Anybody fitted one or is the
ECU remap the way to go?
>
> Thanks for any input and sorry if this has all been discussed
before!

Hi,
Thanks for the messages, I guess I will leave it alone, the car is not
bad but I thought it would be nice to gain a little.

From www.madeno.com, Holland's best Alfa tuner: (I guess AutoDelta would
supply similar reliable kits)

Alfa 156 2.4 JTD Motorelektronica JTD
2.4 JTD 136 pk > 166 pk ¤ 599
2.4 JTD 140 pk > 170 pk ¤ 599
2.4 JTD 150 pk > 180 pk ¤ 599
2.4 JTD 175 pk > 205 pk ¤ 699
Optional: Full dyno test bed checking/mapping
befor/after: from ¤ 125


Alfa 156 1.9-2.4 JTD Motortuningkits
Motor-kit 1.9 JTD 105 pk > JMR19 135 pk ¤ 1.773
Motor-kit 1.9 JTD 110 pk > JMR19 140 pk ¤ 1.773
Motor-kit 1.9 JTD 115 pk > JMR19 145 pk ¤ 1.773
Motor-kit 1.9 JTD 140 pk > JMR19 175 pk ¤ 1.892
Motor-kit 2.4 JTD 136 pk > JMR24 171 pk ¤ 1.773
Motor-kit 2.4 JTD 140 pk > JMR24 175 pk ¤ 1.773
Motor-kit 2.4 JTD 150 pk > JMR24 185 pk ¤ 1.773
Motor-kit 2.4 JTD 175 pk > JMR24 210 pk ¤ 1.892
Consits of:
a.. sport air filter
b.. stainless steel end dempner
c.. modified motormanagement-software

Incl. Full analysis on dyno stand and all assembly work
Time needed: ca. 1 working day
Extra power output: JMR 19, + 30 hp JMR 24, + 35 hp


M-kit 1.9 JTD 105 pk > JMR19 Evo 150 pk ¤ 3.265
M-kit 1.9 JTD 110 pk > JMR19 Evo 155 pk ¤ 3.265
M-kit 1.9 JTD 115 pk > JMR19 Evo 160 pk ¤ 3.265
M-kit 1.9 JTD 140 pk > JMR19 Evo 185 pk ¤ 3.386
M-kit 2.4 JTD 136 pk > JMR24 Evo 191 pk ¤ 3.265
M-kit 2.4 JTD 140 pk > JMR24 Evo 195 pk ¤ 3.265
M-kit 2.4 JTD 150 pk > JMR24 Evo 200 pk ¤ 3.265
M-kit 2.4 JTD 175 pk > JMR24 Evo 225 pk ¤ 3.386
Consists of:
a.. sportl air filter
b.. larger intercooler
c.. group. A front exhaust
d.. stainless steel end exhaust
e.. modified motormanagement-software

Inclusief: Full analysis on dyno stand and all assembly work
Ombouwtijd: ca. 2 working days
Vermogenstoename: JMR 19 Evo, ca. + 45 hk JMR 24 Evo, ca. +
55 hk



Pick your choice!!

--
Ciao from The Netherlands
alfistagj (aka Gert-Jan)
GT 2.0 JTS (2005)
Montreal 2.6V8 (1428700 - 1973/4)


"steve406" > schreef in bericht
...
> Hi
> My wife has a sportwagon jtd early 140bhp 2.4 and I wondered if anyone
> knows if it is an easy job to increase the power as Alfa gradually
> increased this engines power over the years?
>
> I used to have a landrover discovery and had a larger intercooler
> fitted which helped a lot! Is there one for the 156 available
> anywhere?
>
> Also the diesel tuning boxes advertised everywhere are they any good?
> they sound too good to be true? Anybody fitted one or is the ECU
> remap the way to go?
>
> Thanks for any input and sorry if this has all been discussed before!
>