BabyBlade
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Registered: 5th Feb 03
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would it fit? and are the heads different?
wanna do something to performance but wanna avoid engine transplants if possible.
just stripped my engine down and put it together and 8valves are a doddle 
can do most the work myself if i keep it 8v
[Edited on 15-02-2004 by Sethion33]
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BabyBlade
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ttt
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Adam-D
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u talking bout the block / head / whole engine?
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BabyBlade
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block/head on to my car
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James R
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same block so can straight swap, but then fuelling will be a bit different. so better to use the ecu from the 1.6.
fitting the 1.6 head to the 1.4 block will reduce performance. But does fit
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BabyBlade
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i want the block and the head tho?
bsaically convert my car to a 1.6 using the same gearbox/con rods etc
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BabyBlade
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Basically ive just paid my car off and need to do something to my car!
aint really into bodykits, neons, 17's etc,
would rather strip it out and spend money on performance etc
there is the c20xe but its nice to be different! and the 8valves are easy to work on and less to go wrong
was just looking at my options and my plan is to get the gsi/gte head and block, ecu etc and put that on my car
should be a fairly simple job and i would have thought the they would be a direct swap as the 1400 16v and 1600 16v heads/blocks are interchangeable?
anyone ?
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A_Venables
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I went to a Rolling road session about 6 months ago, there was a 1.6 Gsi Nova and mine(1.4 8v SRi Corsa) there with bonnets up, I had a quick look around and they both looked near identical, the best thing to do is find someone with a Gsi and stand the two cars side by side, the C14SE went in the Nova aswell, so I cant see them been too different, best to check first tho!
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James R
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IF you swap the head and block, you can't keep the con-rods. Yes you can put the 1.6 8v in the corsa but you'll need the loom and ecu for that engine too.
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drunkenfool
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what about the 2.0 8v from astra or some carltons?
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Siberia
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correct me if i wrong here but wouldn't 8v engines be sh*t slow compared to 16v'ers?
y woulkd you go to the hassle?
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BabyBlade
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 was just looking at getting a bit of performance while i was changing my head gasket since everything was coming off but oh well lol
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