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corsa_gaz17
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17th Dec 08 at 01:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i currently own a 1.0l 12v powerhorse and am planning to drop a 1.4 16v sport engine soon.
was wandering if theres anything to look out for or anything that needs changing?
has anyone already done this?
cheers gaz
aron
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the log book needs changing.
Twiggy
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insurance
corsagsigav
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17th Dec 08 at 08:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you may as well drop a 1.6 in mate if the insurance aint to high for you
corsa_gaz17
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17th Dec 08 at 09:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i know about all the insurance and declaring it etc
i was meaning more engine bay wise
my insurance rockets witha 1.6 but not the 1.4
DaveyLC
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17th Dec 08 at 10:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its going to cost you more money to insure a 1.0 with a 1.4 engine than it will to insure a factory 1.6..

The database the insurers used to get their details from will still show your car as a 12v so your 1.4 engine will be a modification.

[Edited on 17-12-2008 by DaveyLC]
Bufton
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17th Dec 08 at 11:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
make sure that the power steering, if youve got it is the same, such as electric and hydraulic. i didnt look for this on my engine swap and i have to convert which is a pain.
also have a look at the brake servo vacuum pipe, see if its the same connection, whereas mine was also different.
pow
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17th Dec 08 at 11:25   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The EPS on the 1.0 and 1.2 can be made to work with an engine conversion
Bufton
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yer, but its abit of extra work, my engine i bought was hydraulic, so have to take off the pump, get a new tensioner and alternator belt and engine mount.
Does the EPS run off the alternator belt or?
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Nope, EPS is electronic as far as I know.

You need to join a wire from the EPS ECU to one behind the clocks, I think it's the speed wire?
Bufton
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but if my engine loom isnt EPS, surely it wont have a wire?
wouldnt it be on my original loom? and any idea which the EPS wire is? lol cos there a few wires behind there.
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I don't know, but along the way I have picked up that to make the EPS work again all you need is to connect one wire from behind the clocks
Bufton
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ok kwl thanks that helps me with my conversion
corsa_rob
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i wouldnt bother going for a 1.4 16v conversion mate...why not just buy a standard 1.4 sport...they are cheap enough...get all the interior and everything and as said above will work out more expensive this way.

Go get a 1.4 then in a few year/s do a 2.0 conversion of some sort!

 
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