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corsaboy09
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27th May 09 at 09:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hi first of all great site my brother has blowen his head gasket on his 1.4 sport corsa and my friend has got a 1.6 16v ecotec out of a astra just a few quiestions...

1. is it a easy conversion

2. should we use the 1.6 or 1.4 gear box

3. any where i can get a wireing diagram from

cheers
AlexW
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27th May 09 at 09:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1 - Yes If you know what your doing.

2 - 1.6

3 - Its colour for colour.
Ellis
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27th May 09 at 10:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If it's the same engine then it should all just plug in nicely, can't see there being anything too difficult
DAZ1985
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27th May 09 at 11:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
astra will have a different inlet and is 16xe1 iirc
Ellis
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27th May 09 at 11:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh, boo that's not so good...

Thinking about it now, the looms probably have slight differences as well.
DAZ1985
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27th May 09 at 11:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ellis
Oh, boo that's not so good...

Thinking about it now, the looms probably have slight differences as well.


i might be wrong though, ill stand to be corrected
Ellis
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27th May 09 at 11:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think you might be right, it's a funny looking inlet on the XE1 IIRC
Jas
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27th May 09 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
different inlet on xel

less bhp but more torque..


i had to change lower inlet in order to fit my lexmaul to my XEL
Engine was good though


 
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