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Author How easy isit to swap a 1.2 16v engine with a 1.4/1.6 16v?
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   25th Apr 11 at 19:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ive got a X reg 1.2 16v corsa

And its gotta hole in piston number 3 apprantly...

So i wanna take this engine out... and stick a 1.4/1.6 in.. isit that easy?

Obviously i know i gotta change the loom/ecu etc... but isit litually just plug and play?

Or is there more involved... ??

Any advice is great.. Thanks
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25th Apr 11 at 21:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its not plug and play unfortunately Heres a tutorial on how to do the conversion -

http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060822043934/http://www.smallblockxe.com/1_2-1_6_con.htm
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25th Apr 11 at 21:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Shaun is the man if you want to know about 1.6 conversions

Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread

Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread
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25th Apr 11 at 23:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
In the fact that I answered a load of his questions and his isnt even properly finished.
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26th Apr 11 at 06:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So whats not plug and play then? i did hear they was different to other corsa's etc... but it can be done fairly easy i take it?
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The 1.0/1.2 dash loom is different, in the case that the ecu is bolted to the inlet on those engines, and the plug is very different to a 9pin plug found on a sport.

Its easiest to swap the dash loom, although you could butcher the 1.0/1.2 loom to make it work with the sport engine.
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26th Apr 11 at 14:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So prob easiest to stick with a 1.2 then.

 
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