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gsiwannabe
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26th Dec 11 at 21:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

would like to say thanks for any advice in advance, iv given up with messing about with the 1.4 in mrs corsa c , it is worn an showing sighns of worse things to happen ie smokeing blue smoke an tapping wen cold an throttle body problem, so iv purchased a full 1.8 16 valve small block engine with everything from a vectra b,i have full engine , loom , ecu ,chip , transponder , exhaust manifold an downpipe , all other ancileries, would it fit in the corsa and run ok |??

oh an i will be declareing the conversion as mrs an kids have get in it,
i have done my fair share of c20xe an let conversions in corsa b but the corsa c seems a complete new ball game

thanks again in advance for any help given

[Edited on 01-01-2012 by gsiwannabe]
Ellis
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Throttle body is breaking up?

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gsiwannabe
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quote:
Originally posted by Ellis
Throttle body is breaking up?

Explain?


that is what the bloke at a local garage said to me, he did say the , mechenism is breaking up inside the houseing or summthing. i didnt quite under stand what he ment. is holds back at low revs an missfires realy bad at low revs an when it picks up its fine
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Is it a z14xe non twin port? The throttle body is a pain in the ass on these, I had to clean mine up with carb cleaner at least once a year otherwise it would cut out randomly. Worth having a look at it yourself before changing it.
Jed D
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think the throttle bodys on the Z14's are different to the X14's...
jay26
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Not coded so just a straight swap
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
Is it a z14xe non twin port? The throttle body is a pain in the ass on these, I had to clean mine up with carb cleaner at least once a year otherwise it would cut out randomly. Worth having a look at it yourself before changing it.


yea a z14xe non twin port, iv just brought a full 1.8 16 valve small block engine with everything out of a vectra b, to fit in the corsa, but im not sure if it will fit ?? and run ??
gsiwannabe
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bttt

 
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