J4LDO
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Registered: 19th Feb 03
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is there anyway of telling which head ive got on my xe ( coscast or shitty ) without taking it off ?
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Patrick
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Registered: 25th Apr 02
Location: SE London
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Year?
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Lisa
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Registered: 6th Apr 00
Location: Euxton, Lancashire
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on the disribuor side underneath it there is a z shaped casting on the head itself if it is.
hope this helps. i will go andtry and take a piccie to show you
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J4LDO
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unsure its in a corsa
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Lisa
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this is in a corsa too.
its the bit just above the pipe that is like a z shape
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J4LDO
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cant see a Z
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Lisa
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the ledge direclty above the pipe that goes across then up the across to left again just to the left of the hole..........i know its a bad description..........lol
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J4LDO
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bummer, mines is flush ah well at least it runs well
[Edited on 05-09-2003 by J4LDO]
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Lisa
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quote: Originally posted by J4LDO
bummer, mines is flush ah well at least it runs well
[Edited on 05-09-2003 by J4LDO]
i've got a spare one that i may be selling
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J4LDO
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is there a big difference between the two
? how much
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Lisa
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not much difference except they don't get pourous. dunno about price as i'm trying to swap it for a vectra gsi gearbox
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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cosscast is 155bhp
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J4LDO
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cool, thanx for info
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stuyw
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i thought they were all the same bhp, only difference is build quality ie porous/non porous
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Dave Hay
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Registered: 10th Apr 02
Location: Aberdeenshire
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coscast still go porous (its rare though)
only difference between em is the casting method
and it will have a stamp that says coscast in inlet manifold area (when engines in car youd read coscast upset down from under engine bay)
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Dan_Corsa
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Registered: 27th Nov 00
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quote: Originally posted by 16vmarc
cosscast is 155bhp
a gsi c20xe with a coscast is 150bhp with out 150bhp de cat about 153bhp the same as the 20xe the coscast head doesn't change performance just less likly to go porous unlike geniune gm heads
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vibrio
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you have a nice ass
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