sorry for the late reply i seem to be at work more than home lately :o :o

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Originally posted by ainsley_brader
Inlet manifolds are very tight to fit in the car but quite doable.

The x16xel also had smaller ports than the 1.6 using a 1.4 head but i suspect the difference in power will be slight.

The same is true of the cams the 1.4/x16xel ones being different to the x16xe ones.

Also the ports in the lower inlet od a x14xe are smaller than the x16xe!

So yes your min engine inlt will fit but you would still be a little bit down on power!

Ainsley

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Inlet manifolds are very tight to fit in the car but quite doable.

The x16xel also had smaller ports than the 1.6 using a 1.4 head but i suspect the difference in power will be slight.

The same is true of the cams the 1.4/x16xel ones being different to the x16xe ones.

Also the ports in the lower inlet od a x14xe are smaller than the x16xe!

So yes your min engine inlt will fit but you would still be a little bit down on power!

Ainsley

thanks for all replys i have got the x14 manifold of my mini engine he can use if it will fit? he is really tight on money at the moment as he has just brough a house

he quite likes the astra inlet at the moment as it has bottom end grunt which is what it was designed for in the astra and the astra does have more torque than the corsa doesnt it? or at least at lower revs? :wave:

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Originally posted by csweatherstonin there........whys the cam position sensor disconnected?

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defonatly an xel in there........whys the cam position sensor disconnected?

i have an upper and lower inlet for sale

I've got a mantzel for sale.

make sure hehasnt taken the bulb out of the clocks for the eml

And i thought the corsa inlet was restrictive :!

looks like an astra engine in there mate,

get a x14xe or x16xe lower inlet and a mantzel or a decent copy off ebay and that sort ya problem out or get the inlet setup from another car.

Also on searches the only differences i found was the inlet manifold? as the astra one provides a longer torque curve for the extra weight of the astras but looses out on pure BHP?

and on the courtney site for the mantzel tuning box's they state 15 BHP gain for the corsa 1.6 16v and 20BHP for the astra 1.6 16v which suggests even more that its manily the inlet?

wayne

[Edited on 23-06-2007 by the younger modder]

Thanks for those that have been helpfull so far its appreciated :)

ill let the pics say the rest







wayne

or test drive it :o

did you not think to look at the engine before you bought it?

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Originally posted by P1CK4D
Cheers Gian! Pehaps you've bought a write-off?

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i have a spare upper and lower inlet for a a X14XE

Cheers Gian! Pehaps you've bought a write-off?

The engine sounds like the X16XEL engine, out of a astra or vectra. The other problem you have with this is the head is different from the usual head. The head on this will have smaller ports. Hence the lower power.

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Originally posted by P1CK4D
Is there a summary of all that? Im sorry, but I really cba to read it all...

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Does sound like a bit of a dog mate, people might be able to help you more if you get pictures.

Should have been wary of any 1.6 sport available within such a small budget, sorry to hear about his problems though :(

Is there a summary of all that? Im sorry, but I really cba to read it all...

Hi been reading on here for ages using the search etc to solve little probs and find out how do little things etc but lately we have one big problem and i need help on how to fix it :( please i need help and advice not people laughing at how weve been conned i will get pics tommorrow but for now halp as you can

My brother after having 2 corsa 1.4 16v Sports decided that he wanted a 1.6 (needed to be standard car for insurance) last weekend we went to go look at a Corsa GSi, it was a dog so we walked away,

the next day we went to go look at a 98 R corsa 1.6 16v Sport, 100k but 'refurb engine' the car was generally tidy and IMO the bodywork is all original etc, it ran smoothly, ticked over for half an hour with no probs and drove well appraently (left that to my bro)

the brakes werent very good at all with a very long pedal travel, BUT we just though right we will put new discs and pads on etc and hope it all wears in alright

it dropped a bit of water while we were looking at it, this concerned us alot BUT my brothers first 1.4 did this and that oddly solved itself and NEVER caused any difference and it seems it was from the bottom of the coolant tank the car ran fine etc though and it was the only reasonable one we could find in his 1k budget so we brought it :o :rolleyes:

He just taxed it yesterday so this morning took it work, it was gutless, slower than his 1.4 16v, the exhaust front join is blowing but it isnt quick and gets the 5k and stops even when fully warm

we got the bonnet up today again and i remebered a lad i knew had to change his inlet manifold i then noticed the manifold on this isnt the same as the 1.4 16v one iv got, this one goes like a sideways S shape or like a kick in the line of each inlet port

Now after a bit of serching im guessing the complete PRICCK of a previous owner has put an Astra or Vectra engine in there? on closer inspection i have notcied the inlet is that big it has touched the bulkhead a couple of times and has chaffed the brake lines on the left hand side at the back

there is also a sensor that sits inbetween the top and bottom inlet manifolds and is bolted to the bottom one it has two connections for what i assume are vaccum hoses but both are not connected to anything, there is an electrical plug in on it but no plug to plug in to it :mad: , there is a little right angle vaccum hose that comes from the back of the head/rocker that has had a screw put in it so im asuming this is one of the conncetions for that sensor

Sense tells me at the very least we need another inlet top and bottom, now i have a 1.4 16v engine out of a 96 Corsa Sport that is for going in my Mini project but if it fits the 1.6 i will give him this inlet and ill find another

how hard are they to fit? will the astra fuel rail or what ever its out off fit the corsa inlet?

I will stress he has no money at all to spend on it that why we brought the seemingly honest original late sport rather than the T&T GSi that needed work, also the ecu light isnt on to warm of any problems etc

thanks for any help people, be kind:P

wayne



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