random dav
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reet ppl, gonna go the different route and not put in 2 litre, just wondering if a 1.8 ecotec engine out of a astra sport or veccy will go straight into a 1.4 sport with only changing the ecu? or if not will a 1.6 ecotec go straight in swapping the ecu?
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Ian
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1.8 is as much work and not as powerful.
1.6 is still effort and makes your car harder to sell as its an oddball.
Valver or car swap I'm afraid.
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mk4_astra
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put a 2.2 ecotec lump in
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random dav
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cheers anyways, looks like its penny saving for a valver
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broster
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get a 1.6 out of a corsa mate, go in easy as pie, and tuneable too
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random dav
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bollocks to it, 1.6 power, anyone know of places that turbo 'em?
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broster
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velos do, speak to carnoisseurcraig mate, hes got a turbo 1.4 16v. may be able to give u some pointers. the 1.6 is a good engine ,there are a few on here over 140bhp and a few with 180bhp+
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random dav
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cheers fella 
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Greg_M
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ha ha ha turbo it, yeah rite
will set you back about £4k, you mite as well put a 20let in
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
ha ha ha turbo it, yeah rite
will set you back about £4k, you mite as well put a 20let in
but itll be fun tho, its different as well.
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Greg_M
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and also a waste of money
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broster
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why will it be a waste of money? some prople would rather do that than chuck in a let, granted not many people will do but in my eyes it aint a waste of money.
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Greg_M
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true that the 1.6 will handle loads better and not many people do it, i didnt mean chuck a let in, just meant that for thet mone you could. or you could put a TB'd valver. what gains are you looking at one a turbo 1.6?
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broster
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dunno this is off velos web site tho
A high performance (and slightly mental) Turbo Kit running at over 30 psi and expected to produce up to 300 bhp. Will be released to complement our existing range. The prototype is currently being bolted together in our workshop and assuming no-one gets hurt should be released in early 2004.
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Greg_M
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sounds ok, dunno how reliable turbo'd blocks are that aint from the factory.
im going the 1.6 route, when i find a block , purley for the handling
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broster
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im going for the 1.6 too, mainly cuz all my 1.4 bits wil lfit it!
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Greg_M
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thats a reason if ever ive heard one.
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broster
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lol, yeah! makes sence! need it done asap tho as my 1.4 engine is not well 
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Greg_M
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need mine done as 12v is poo
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sfxer
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it really wont make much difference to the handleing with a 2.0
in total your only looking at about 50kg extra ontop of the 1.6 thats bugger all for all the extra power 
dont be put off though, if everyone did the same thing it would be boring, turbo the 1.6 and be faster than most of the 2 litres on here hehehe
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mwg
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or u could just tune the hell out of the 1.6. u can get over 200hp out of them without fitting a turbo if uve got the money
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J da Silva
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agree with greg, could smack in a c20let for cheaper, however i said in another thread yesterday its an achievement to do some good things with a 1600 engine, but i wouldnt advice fitting a turbo to a normally aspirated engine, problems await
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by VenomTurbo
agree with greg, could smack in a c20let for cheaper, however i said in another thread yesterday its an achievement to do some good things with a 1600 engine, but i wouldnt advice fitting a turbo to a normally aspirated engine, problems await
o ahree with this! hence why iv decided to go 1.6 not 2.0ltr
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J da Silva
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my next project is to bore a 1600 lump out and see what i can do with it
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