corsasport.co.uk
  Not logged in [Login - Register]  
You Are Not Registered Or Not Logged In  

Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » Red top Engines


New Topic
New Poll 		  Subscribe | Add to Favourites

You are not logged in and may not post or reply to messages. Please log in or create a new account or mail us about fixing an existing one - register@corsasport.co.uk

There are also many more features available when you are logged in such as private messages, buddy list, location services, post search and more.


Author Red top Engines
Kathryn W
Member
Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can someone explain what this actually means?

Because a couple of people i know have crossed minds about what it means..

One think's that it's the colour of the engine bay...

other thinks its the engine name.. ie 2 litre red top...

Voyto
Member
Registered: 9th Feb 03
Location: Stafford
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its nicknamed the "red top" as they came with a red sparkplug cover i think
broster
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tis the colour of the spark plug cover
mwg
Member
Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its the 2.0 16v Vauxhall engine. C20XE

has a red spark plug cover so is known as the red top engine...
Kathryn W
Member
Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thankyou
PIE CJ
Member
Registered: 20th Nov 05
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol

i think its to do with the colour of the centre of rocker cover !

its just known as the red top nowadays
Bri 16v
Member
Registered: 12th Jul 05
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Edit: Knew someone would know


[Edited on 14-12-2005 by Bri 16v]
schoey
Member
Registered: 29th Jun 05
Location: Billinghay, Lincolnshire
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yup, colour of the spark plug cover, hence why you get red top v6's and ecotec v6's, its just the colour of the top!
Nic Barnes
Member
Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ah, but some of them actually came with black ones that said ecotec, yet they wernt an ecotec engine at all. a few c20let's also had plus covers like that. they are rare though
mwg
Member
Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
User status: Offline
14th Dec 05 at 16:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes but generally they are known as the red top engine!

[Edited on 14-12-2005 by Matty G]

 
New Topic
New Poll

Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » Red top Engines 24 database queries in 0.0299740 seconds