Superlite Ltd.
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Someone here with a 1995 calibra c20xe. It has a black HT lead cover, not a red one. He says "thats because its a late redtop engine, so they used black tops"
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bullshit central?
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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wheres this lol
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Superlite Ltd.
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In the garage here. Its a late coil pack redtop
...but its not red 
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Shane
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its been painted black 
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B3KAN
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I have a late coilpack xe and dont have a black top 
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fazza
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the ecotec ones had black covers didnt they?
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DaveB
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No. Late XEs generally came with a black sparkplug cover, and some of them even said "ecotec" on them. so not bullshit at all.
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by corsagsi16vplym
the ecotec ones had black covers didnt they?
Yes, straight iirc and not L shaped
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DaveB
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Yip, L-shaped ones are all 'redtops' regardless of the colour of the plug cover.
[Edited on 04-07-2008 by DaveB]
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av it
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveB
Yip, L-shaped ones are all 'redtops' regardless of the colour of the plug cover.
[Edited on 04-07-2008 by DaveB]
yes all redtops have the L shape cover colour is immaterial
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JoeyB
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The late late late ones had black covers just before they went to the fully fledged Ecotec lump.
I think they were a little underpowered also.
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DaveB
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quote:
Originally posted by JoeyB
I think they were a little underpowered also.
Wrong; they had 6bhp less purely because of the CAT; take it off and it theory it would have been 156 same as the early ones.
The late ones also made peak torque lower down the rev-range.
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Ian W
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I ran an early XE and then swapped it for a late dispac XE in my Corsa, late engines better to drive, better on fuel and a nicer engine in general
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Superlite Ltd.
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late ones have round or square belt teeth?
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DaveB
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square
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sand-eel
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triangle
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JoeyB
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveB
quote:
Originally posted by JoeyB
I think they were a little underpowered also.
Wrong; they had 6bhp less purely because of the CAT; take it off and it theory it would have been 156 same as the early ones.
The late ones also made peak torque lower down the rev-range.
Yes I realise they drop 6bhp for the Cat.
I got confused....it would appear they just made the 'blacktop' XEs idle lower to try and comply with the new emission laws.
Then the invetible happened and the Ecotec came along
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mark_gsi
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??
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Superlite Ltd.
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To make things worse, this car seems to have 'T' rated tyres on it
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