FlamingCorsa
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right then people, my old corsa thats me gfs car now is getting tired now, started to loose water and use oil so summit going, car has done 111k miles and i did 30k of them so think its done its best!
have got a 1.6 nova engine with loom etc, was wondering if it is going to be easy to do?? or if anyone can tell me any info on conversion!
the new engine was rebuild 2k miles ago, new clutch, reconned gearbox, so should be good one!! engine should go straight in and shafts etc same just waondered bout the wiring, can just c a plug with 4-5 wires coming from it on the nova loom i need to work out where to plug into on the corsa????
any help wud be great!
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jr
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bromleyboy did this conversion
also the car he did it in os for sale in classified
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Robin
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what ewngine is in the corsa/ if its an 8v, it should be no hassle, same mounts etc, and the loom should just plug in id have thought
will need an MPI fuel pump though
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Ojc
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Possibly the easiest and simplest engine transplant in the world.
You will need a MPi fuel tank and pump though.
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ed
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Will be a piece of piss... The engnie will bolt in straight away, you should use the Corsa driveshafts though. I have heard Nova shafts are shorter. The wiring will be dead simple too. Shouldn't be too different from a 2.0 conversion - just swap the starter loom if they are different and colour match the wires in the car if the plugs differ.
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FlamingCorsa
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yea its 1.4 8v
didnt wanna go up to 16v engine really cos kt does not drive the car hard so low down torque is more use than power!!
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Robin
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yeah, do it
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FlamingCorsa
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wot is difference in fuel pumps????
didint realise i wud have to change them with just going from 1.4 8v sri to 1.6 8v??
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Ojc
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Ed you are correct, Nova shafts are slightly shorter.
I was looking at my 1.6 8v engine the other day and was wondering if the starter motor on the F13 gearbox on my X16XE will fit on the 1.6 8v? Is there a reason it won't?
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ed
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No difference seeing as the car is an SRi and therefore MPI. Multi point injection engines require different fuel pressure to single point injection engines and therefore need a different fuel pump.
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Ojc
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If its a SRi then you won't need to 
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Robin
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if the 1.4 is multi point it will be even easier, but if its single point (ie. one injector for the whole engine) it will need an MPI pump, which runs a higher fuel pressure, and a MPI tank, wwhich has a fuel return in it
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AdamF
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is your 1.4 mpi or spi
you will need an mpi fuel pump for the 1.6
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John G
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what bhp does the 1.6 nova engine hav as im curious to hear more about this comversion
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
I was looking at my 1.6 8v engine the other day and was wondering if the starter motor on the F13 gearbox on my X16XE will fit on the 1.6 8v? Is there a reason it won't?
if the flywheel has the same amount of teeth, it would be fine, thats the only problem you may have with it
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Ed you are correct, Nova shafts are slightly shorter.
I was looking at my 1.6 8v engine the other day and was wondering if the starter motor on the F13 gearbox on my X16XE will fit on the 1.6 8v? Is there a reason it won't?
There should be no difference. I would risk saying that all small blck starter motors are the same on the outside, the only difference would be cranking power between the ones used on diesels and petrols.
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by John G
what bhp does the 1.6 nova engine hav as im curious to hear more about this comversion
around 100bhp
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FlamingCorsa
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think its must me mpi then already then! its defo 1.4 8v sri! 94 model!
so will even the wiring be straighforward?? have not really looked at corsa yet to look at wiring, to c if i can c where to meet them up
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ed
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I would say the wiring will be almost dead on identicle between the two cars. But I'm only guessing. It won't be complicated to modify if it is different.
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Robin
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if its only 4 or 5 wires then yeah, it will be easy, you'd probably be able to swap the whole 1.4 loom over to make it plug in straight away if that was easier
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FlamingCorsa
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will be intresting to c if its much faster than the 1.4, i am a fan of teh 8v engine cos it never let me down when i had the car!! the 1.4 16v i had in orange car i didint really like! but i dont really rev cars to high so prob didint get best out if it!
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
I was looking at my 1.6 8v engine the other day and was wondering if the starter motor on the F13 gearbox on my X16XE will fit on the 1.6 8v? Is there a reason it won't?
if the flywheel has the same amount of teeth, it would be fine, thats the only problem you may have with it
Yes, that man. Thank you and Ed.
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ed
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I'm always worried about my 16v's breaking... There are too many bits  My 1.2 8v was bomb proof
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FlamingCorsa
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thanx for all the help feeling little more confident bout it now!!! just dont want to make a mess cos gf will go mad cos it was my idea to get the ,1.6 engine!!! hehe
will be doing it on my 1st weekend off in bout 3months...........nice!!!
will have the car on the friday take engine out, spray the engine bay to match the car then get engine in on saturday then mess about with anything else on the sunday probabilly!
wot bout exhaust?? will it meet up with the current exhaust! got the engine with a 4-2-1 sportex manifold also
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Robin
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as far as i know, yes, the manifold will be fine with the corsa system
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