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mattcape
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4th Oct 09 at 20:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Im getting a c20xe for my corsa and wondered which is the best one to go for the early or the late.?
Also what is the difference between them! is there any difference in bhp and torqe?

Cheers.. Matt
Nic Barnes
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4th Oct 09 at 20:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

in all honesty, the one with less miles is probably the right answer.

although early early non lambda sensor xe's seemed less likely to have sensor issues as they just were not that complicated
philip2
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5th Oct 09 at 11:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

early xe's were ment to have 156bhp iirc later c20xes had 147bhp, but thats due to emission controls.


i prefer the early motors from a builders side because the early cranks are stronger and lighter than later and the cambelt set-up is alot easier and use metal rollers. where as the later use plastic rollers....which can be changed for metal from likes of SBD.
johnhara1
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5th Oct 09 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Earlier have a light weight flywheel too??

c20xenova
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5th Oct 09 at 14:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

early 1s are 156 bhp coscast head
Slammed_Corsa
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5th Oct 09 at 15:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Early ones are the best to go for.

Have driven both early and late versions. The late ones just seem so slow compared to the early's.
corsa120
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5th Oct 09 at 16:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thats in ur head
Nic Barnes
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i had a later one in my old corsa. it was a cracking engine for an xe.
corsa120
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to be fair i have a later one too but seems amazing and pulls so well, if mine crap early ones must be amazing and i mean vtec baby
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all early ones werent coscast heads i dont think. i dont like the heads anyway.

wether one is faster than other can depend on how its been looked after, milage, gearbox, etc etc, not just laters better because it wil have less miles, or better because on leaner emission laws, just way engines been looked after imo.

i just prefer the belt set-up and crank found in them

 
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