Thank you very much sir
Thank you very much sir
Does anyone have a pic of the drivers side mount with the aircon and pas removed?
Its just a standard Nova mount mate, Or is it the alt belt your wanting to see?
Ya the alt belt is what I need to seeOriginally Posted by AlexW
You need a lower alternator bracket from a Corsa SRi 16v without pas/aircon.
That or make up a top alternator bracket so you can push the alt back like Novas have as standard.
I've got a mk2 1.2 carb model and I wanted to put a 2.0 in it but I think it's gonna be too much money and require more skill and patience than I've got. So i'm now considering a smallblock conversion, what engine would be best that would be as close to a straight swap as possible? when I say straight swap i mean literally just fitting the engine straight in without changing all the other bits. I would have thought only a 1.4
if you have a 1.2, then you need an engine & gearbox change if you are fitting something decent...the 1.4 & 1.6 mpi (and 16v) need the bigger f13 type of box. if you stick in a 1.4 spi, it would be the easiest swap.
ok thanks, is it really worth doing do you think? obv its not gonna be really quick but would it be quick enough to warrant doing it?
you bearing in mind fuel tanks and lines will be needed to when going carb - to - mpi..?
"let me drive.. i won't make a fool out of you"
Wiring's the same as usual, thick red>battery,
black>black - ign live,
thick red/blue>fuel pump,
green>green - rev counter,
brown/blue>brown/blue - ECU light,
blue>blue - water temp gauge.
You'll also need the key and transponder from the Astra for the immobiliser part. There are 5 wires to join here.
Red>red - 12v,
black>black - ign live,
brown/blue>brown/blue - ECU light,
blue/red nearest the red wire in the plug goes to blue/red in small plug on ECU loom,
the other blue/red gets connected to the blue/red off the speed sender on the gearbox.
Use a GSi spec rad, Corsa/Tigra top hose, shorten the Astra heater matrix hoses to fit, use an MPi fuel pump (injection tank and lines if the car was originally a carb). Get the downpipes off a C16XE if you can. These will meet up with the Nova GTE/GSi system, you just have to cut/reposition and weld the flange on so it matches up properly. The X14/16 downpipe is a few inches short of the Nova system so will need extending.
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