1.6 16v

[ashjones]

whats the difference in the 1.6 16v with the cast inlet and the 4 seperate inlets if anyone knows what im on about lol thanks.

[Adam]

WHAT

lol


Pic?


You mean difference between metal upper inlet and plastic?

[wilson_sri]

The flux capacitor?

[peester]

think he means some have plastic inlet manifold, some have metal..??

[walshc]

C16XE and X16XE, or so im lead to beleive.....
Put it this way, mine has plastic inlet (C16) and a tigra at the scrapy had cast, that was X
But im still a noob, sure someone will correct this :thumb:

[large_steve182]

The flux capacitor?


haha no way will a 1.6 nova get up to 88

[ashjones]

no i mean, a tigra engine has four seperate metal bits on top of engine where as a astra has like a cast one where there all joined and has a big bit doin nothin to the left just wondering are they same bhp and any other differences sorry about the vague description 1st time round

[Adam*D]

You on about the inlet manifold I think matey

[Adam*D]

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3623/dscf2747cq8.jpg

[Adam]

no i mean, a tigra engine has four seperate metal bits on top of engine where as a astra has like a cast one where there all joined and has a big bit doin nothin to the left just wondering are they same bhp and any other differences sorry about the vague description 1st time round
Ahh, think i get what you mean.
Your referring to the later mk4 astra 1.6 16v's, which have a central top mounted tb directly on the lower inlet

[ck]

the engine you are refering to is the astra and vectra's x16xel. this is the low power vesion which has a more restricive inlet manifold and only produces 100bhp as opposed to the x16xe's 106bhp and the c16xe's 109bhp. the x16xel is suposed to produce a little bit more torque than the previous engines.

[ck]

this one

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/ckallis500/31b4_1.jpg

[ashjones]

yeah ive got a tigra with that piece of crap above lol. whats the reason for the restricted inlet. what can do to get the 6 bhp back, change to tigra manifold?

aslo whats the thing that mounts on the exhuast manifold that goes to the plastic box in front of battery cheers ash

[craig green]

Secondary air intake... Its like a fan which blows more air into the inlet upon startup or something gay like that.

C16XE FTW!

[Adam]

The reason for the inlet is to improve emissions and torque.

SAI takes about 30seconds to remove so thats no biggy.

[gorilla1q]

Ash you can have my inlet manifold etc from the c16xe if you come and help tomorrow (sat) you donkey