1.8 16v small block

[burgo]

did these come in mk4 astras????

that is all

[Will F]

Nope - corsas only I think....

[burgo]

:( it looked small. do you know the engine code it need to be?

[John]

yeah they did! The came in the early mk4 sports. The engine code was x18xe1, and were throttle cabled.

[burgo]

this was in a mk4 astra estate. pretty sure it was fly by wire aswell :(

[John]

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[burgo]

looked exactly like that. will have to try and clean up the engine number and double check. hope it is tho. will be a c20xe for sale if so lol

[corsa-xe1]

astra's and vectra's mate!

x18xe1 is what your after!

z18xe,x18xe is fly-by-wire!

[corsa-xe1]

also got a complete x18xe1 here mate if your looking 4 one?

[burgo]

not for as cheap as my scrappy does them :p. i assume the fly by wire one is small block aswell as ill be running it on bodies anyway

[peester]

^^ meh copy cat lol


nah - great idea i say
and yeah, astra mk4 & vectra b is best source. Z18XE (fly-by throttle) has slightly beter o.e spec than x18xe1. But a breaker wouldnt know that.

[corsa-xe1]

the z18xe have a very bad problem with there ecu's but your not going to be using it so dont worry lol

[burgo]

lmao not at all peester. just know a good thing when i see it :p.

[John]

The x18xe1's also had a problem with their ecu's too, iirc the pins would come loose. (bolted to side of inlet manifold)
I've been wanting to do one of these in a nova for a while, do it fella!

[Mike]

Luke, keep me informed on the XE that might be for sale :thumb:

[burgo]

i intend to john. small block FTW lol

mike msn?

[Mike]

mike msn?

Online already sugar plum x

[John]

What's this for, the saloon or estate?

[burgo]

thanks for your help people

for the saloon john

[Will F]

Thats me told then!lol

[craig green]

Its not hard to see why they have potential when you see the inlet ports on the head.

These engines are yet to catch on tbh.

[burgo]

i was saying that to peester at pv. these will be the next big conversion imo

[peester]

:thumb:

only trouble is at this stage only mr bowyer does the inlets for these for tb's lol. Mind you, they are on the shelf so not too much waiting around.

[tom_beverley]

These engines are yet to catch on tbh.

Exactly what I've said, and totally agree with you too Luke - I'm sure they will be the next C20XE in terms of popular conversion, only problem being the wiring but if you're going for stand alone it doesn't matter!

[burgo]

:thumb:

only trouble is at this stage only mr bowyer does the inlets for these for tb's lol. Mind you, they are on the shelf so not too much waiting around.

ill just make some. ive got a mate with a tig welder :D

[burgo]

Exactly what I've said, and totally agree with you too Luke - I'm sure they will be the next C20XE in terms of popular conversion, only problem being the wiring but if you're going for stand alone it doesn't matter!i might grab the loom and everything and have a look to see how hard it'll be

[craig green]

I have to mention it, but the Dbilas turbo conversions seem very effective on some Corsa C's. 250bhp!! Not bad.

[Dod]

I have one of those in a Vectra I have!!!! :O

[mayhem]

iirc the where in meriva's to?