Vectra 1.8 > Corsa B ?

[Markd89]

Hi,
Im getting GIVEN a Vectra 1.8 16 v ecotec ( full car as its rotton )
How hard would this be to fit into a corsa b, what mounts would be needed
driveshafts hubs etc

All help appreciated as i have no clue
my corsa is a 1.2 8v shell pre - 97

cheers

[mowgli]

sorry, i thought this was an equation... vectra is bigger than corsa etc...

basically its the same job as xe'ing it, so conversion mounts & modified shafts

[grooge]

is it big block or small block? my mum has a vectra with a 1.8 16v smallblock (z18xe1 ?) and I've been told it would fit straight in a corsa b, same mounts etc just wiring I think? don't know how true this is. If its a big block, what mowgli said.

[Pistol Pete]

x18xe1 engines (if thats what you have?) i think are small block. I have a Vectra SXi with one of these fitted. Would be suited to a Corsa/Nova IMO.

[Sloth]

easy mark, i've done this conversion before. i shall chat to you over the weekend. :)

[Markd89]

Here is a picture of the engine, it was raining so didnt look for the engine code, can anyone advise on what mounts , shafts , hubs etc i need

sloth gimmi a text when your free and ill pop round :thumb:

Edit - The engine has done 84k, its had a 2nd hand cam cover fitted if anyone wondered


http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz101/shifty965/Engine.jpg

[peester]

it sounds like it was going to be the older big block x18xe; if the vec was too rotten..
as said, c20xe stylee..

[Markd89]

Yea i think its the X18XE, is it a costly conversion for the mounts shafts etc

[AlexW]

It is bigblock.

Same mounts, shafts etc as a 2.0 conversion.

If it was me id strip the vec, buy a bare 2.0 ecotec engine and put that in.

[Markd89]

It is bigblock.

Same mounts, shafts etc as a 2.0 conversion.

If it was me id strip the vec, buy a bare 2.0 ecotec engine and put that in.

At the moment, i really just need my car back on the road as i need it for work, later on i will be eventually putting a C20XE in so the mounts shafts etc will be needed either way