mowgli
04-08-11, 07:35 PM
right folks, we have been following colins hill climb car, and project thread...
i was messing about on the web & found the funky 1.0 8v chevy corsa brazil engine that has been turboed up with startling results in brazil..
now, i've been wondering about the cost of one of these engines including shipping, and then did some sums..
if i get a 1.2 spi block, and a 1200st crank, it works out at 993cc. the same as the brazillian engine.
getting rods to fit would be a challenge, as the 1200st uses 20mm gudgeon pins, and the spi uses 18mm ones, but a trusty engineer might be available to knock something up unless i keep the spi pistons & rods & have crazy low cr to run the turbo with..
so here are some questions:
1. is the x12xe engine likely to have a compatible head????
2. is the 1.2xe head worth even looking at?
3. is there a factory ecu on a baby xe that will accept a turbo?
4. should i just stick a decent e16se head on, like colin's.
the reason i am looking at this is that the thought of a 1.0 engine, albeit a turbo, staying in a nova would be quite novel, and i think the concept of making such a bitsa & getting it to work would be a laugh, as most of the bits are available for sweeties.
and cheap road tax will help a touch.
i will appreciate your comments as long as they are positive...
i was messing about on the web & found the funky 1.0 8v chevy corsa brazil engine that has been turboed up with startling results in brazil..
now, i've been wondering about the cost of one of these engines including shipping, and then did some sums..
if i get a 1.2 spi block, and a 1200st crank, it works out at 993cc. the same as the brazillian engine.
getting rods to fit would be a challenge, as the 1200st uses 20mm gudgeon pins, and the spi uses 18mm ones, but a trusty engineer might be available to knock something up unless i keep the spi pistons & rods & have crazy low cr to run the turbo with..
so here are some questions:
1. is the x12xe engine likely to have a compatible head????
2. is the 1.2xe head worth even looking at?
3. is there a factory ecu on a baby xe that will accept a turbo?
4. should i just stick a decent e16se head on, like colin's.
the reason i am looking at this is that the thought of a 1.0 engine, albeit a turbo, staying in a nova would be quite novel, and i think the concept of making such a bitsa & getting it to work would be a laugh, as most of the bits are available for sweeties.
and cheap road tax will help a touch.
i will appreciate your comments as long as they are positive...