1200cc mk1 antibes engines????????????

[b16nov]

hi can anyone pls tell me is a mk1 nova antibes e reg engine, does this have the same bottom end as a 1200cc corsa b? mine is making a horrible wining noise? my car was stood up for 8 years before i had it and i have re mot'd and put on the road and done around 500 miles, has a horrible wining, grinding noise as if a squeeling noise from bottom pulley and does around 80-85mph flat out, does anybody know if a corsa bottom end will fit and match up to my head as i cannot find any nova's of engines in my local scrappy ecept corsa one's???
pls help me some1 unless there are any sr 1.3 or 1.4 for sale locally, cheers

[craig green]

The Corsa bottom end is different, in that the bore/stroke is entirely different.

[TeddyThom]

yup. I had a similar problem. It would be a lot easier for you to find a complete 12008v engine. I failed to do this and regretted it. There is a member who had one for sale a while ago but due to the update I can't find the thread.

[mowgli]

its probably the water pump or alternator... or even a wheel/gearbox bearing, cos if you are doing 80-85mph in it, the engine would have blown if it had a whine from the bottom end.

[b16nov]

the car was unstarted for approx 8 years, i did a basic service and it fired up first time,
i had a 1200 about 4 years ago bog standard the same as what i have now but remembered it did around 105mph flat out,
can any1 pls list any 1200 8v's and what they have done as a top speed?
thanks

[mowgli]

the 12st had 55hp new, and managed about 90 flat out
the 12spi had 45hp new & you can stall it by attaching a piece of string from the rear of the car to some rice pudding skin.

anything else is bull shyte, or involves a big hill or a badly reading speedometer.

[simonm]

Yea had a spi years ago and was so slow it was silly wouldn't even pull a skin off a rice pudding lol

[Bean,]

Might have a 1.2 out of a MK1 available soon. Should know for sure by the weekend.

[TeddyThom]

the 12st had 55hp new, and managed about 90 flat out
anything else is bull shyte, or involves a big hill or a badly reading speedometer.

I had 105ish out of my old blue(ish lol) Mk1 1200ST.
BUT I will openly admit I was headed down a huge hill. I have had 100 out of her flat though. But we all know that nova speedos aren't exactly 100% accurate lol

[craig green]

can any1 pls list any 1200 8v's and what they have done as a top speed?
thanks

Are you for real?

A Nova forum is possibly the least likely place to get true, unbiased replies.

[Andy]

100mph on Nova clocks is 91 on a sat nav
A standard Xe Nova off the limiter in 5th is around the clock reset button-probs be 145-150=137 on a sat nav.
Theyre miles out and get worse the faster you go

[mowgli]

Not in some rattly antibes with a tatered engine..........