New to engine rebuilding

[Defendermender1995]

Hi folk recently removed my 1.4 8valve engine out of my little nova. ( nothing wrong with the engine but need advice on what to do to make it faster and look nicer )
I have a 1.4 16 valve ecotec engine loom and ecu to use in this motor. ( if I want and if it's simple to do myself )

Do you lads reckon I'm better keeping the 8 valve engine and changing a few things to make it a bit faster. Or change the engine and box to the 1.4 16 valve ecotec

[mowgli]

was the 1.4 8v engine fitted with carb, spi or mpi injection??

[Defendermender1995]

The 1.4 8 valve was fitted with a carb it run and everything however valve stem oil seals were gone

[therealnovaboy]

Its hard to say wheather its worth it or not. depends how much you like playing with spanners.

14xe is a great engine and would be faser than the 8v. however there are easier ways to tune an 8v cheeper than a 16v. plus the fact the 8v is easier to work on.

youll have to thin kabout changing a stem seal on an 8v which isnt a big job and easily a days work. or changing the engine, changing the wiring and changing the tank and pump for the 16v.

but yes a 1400 16v would be nice.

[deneil_gsi2000]

It depends how much you wanna spend. 14xe is a pretty good engine out the box, but theres just something a little bit satisfying about a screaming homebuilt 8v, might just be me lol

[Defendermender1995]

I have my 8 valve engine sitting with the head off to change the seals and I am an apprentice mechanic and am at my workshop every night so spanners are great fun. Just don't know if I should strap webbers to the 8 valve or go to hassle of changing wiring etc. Can I put different Internals in the 8 valve to make it shift