rocking horse poo

[novawez]

ive took the engine out of my 1.2 carbed nova mk1 and cant get hold of a gte engine of gsi there as rare as rocking horse s**t but i can get a 1.6sv cavalier engine for 150 how do i wire it in and wot bits do i need or is the 1.4/1.3 better:D :thumb:

[rm7745]

16sv is same bottom end as a 1600gte/gsi, but the top end is very similar to a 1400 sr, square ports etc..
i wudnt bother puttin it in, i would wait for a gsi/gte, or change the top end at a later date
lol

[Mike]

keep a look on ebay for an engine as there always on there! or try local breakers/engine recon'ners etc

[johnny27]

Possibly also come in some mk3 astra's not sure tho

[johnny27]

as said the 16sv is the same block as the E16SE think the 16sv reaches around 84 bhp. Even with a 1.4sr engine you could easily make it produce that power. The E16SE (gsi) engine although reaches a much better 100bhp, the only difference in the 2 engines is that the GSi engine is feed by MPi and has a great flowing cylinder head along with larger valves than the sr's. Even the 14se the nova sri engine is quite quick, not too far behind the 1600, and these engines are easily found in early 8v sri corsa's and also late Mk3 Astra's for sure

[Adam]

Ye, you should be able find one in a mk3 astra in a scrappy id have thought.

[novawez]

year can get mk3 astra but what i think im going to do is put the 16sv engine in and replace the head later its got to be easyier to find a gsi head so how do i wire the 1.6sv in or am i better to do what u lads said and get a 1.4 astra and how do i wire that in sorry for all the questions and cheers for your help lads

[johnny27]

also a side point is, some of the 14se astra engine's had a diz pack. I don't know if you can convert to a normal dizzy for later tunning, i.e T40s without an expensive management system. Or you could just change the cylinder head and coil and dizzy to the earlier 1.4 sri ones.

[johnny27]

sorry one thing to mention is do not pay 150 quid for that engine. They're as common as muc, i would expect to pay over here around ?50 very max.

[Stuart]

wez are you in ireland or something?

otherwise 16se's are common as muck lol

imho DONOT fit a 16sv.... might aswell fit a 1.4sr engine with a couple of tweeks and pay less road tax ;)

[novawez]

no im in leicester but the engines have all died bin burnt or being scraped rang round everywhere for one and bin to every scrapy

[Stuart]

try looking on here and ebay..... there are loads about. and to be honest its no surprise to need a freshen up on one as they are at best 13-14 years old now.....

[Mike]

I've got nova GSi brakes on my SR and there alot better than the crappy old solid disc brake setup as i went through x2 front calipers in 4monts!