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Ash
02-01-07, 12:54 PM
a small block 1.8 16v

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/mk4-astra-g-1-8-SRI-engine-box-corsa-nova-convertion_W0QQitemZ270074471354QQihZ017QQcategory Z10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and only ?300, but i'd need management/trottle bottles:roll:

Anyone else ever done this? (is that a silly question?)

Ash
SRlew
02-01-07, 12:59 PM
i dont think iv seen a 1.8 16v in a nova. would of thought its been done though
loggyboy
02-01-07, 01:17 PM
I dont see the point, fFor a start they are only 123bhp, the mutiplex wiring which means getting it wired in would be an **** and a half. So by the time youve spent money on management you might as well go for a 1.6 16v, do the same mods and get a similar result, at least the 1.6s are more catered for when it comes to buying bits.
Ash
02-01-07, 01:19 PM
i dont think iv seen a 1.8 16v in a nova. would of thought its been done though

yea, but this is a smallblock, not the big block like the astra GSi 1.8 and vectra b. there normally silly money because there also the corsa SRi engine.

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Stuart
02-01-07, 01:37 PM
indeed, the 1.8 16V is not very well catered for in the terms of proper mods (pistons etc) as they use a very thin piston and some odd crank/rod arrangement so wont make as good an engine to mod as the 1.6 version.

all in a ncie idea but not the best way to get results....
BIGS
02-01-07, 02:21 PM
dont bother with it mate. i know someone who had a 1.8 in his nova. And it was not that fast. I would what has been said a few times and go with the 1.6 16v. Better engine alround