advice please...

[Plunky]

i have just got a 1.2 nova, everything has been done ready for a conversion...
i am just trying to work out what engine to put in it. the biggest i can go really is a 1600 due to insurance reasons.
so my question is what would be the better 1.6 engine and gearbox to go for. bare in mind i want to throttle body it at a later date.
cheers for any help!
Liam

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

If you stick with either a 1.3 or 1.4 SR engine you won't need to change fuel tanks. Instead of throttle bodies, why not go twin 40's?

[Plunky]

would twin webbers be better than throttle bodies then? really want to go bigger than a 1.4...been then done that

[Iain]

If you stick with either a 1.3 or 1.4 SR engine you won't need to change fuel tanks. Instead of throttle bodies, why not go twin 40's?

Why do you say that? It could be a 1.2 SPI?

The Nova GTE/GSi 8v engine is an easy swap, although not sure how they are on throttlebodies. The 1.6 16v from a Corsa is more tunable from what I've heard and similar on insurance to the 8v.

[Plunky]

what would be the best gearbox for the corsa 1.6 16v engine? just the one that comes with the engine?

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

Why do you say that? It could be a 1.2 SPI?

Ooops, forgot about those.

[Iain]

Can you clarify for us if you have a carb or injection Nova Plunky?

[Plunky]

1.2 injection

[BIGS]

tbh honist depends how far you want to go on the tunning? unless you want to spend loads on the 1.6 16v, i would go with the 1.4 16v as they seem to be a better reving engine. And there is throttlebodys from a bike that has the exact spacing for it so very easy to fit. Cant think at the mo what they are but could find out from my mate if needed. Plus you can pick the tb's up on ebay for ?50!

[Plunky]

tbh honist depends how far you want to go on the tunning? unless you want to spend loads on the 1.6 16v, i would go with the 1.4 16v as they seem to be a better reving engine. And there is throttlebodys from a bike that has the exact spacing for it so very easy to fit. Cant think at the mo what they are but could find out from my mate if needed. Plus you can pick the tb's up on ebay for ?50!

would be good if you could get the details mate! cheers

i'm still undecided on going for the 1.6 or going redtop....does anyone know if the insurance just see it as an engine conversion or do they actually change the policy according to the engine size?

[mattm]

I would have thought that they go by the engine size, but i may be wrong.
They will also probably want to see an engineers report, just so they know that the car is safe etc...

I would personally go for a GTE/GSi engine with webbers and a nice cam...

[andy_srt40]

throttle bodies from a a honda cbr fireblade are the ones which are the same spacing as the vx small blocks, and the cheapest i've seen them on ebay for was ?99!!

but then you will need management, a loom and a mapping session so with the manifold its still a good ?700-1000 conversion