Hugely underrated - very strong and once you whip off the injection etc, there is hardly aqnything in it tbh...
Have a look on the SBD site....
Printable View
Hugely underrated - very strong and once you whip off the injection etc, there is hardly aqnything in it tbh...
Have a look on the SBD site....
its really like a c16xe and x16xe debate lol
for everday got for ecotech for powah and easy tuning go for a C20XE. why people still calling it R3Dt0P wickedy bo!
yes am happy :thumb: lolQuote:
Originally Posted by craig green
ecotec engines are ok just in shadow of the old faithful really
Ive had my mk4 6month and it aint gone wrong once. Ok the HG went just after i bought it, but meh, that can happen on any motor.
It seems to55 compared to my xe, but i just put that down to the weight difference of the cars. ECO just feels lathergic and flat compared to my xe.
I guess the extra like 500kg of the car has a big effect though.... lol
Reliability tho, spot on... And probably feel quite nippy compared to a SP AYE!!!!!
There was a big issue with them going through cambelts and bending valves etc as a result. I think this always created a cloud over them.
This was due to the original tensioners being poor and the design changed from nylon to metal iirc.
There are lots about with history/low mileage at very reasonable prices and I would have one any day.
The XE head is superior due to the valve angle IMO. You can see the width of the head is slimmer on the eco.
edit, do all n/a eco have blancer shaft assemblies like the Zlet does?
Agree with what's been said. The Ecotec is slagged off too often with people who haven't even used them just jumping on the bandwagon.
My bro uses a Ecotec SRi Cav, it shifts. Good power all the way through the rev range, feels very quick in the Cav.
Yes we've had a sensor fault on it but most of the time it's the actual wiring to the sensor that's naffed. If I were to get an Ecotec, I'd change/clean the ICV and make sure the camshaft sensor wiring mod has been done. This'll almost guarantee that it'll work fine for a good few years as these are the main culprits (ICV for cutting out at idle and cam sensor and wiring for the EM light).
It very much is in the shadow of the XE but the Eco was designed with new stricter euro emissions. Remove those restrictions like manifold and inlet and it should see better performance. Plus you do see a lot of mod bits for them.
As they are younger engines and less prone to being put in smaller Vaux's, you'll have a better choice of finding a solid one that hasn't been thrashed and probably cheaper than an XE.
Put it this way, if I had a spare Ecotec sitting there, I'd happily stick it in the Nova.
Have had three X20XEV's and the HG has gone on all of them soon after I've had them. They are VERY sensitive to the antifreeze percentage in the coolant and can be tempramental. Have to say I'm not a fan.
Never heard about HG issues. The main problems your hear is the ICV and camshaft and/or crank sensor fault.
My uncle had the Cav before we got it and he had it for absolute years. He drives it how it should be driven and he only ever had the usual camshaft sensor issues with it.