its a new adventure :)

[mowgli]

woop back together

well, thats a first

[General Baxter]

not well tho ,

i need a small jubilie clip for the rad, but i cant go and fetch one

[Adam]

Id seriously fit a V6 TBH! Few tweaks and its an easy 180+bhp for about £200.

You would have to be weary if fitting a xe on carbs, im pretty sure 1995-1996 on the rules changed again, emissions wise.

[General Baxter]

im liking my 40mpg at the moment

[mowgli]

i still reckon the 2.2 ecotec & a wr box.. they are the forgotten gm engine, and should fit the engine bay fairly well, with a reasonably stock look.

[AlexW]

2.2 engines are ****.

As I already said to nick, He could of done this without removing half of that, Just remove the engine mount and maybe the AC pump which isnt that hard. I done this exact same thing on my car and had it done within a day :/

Edit: Engine wise, 1.8 out of the question? Good gain over a 1600 but maybe a bit too much work for you and your bodge-ness. If keeping the 1600, powerbox, cams, headwork, 4-2-1 manifold, decent system, ARP's, raised rev limit, Should be good for 140, maybe more.

[mowgli]

2.2 engines are ****.

go on. explain. as in the vx220, they did pretty well...

they are what is considered to be a torque engine, not a rev engine, so by design, they have lazy power & decent low rev fuel economy and they are cheap as a cheap thing....

[General Baxter]

As I already said to nick, He could of done this without removing half of that, Just remove the engine mount and maybe the AC pump which isnt that hard. I done this exact same thing on my car and had it done within a day :/

well i done it in 6 hours and removed all of that and put it back together

[mowgli]

so where did the rogue jubilee clip go??

[General Baxter]

it was a ****ty orginal one, never been off job,
mike 2.2 engines are ****, the omega had one