engine change

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

what sort of work is involved in changing an engine from a 1.8 RSI and sticking in a 16v engine and box.

would it go stright in Question

cheers

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

are you mad ? why would you want to stick a valver engine in the 1.8 rsi ? that car must be quite fast and most importantly much reliable than a bloody valver . my 1.8 SPI done 183k miles and its still going the balls on the other hand i have never heard many valvers with that much of milage .

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

well maybe but for some reason i still want more power, i might look into getting some new leads, plugs, and dizzy cap, that might make all the difference Smile

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

not having a go mate but ,trust me the 8v engine is a reliable one if thats what you want ,plus a valver conversion wont be easy as you will need ,valver struts ,shocks,discs etc etc . you might as well go better buy a cheap valver on ebay or something . but if you still want to go on with the conversion ,i am more than happy to buy a few bits of your MPI engine Wink

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

well what i was thinking of doing was to get hold of a head of a laguna and rebiuld it putting in new seals and re grind the valves, it might be worth doing considering its done 156k

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

that sounds like a better and cheaper idea, i was thinking of doing a SPI to MPI conversion for ages but did not bother after .

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i bet you bought that car for chips considering the milage

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

ok iv made up my mind, im keping the 8v but not sure why they would be more relyable Confused

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

cost me Â£150 inc 6 months MOT

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

cause its an 8v for a start Smile

they are less likely to be ragged by boy racers in their life times

even if something goes wrong ,you always have twice more space to work in the engine bay comparing a valver .

chepaer to insure than a valver

and as a bonus ;
they look even better than a valver once you stick valver skirts ,debadged grille,nice alloys and valver seats

Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

my RSI came with all that, i just added some nicer alloys, and its not that roomy in the bay, with the inlet and outlet on the same side you cant get to the bolts for them Confused

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i have been doing some non serious stuff in a chamade 16v for the last few weeks and its not fun comparing to my 1.8 SPI .
i.e it takes 15 mins to take the radiator bottom hose off on the valver while it takes only 2 in the SPI Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

i will post some pics up soon, i just have to find the battery charger lol, it looking nice now but its got a lot of deep scraches, im looking for a gental way of getting rid of then without flatning it down.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

what color is it ? hatch or chammy ?
are they the original skirts or 16v ones ?

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

eh? how exactly would doing that make it look better than a 16v?