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trancer
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Joined: 18 Jun 2004
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:11 am

well i was going to buy a spare engine thats mint but its an old model, same engine but old carburettor version and i have the RSI MPI version so the head will not have the sensores and may be other things

what do you think

cheers Wink
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:17 am

it will do the same job.
trancer
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:06 am

yes but can i swap the manifolds over and all the sensors, i want to keep it as an MPI

cheers
schakal
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:18 am

yes thats what he meant , all you got to do is to add the inlet manifold me thinks .
also the sensors should be the same and you might as well buy and stick brand new ones in to the head while yuo are doing this
trancer
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:23 am

ok cheers peeps will do
trancer
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:27 am

correct me if im wrong but were would the feul rail sit on a 1988 engine, it carb so will there be a place for the injectors Confused

also it does not have room for a knock sensor Exclamation
trancer
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:15 pm

oh well i was out bid it seems that the guy was bidding on his own items to get more money

twat Mad
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:23 am

it does have the hole for the knock sensor and the injectors are in the manifold the engine is the same.
trancer
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 10:05 am

well iv just bought an engine on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4546464938&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

im gonna do a progress report on it.

it should be with me on monday all the way from west sussex
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