Jakey
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Right.. Im Gonna Sound Like A Right Twat Here.. But Oh Well..
Just Bought A 1.4SRI.. Now I Thought The ECOTEC Sri's Were 16 Valve
But All The Info I See It Says 8v?
Somebody Please Clear This Up For Me..
Heres A Pic To Help..
Many Thanks, Jake
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xtremewheels
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Thats no 8v! it's about 3 times bigger than mine 
There wearn't many SRI 16v's made mostly 16v sport
might be why info is hard to find.
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craig_s
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yeh its an sri 1.4 16 valve
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alan t
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its a 16v mate. im sure some of the early sri's were 8v
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Ben D
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Ues as Xtremewheels said it's a 16v, they only used the 1.4 16v in the Sri for one year Hence why it's a little rare , the exact same Engine is used in the 1.4 Sport
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Jakey
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Cheers Guys 
Another Question Whilst Your There..
Best Thing To Use To Clean The Engine?
Like The Manifold And That?
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xtremewheels
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Wire brushes to clean all the crap off it
can either paint it up with heat paint stuff...
wire brushes sand it all back down, removes the rust etc
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Jakey
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben D
Ues as Xtremewheels said it's a 16v, they only used the 1.4 16v in the Sri for one year Hence why it's a little rare , the exact same Engine is used in the 1.4 Sport
mint so mines 16v Sport spec instead of the normal SRI spec?
I.E 88bhp in stead of 80bhp..
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xtremewheels
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Yes it's the 1.4 16v, same engine as the sport.
Easily modded for more power and cheap to do as well
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Jakey
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what kind of things can i do to gain more power?
prefferably on the cheap? lol
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craig_s
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anything thats worth while doing wont really be cheap for that engine.inlet is the main problem with them
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Jakey
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got anything particular in mind?
like from experience?
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xtremewheels
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quote:
Originally posted by sri power
anything thats worth while doing wont really be cheap for that engine.inlet is the main problem with them
Well, you can still do simple things like, cam/4-2-1 etc etc.
With my 1.4 8v its 100% pointless touching it, you can still get a 1.4 16v up and over 100bhp.
Which isn't bad.
I would recommend talking to Dave A from Vsport, he will give you some advice on what to do with a 1.4 16v and the power you'd be looking at after. 
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Jakey
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quote:
Originally posted by xtremewheels
quote:
Originally posted by sri power
anything thats worth while doing wont really be cheap for that engine.inlet is the main problem with them
Well, you can still do simple things like, cam/4-2-1 etc etc.
With my 1.4 8v its 100% pointless touching it, you can still get a 1.4 16v up and over 100bhp.
Which isn't bad.
I would recommend talking to Dave A from Vsport, he will give you some advice on what to do with a 1.4 16v and the power you'd be looking at after.
could you give me an idea of like what cams and where to get this stuff?
and where i can get intouch with Dave? lol
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craig_s
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Well, you can still do simple things like, cam/4-2-1 etc etc.
With my 1.4 8v its 100% pointless touching it, you can still get a 1.4 16v up and over 100bhp.
 why is it pointless a cam and a vernier for an 8 valve is half the price of a 16v.exhausts are much cheaper and you can get just as much power and probably more torque.i personally have never had a small block 16v but i know the best mod for them is an inlet manifold.mantzel or similar go for around £200 second hand i think
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xtremewheels
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Vsport can get the cams etc + prices.
Dave A can be contacted on here or by phone 0191 5365900
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xtremewheels
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quote:
Originally posted by sri power
Well, you can still do simple things like, cam/4-2-1 etc etc.
With my 1.4 8v its 100% pointless touching it, you can still get a 1.4 16v up and over 100bhp.
why is it pointless a cam and a vernier for an 8 valve is half the price of a 16v.exhausts are much cheaper and you can get just as much power and probably more torque.i personally have never had a small block 16v but i know the best mod for them is an inlet manifold.mantzel or similar go for around £200 second hand i think
Power gains, i could spend around £800 and gain 10-15bhp if that. 
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craig_s
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i could get more power than that from that engine on that budget
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andyc1234
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get inlet and decent exhaust system they fly f13 box is poo for the motorway tho shame mine had to die
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