DYL
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Im going to start building another corsa rally car in the next month or so....
I'll be buying a 1.2 8v shell....but im looking into putting a 1.6 8v engine in instead of the 1.2.
How complicated is this? and What do i need? 
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adman77
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Hey DYL. This is Chetan from Mumbai, India. I recently got 1.6 8v swap in my corsa 1.4. After the swap, got the head ported and polished and also shaved the head a bit (upped compression from 9.5:1 to 10.5:1). Plus throttlke body enlargement, lightened flywheel, 4x1 free flow exhaust and K&N open filter. Did a 17 sec 1/4 last week at a local drag strip. What do you suggest to make the car faster. Say under 16s???
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adman77
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Also, the corsa we have here is the sedan (with a boot). At least 300 kgs heavier than the hatchbacks you have there.
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DYL
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cool........dont have a clue sorry!
Back to my question!
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DYL
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swill_omnibus
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You may need to change the fuel pump if the the 1.2 is SPI and the 1.6 may well likely be MPI so i think the fuel lines and pump will need changing
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swill_omnibus
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quote:
Originally posted by adman77
Hey DYL. This is Chetan from Mumbai, India. I recently got 1.6 8v swap in my corsa 1.4. After the swap, got the head ported and polished and also shaved the head a bit (upped compression from 9.5:1 to 10.5:1). Plus throttlke body enlargement, lightened flywheel, 4x1 free flow exhaust and K&N open filter. Did a 17 sec 1/4 last week at a local drag strip. What do you suggest to make the car faster. Say under 16s???
Cam's and pullys along with a re-map may help
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stephen16vgsi(1)
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i dont this just over amonth ago.
1.2 8v.. you should start with a corsa SRi 8v.
i used a nova gsi late spec, (coil pack, no air flow meter version) c16se
anyway.. pretty much a straight forward swap..
from the corsa sri, i used the gearbox, all mounts, ecu, loom and fuel rail. Im also using the sri exhaust manifold. but you can use the nova 4 branch and this joins to the downpipe without modification.
from the nova.. i just used the motor.. and new clutch.
its just a basic motor swap.. nothin needed..
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Rybo
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if you decide to go down the 1.2 option and early 1.6 (gte and early gsi ) engine there is a plug up by the wiper motor (on the nova-i think its a 6 wire one) you would need to extend these to where the 1.2 ecu is(on this engine in a nova the ecu mounts in the engine bay...its clipped to the bulkhead in front of the battery,if you wanted a rev counter change the clocks,but you could use corsa shafts and mounts with it...exhaust would be as above or custom job,also a mpi pump would be needed...thats all i know but wouldnt be to difficult
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DYL
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the reason im using a 1.2 shell. is because most 1.2 shells are better then the sri's..(havent be ragged so much)....the shell has to be rust free.....as i dont want to build a rally car with a sh*t shell.
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