robmarriotts corsa

broster · Post by **broster** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:15 pm

Been playing with his car the past few days, doing an engine conversion... anyway heres some pictures of it....

before we started...

was making 116bhp from the 1.4 16v

anyway that wasn\'t enough.... so that evening we drove to colchester to buy this...

then this happened....

see how strong i am...

ooooh errrr

new bottom end went in

on went the head with new head gasket and cam belt also new engine mounts as we removed the air con

little trick mod for the air feed

anyway today we flicked the key and broom broom it started! much to our amazement!

(pic off phone sorry about quality)

hope you enjoy the pics!

p.s. new engine is an x16xe (1.6 16v engine)

j1400 · Post by **j1400** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:57 pm

Nice bit of work there, explains the text now

Glad to see it turned out ok in the end.

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:15 pm

Jobs a goodun

broster · Post by **broster** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:39 pm

cheers to anyone who helped out with random advice

and joff.... i might pop up for the other air feed end tomorrow.... maybe

Post by **Adam-D** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:59 pm

random advice

Post by **PaulW** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:45 am

mr random was probably useless

but still im glad he got it sorted!

when is he getting it on the rollers again to see what sort of improvement he has got??

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:05 am

[quote=\"broster\"]and joff.... i might pop up for the other air feed end tomorrow.... maybe[/quote]

Took it home, emptied car... let me know in advance and I\'ll bring it back in

broster · Post by **broster** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:22 am

im trying to get him to get it rollered today if there is chance.... but hes lame

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:44 pm

Won\'t Jamie let you use their rollers by yourself yet?

robmarriott · Post by **robmarriott** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:07 pm

haha

wont be long til jamie will.........

my car is now awesome, i love it

if only i knew how fast i was going and could stop that darned ecu light coming on.....

j1400 · Post by **j1400** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:20 pm

I would suggest looking in to getting a 120deg bend to take the inlet out under the battery and behind the passanger side light, as you\'ll get a reduced inlet length and believe it or not less bends, shoudl be able to do it with one bit of silicone hose and some shinner pipe.

It\'s the inlet setup all the GRP N cars run with I\'ve been told and they run abotu 140BHP on the std inlet this way.

Enjoy Rob

broster · Post by **broster** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:49 pm

we thought about doing this.... but didnt really get a chance........

scatt16v · Post by **scatt16v** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:18 pm

So it went from the X14XE to the X16XE?

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:25 pm

Correct

chris_corsa · Post by **chris_corsa** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:01 pm

what was the output after this conversion?