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ok i have a corsa b 1.2 8v twist and the clutch is at the end of its life.the engine was never much good wen i got the car. i did the head gasket and changed the shims and sparks and oil on the engine all my self.i never have done this before but i have some good exsperience with engines but its motorbikes i work on not cars. now for the price of a new clutch and to have it fitted i mayaswell have a new engine iv been offered a 1.4 16v sport engine with a brand new clutch in it that has been sat in a friends garage for a long time and he has offered it me for 60quid(yes thats cheaaaap! ) the engine has the gear box in it all the wiring he said it will be everything i need. im not so sure because its a 16v it is fuel injected unlike my 8v that uses a carb? will it all go straight in. does anyone know anything il need all i know the engine has is all wiring, the ecu(superchipped), the gearbox, alternator generator, the exhaust manifold,de cat pipe, i think the shafts are their too. does anyone know anything else il need? sorry about the life story their
thanks agen

you will need a 16v drivers side mount, and i think thats it...the rest will just go straight in. I'm not sure on the exhaust, whether you'll need to get a 16v cat...coz the manifold routing under the sump is different i think...but no, its pretty much str8 in!

buzzin! thanks mate thats great help. my engines bin making some right noises today so sooner its gone the better!

ru fitting it urself? if so get a project started!
be nice to see it from start to finish

Octane2097 wrote:ru fitting it urself? if so get a project started!
be nice to see it from start to finish

i dont think i could do it myself?is it a hard job?iv alredi started modding the car if i knew about this site i could have showed you before and after pictures along the way. on a 1-5 score how hard is it to swap engines over? does any1 know where i could get the 16v drivers side engine mounts needed?

is quite hard as u will need aditional tools and a crane to lift the engine out, (or the car up over the engine)
but if u have a haynes book it does tell u step by step how to remove and refit an engine

yeh im looking in the book now. does anyone know where i could get the mounts? does anybody have any idea how much a garage would charge to have this job done? may save my self some time and money better to have it done and know everythings ok an i havent made any mistakes

not sure you would have to ring about ask em how much it would be for an engine swap

ask em for a price and try the old well i had a cheaper quote from XXXX and see if they will drop their price