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I suffer from this as well. It's just a shame that whilst you pick up an interest in tuning cars, I manage to develop an interest in trim levels
1.8 k series engine dimensions
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I suffer from this as well. It's just a shame that whilst you pick up an interest in tuning cars, I manage to develop an interest in trim levels
[TW]Fox;12350901 said:I suffer from this as well. It's just a shame that whilst you pick up an interest in tuning cars, I manage to develop an interest in trim levels
At this point I would like to blame my parents. Specifically my dad.
I grew up around cars (specifically rally and sprint/hillclimb cars) to the extent where by the age of ten I could probably tell you just what a top-flight mk2 Escort needed done to it.
Hell, whenever it was too miserable outside to do the whole 'being a kid' thing, I would pore over my dad's old issues of CCC, SM et cetera. We're talking a five year old kid here (reading age of 14 when I was 5. Precocious? Moi?)!
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cheers wicksta. if you could measure the engine height from sump to cam cover, and also the width - and also depth including an inlet manifold.
rough measurement would be fine - i'm just trying to work out if its viable to use this engine or not.
penski - any measurements on the 1.6 zetec se, and approx second hand costs?
rough measurement would be fine - i'm just trying to work out if its viable to use this engine or not.
penski - any measurements on the 1.6 zetec se, and approx second hand costs?
A K series that has had the gasket repaired in the last 2 years (I think the updated parts came out just after rover went under) will probably last the lifetime of the engine, as long as all the replacement parts were fitted.
However, a car bought when Rover was actually making them could have had the head gasket replaced 'properly' as many times as you like, didn't stop the gaskets being crap.
i don't know, are they compact engines with decent power outputs? Like i said at the top - i'm not too fussed what the engine is, so long as it physically fits. I wonder if i popped down to my dads and nicked the 1.8 engine off his new harley.. that'd fit 
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How about the 1.6 BBR turbo engine from an MX5 - that would be mental at 150bhp in a tiny little car, though these are a touch sensitive I must say. At the last track day we did, the BBR was the only car to have mechanical issues. That said, the standard 1.6i looks TINY in the bay and whoops out 115 bhp (no cat) and is very light as well. Plenty about I'm sure.
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Probably for the BBR, though the 1.6i should be cheap enough, a 1.8VVTi from the Mk2.5 went through the bay for £100 a fortnight back.
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Possibly, hadn't considered that. Hmm, just trying to consider small, light engines!!
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Solved. Remove front seats, move dash back, sit in back seats! WIN!
i don't know, are they compact engines with decent power outputs? Like i said at the top - i'm not too fussed what the engine is, so long as it physically fits. I wonder if i popped down to my dads and nicked the 1.8 engine off his new harley.. that'd fit
A 1.6 B16 vtec engine will make 180hp quite easily. Bomb proof engine and a 8,000 rpm+ redline.
No idea. My brother ended up just buying a crashed CRX VTEC to put the engine in his Rover coupe, kept the engine and sold the rest.
This was probably 4-5 years ago now I guess!
Good luck finding a BBR engine that isn't attached to an MX5, they're fairly rare, and tearing one out of the MX5 would be sacriledge anyway
Oh, and the 115bhp early 1.6s do have cats, the engines were just modified and detuned when they released the 1.8 in 1994.
