Are early XE rods forged?

[PhilM]

as above

[DarrenH]

no

[Tathan]

concise

[PhilM]

Originally posted by 0ddball
no

the early engines also hold a whole host of motorsport derived goodies, heres a little list off the top of my head

coscast head (dense pressure cast alloy)
13mm valve guides (nice thick walls, GM heads 11mm)
bigger valve seats (handy if you want oversized valves in future or recut the seat)
forged pistons (late engines were cast)
forged con rods
light weight crank (late ones couple more KG)
lighter 7.2kg flywheel
wider high grade big end and main bearings
nitrided cams
sodium filled exhaust valves
shorter ratio first gear

remember saying this? XE questions... have now revisited scrappy

[DarrenH]

yup why ?

[Tathan]

how early is early? will my 89 cav have these aforementioned goodies?

[jjcymru]

they brought out the mk2 astra gte 16v back in 1987 which an E plate i think.