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Update on engine plan... Z18XE or C16XE/X16XE is winning the stakes! For now I will nos the C16SE, well it'll be rude not to! | 
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09-11-2006, 22:40
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09-11-2006, 22:42
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| 18... havent seen one in a nova yet..
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09-11-2006, 22:43
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09-11-2006, 22:45
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| sweet,cant find much of it on tv... | |
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09-11-2006, 22:46
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| men and motors have it occasionally, and its in world motorsprt and maxpower on skysports, season finishes this weekend though | |
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09-11-2006, 22:46
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|  i got my eyes on a Z18... what else had them? modern vectras? astras?? as corsa 'sri' carries a premium! | |
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09-11-2006, 22:47
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09-11-2006, 22:50
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| How bout Vectra B 1.8 SRI 130... z18xe anyone? | |
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09-11-2006, 22:54
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| not 100% on the differences tbh, but i think any 18 will do considering what you'll do to it eventually(tbs etc etc) | |
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09-11-2006, 22:56
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| vecs big block im pretty sure
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09-11-2006, 22:57
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| I will have to more than likely TB it as there fly-by-wire? | |
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09-11-2006, 22:57
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Originally Posted by alistairolsen  vecs big block im pretty sure | ah, well obviously that matters, whoops | |
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09-11-2006, 22:58
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Originally Posted by spanishfly I will have to more than likely TB it as there fly-by-wire? | fly by wire is well doable, but you have to run the whole loom from the donor, tbs rock anyways! | |
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10-11-2006, 07:05
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Originally Posted by lee303 fly by wire is well doable, but you have to run the whole loom from the donor, tbs rock anyways! | plan will be tbs anyhow! They sound all grizzly and mean business | |
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10-11-2006, 10:22
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| is there any point running an 18? I mean it's the same size and I'm guessing the same weight as a 20 but the 20 would have more power.
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10-11-2006, 12:56
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Originally Posted by Beenie is there any point running an 18? I mean it's the same size and I'm guessing the same weight as a 20 but the 20 would have more power. | no the Z18XE small block is the same size as the 14/16xe | |
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10-11-2006, 13:08
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| o rly?
i never knew that, i always thought from 18 upwards was a big block
go! 18! go! | |
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10-11-2006, 14:22
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Originally Posted by spanishfly no the Z18XE small block is the same size as the 14/16xe | whats the specs on those? bore/stroke gen please 
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10-11-2006, 16:07
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| slightly bigger bore than the 16 and more stroke, makes a lovely engine from what i'm being told, revvy like the 16 but more torque | |
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10-11-2006, 17:03
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| Longer stroke and revvy? 
If I had an engine with a long stroke I'd concentrate on making it give as much torque as possible, instead of aiming for maximum revs.
That's short stroke/big bore territory.
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10-11-2006, 17:05
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| yes, but thats the thing with this 18, apparently its still very revvy, its not a huge increase in stroke over the 1600 if you think about it | |
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10-11-2006, 17:43
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| The corsa c uses a small block 18?? | |
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10-11-2006, 17:50
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| all depends on the standard of the OE crank / rods and what not as well.
For instance Vauxhall straight 6 12v has bonkers 95mm bore and 69.8mm stroke. But it hates revving over 6500rpm because its all nastily cast bottom end cant handle it, and its not what the breathing has been set up to do either.
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10-11-2006, 18:27
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