well basicly i am toying with the idea of fitting a 1.6 into my car as the lack of power and torque are really starting to get annoying. but there is a slight problem my car is fitted with a carb.

so which mounts, looms and things like petol tanks would i need?

oh and anyone know any good insurance companys that will insure engine swaps?

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imo your best bet would be to buy a dog of an Si and just use everything from that

loom, ecu, engine mounts, exhaust, fuel tank the lot

hmmm thats a good idea although there isn't that many si's around here


but could xr2i things be moified to work like the looms and stuff?

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yeah your best bet would be ebay for a rotten Si!

yeah i dont see why not

cool i will pop around the garage on the industrial estate before work tomorrow and ask what they are doing with the rotten xr2i hidden in the corner of the yard

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IMHO i would save and buy an Si. after the time and money used to do this you could have brought an Si and got it the way you wanted. I wanted to turn my 1.8 Focus into a 2.0 by changing cams, ECU throttle body etc. Realised it just was not worth it.

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Check my project thread

i know it would be much easier and cheaper to buy an si buti know this may sound a little but then it would just be another car and i would probibly get somthing different anyways.

oh and i have a thing about silver fiestas lol

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If your passionate about it then go for it, might be interesting seeing some Si bumpers on yours colour coded

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Check my project thread

i have a xr kit waiting to be colour coded, picked it up at the north meet. well i am looking for arches

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trouble is finding an Si thats not got major rust issues, they seem to be getting a pretty rare sight these days

if you know your shell is solid i'd go for it

if i know my shell is solid.... hmm it's quite sound underneath just a small hole in the sill.

the fact that my engine has covered all the offside underneath with oil helps lol

oh and the arches and around the filler

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you might aswell go the whole hog and put a 2 ltr in while your at it

agreed, 2litre it, if you put a 1.6 in it then your gonna be wanting a 2litre soon after. It would be cheaper to buy an si but that would defeat the object of making the car yours so definatly go for it if you have the time and money

hmm i would 2.0 it but then i would get raped by the insurers and it would be like a 100% + power increse in one go and i have heard that 2.0s can be a little frisky at times lol.

another point is that i dont want it to be madly fast i just want it to be a nicer car to drive

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small update, i may have found the car i need. has everything apart from the interier and an engine. the seller says the cambelt snapped.

more progress, he wants a reasonable price so ill go see it then try to find a way of getting it home lol

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