Fitting a VVC engine into a STD 1.8

[Dominic]

Thats still fitted like that in your car isn't it?

You've seen it then?!

[Rich H]

Yes, along with the "ACME lightwight high capacity oil catch tank"* which I suspect is still fitted...











*A coke can with the cam cover breather pipe stuck in it!

[Dominic]

Yes, along with the "ACME lightwight high capacity oil catch tank"* which I suspect is still fitted

*A coke can with the cam cover breather pipe stuck in it!

Sounds more like 'scrap heap challenge' than Shug's beautifully prepared and maintained Lotus classic

[BiggestNizzy]

I was thinking it would be an "easy option" in truth its my head that is jiggered HGF and I was thinking new engine would be easier than popping the head off, Electrics are not my thing I'm colourblind for starters

[Rich H]

Head swap is not that much work. Less than a loom change!

What went on the HG? How bad is the head and how gloopy is the oil? Remember that every rover in the world since about 1990 has the same head fitted to it, and rotten rovers are pretty common too!

The head on mine was £30 delivered from e-bay off a 1.4 metro

Save your cash and spunk it on headwork or cams or both! DVA does a package with maxed headwork but on std cams ripe for future upgrades (kit 13a if memory serves)

[BiggestNizzy]

The oil is gloppy, the water tank has erm melted! and its started to rattle (more than usual) I did have a 1.4 metro head but I gave it to a young lady to get into her good books (didn't work !) but it was from an SPi Gti which has a small port casting

[Rich H]

That is the only variation as far as I'm aware high port vs low port. Work out how to spot the difference and get bidding on e-bay!

[BiggestNizzy]

Its in the cast numbers I'm sure I have a list somewhere.... I am only worried about the head being soft your average Ebayer can't do a hardness check, I will have to Phone DVA methinks

[robin]

I have a perfectly good 135R head here - would add a nice bit of go to the car with no traumas. *BUT* if it's knocking then perhaps you need to consider a new bottom end and/or pistons too ...

Cheers,
Robin

[Stephen]

what cars were the earlier vvc engines fitted to?

[robin]

EU2 MGF VVC and Elise S1 111S as well as no doubt some rover 200 variants.

EU3 fitted to S2 111S, MGF TF160?

Cheers,
Robin

[campbell]

Nizzy,

You need to listen to Robin, he knows his stuff. A 135 head will be much more painless, he helped me [ie did most of the difficult stuff!] change my head to something "similar" to a 135, so I know what's involved and that's a lot less than the EU3 engine change into an S1. I love my Sabrespec.

VVC? Pah...

Campbell
(totally non-technical in every way)

[pete]

There are a few in Kilmarnock
The Flip paint Job belongs to Albi (methinks)

Is that Yahoo? which i see around every now and again. I don't know who it is but that is his second, he used to have an S1.

there is a black S2

and a red S2 with white stripe at the top of the town.(same street)

Not seen that.

A silver S1 in stewarton as well as a red exige (S2)

ExigeKen owns half of those.

Mine in Azure Blue (only thing of note is my electic boot switch (own design) and a Yellow S2 met the bloke is Asda Carpark he was on way to Cinema

There's also a sky blue S2 round the corner from me that belongs to a guy I work with and one of his pals was around last week in another flip paint job S2. Essentially they are now common as muck, I can remember small boys falling off bikes when we drove past in our first one 7 or so years ago...