Beaver Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 honestly man, it will cost more to get a 1300 putting put the same power as a 1600, than it will to buy a 1600 and stick it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweedazz101 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 honestly man, it will cost more to get a 1300 putting put the same power as a 1600, than it will to buy a 1600 and stick it in. I like a challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 just going to resonate above comments . by all means stick with the 1300 but ffs dont pour too much money into it i owned mk2 4door with 1300 in it which i hooned around in, brought a 1600 and rebuilt it . omfg that 300ccs made a huge difference. in short do what you want to mate its your car . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phr34kr Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Go for the 1600 man. If you need an engine crane to use just give Zac a yell/ message me here would be more than happy to give you a hand with the swap if you do decide to go that way. Trying to make power out of the 1300 is a lost cause you will end up spending a lot of money for in the end a very average engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967anglia Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 If the motor is still ok and you use it as a daily driver, I would put a mild cam(gt30 or 234), $135 for a regrind, 28/32weber plus manifold mayber $150+ and set of extractors $50, bit of an exhaust upgrade $???. Would make it more fun to drive and not break the bank. specialy if you can put it all on and in yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Remember a cam change in a xflow is more or less an engine swap anyway, chances are it will be easier to do a 1600 swap(and not having to open up the engine) than to pull apart an old 1300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967anglia Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Remember a cam change in a xflow is more or less an engine swap anyway, chances are it will be easier to do a 1600 swap(and not having to open up the engine) than to pull apart an old 1300 But sounds like wants to stick with orignal engine. Cam swap not that big of a job on these engines, plus you need cert for 1600, not sure if they still do low volume cert. Normal cert would take more work than a cam swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheCreator Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 what? a pinto would be a harder conversion (but not by much) and a pinto would be easier to get a hold of there doesnt seem to be any 1600xflows on tardme at the mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 pinto is a lot more work that a 1600 (to swap). 1600 is literally bolt in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowssj Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 save yourself the coin. get a 1600 an put it on an engine stand an slowly do that up.Chances are you'll spend stupid amounts on this 1300 realise what a mistake it was an end up buying a 1600 anyway.plus if you get a 1600 you don't have to cert it because they are all but identical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweedazz101 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 save yourself the coin. get a 1600 an put it on an engine stand an slowly do that up.Chances are you'll spend stupid amounts on this 1300 realise what a mistake it was an end up buying a 1600 anyway.plus if you get a 1600 you don't have to cert it because they are all but identical Thats what I was thinking yeah, since I can't find a 1600 anywhere im just gonna do this one up slowly for now and keep my eye out for a 1600 and then do that up. Go for the 1600 man. If you need an engine crane to use just give Zac a yell/ message me here would be more than happy to give you a hand with the swap if you do decide to go that way. Trying to make power out of the 1300 is a lost cause you will end up spending a lot of money for in the end a very average engine. Cheers man, will do. Just gotta find me a 1600 somewhere :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton f Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 a 1.6 engine would be all good to since there the same looking blocks the guys that look at it for wof wont no the difference especaily if they work at tvnz. not alot of work you can do to a pushrod engine tho, just to get the 1.3 pumping a bit more just a nice cam that will rev it up quickly like a high torque cam with harder valve springs if you can get them. open the ports up on the head and oversize the valves. but then it depends how much money and how far you wana go with it. i had the same prob with my escort project and now iv just got a 1.6 crossflow and realy worked the shit outa it cant wait to drive it. if you looking for just something to give it a bit more power id just do the cam and maybe put a webber carb on it with some extractors and free flow exhaust cobys make it sound quite nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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