2300 16v engines

[marcevo1]

Firstly - Hello!

and apologies - i dont have a viva.... i have a chevette rally car - but you guys seem very clued up and useful

new to the forum - basically looking for information on how to convert a 8v 2300 to a 16v unit for historic rallying.

anything appreciated - or is it just as easy to wait for a chevette hs engine to turn up?

out of interest what sort of reliable (usable) power can an 8v produce? - may stick with this until funds allow.

basically i was going to go 20xe engine but the 8v is easier and hopefuly can be easily changed for historic stuff later

many thanks

marc

[vitaminc74]

try retrocarclub.com . they seem to be throwing everything into vivas at the moment !! a few of the members appear on this forum aswell ; grp2 viva , being one of them , mostly appear in the modifying bit of forum, hope it helps ?

[retrocarclub]

Edit for vitaminc74 its http://www.retrocarclub.co.uk not .com

[shamm]

I have heard the DOHC slants were a relability nightmares.

A SOHC is 110 stock, tunable to much higher depending on what you spend. You can get 12-140 with mortaging the house though.