Hi All, My '83 gearbox expired recently,so have decided to change engine and box.Have bought a '92 8v from a cabrio sportline with v low milage.Is the '83 engine the same power output as the '92 in standard form?I am about to buy a manifold,which gives best performance Supersprint TSR 's own.Thanks
yeah same engine. 112bhp noooooooo, someones broke a sportline!! [:^(] get a magnex stainless manifold if you can (TSR's are quite pricey if I recall) you might want to get a 2.0 bottom end while the engines out lol
i once put an engine from a 92 sportline into a mk1 i had that the engine blew on. my mate had put a 16v in his sportline and the engine he took out had 50k on it. it was probably the fastest car ive had. dunno why but it absolutely flew. got 130 bhp on the rollers at tsr. all standard.
Great hope mines the same,only has 60k on it.Thanks for the info.The car it came from should never have been broken.Only needed a front panel,lights etc.Would have bought it but to many bits gone already.Not to mention the wife having my bits if I bought another one. Would love to put a 2.0l in,maybe next time round.
The problem is the sportline will probably be a digifant engine rather than K-Jet, not a huge problem but you'll need to think about how you're going to get it all together. Also the digifant cabbys had an extra lift pump in the fuel tank I believe?
Have the full injection system,airbox etc with the new engine,looks the same as the '83 engine.How do I tell if it is Digifant?Would I be better retaining my own injection system to simplify things? Cheers
