differences between early and late 16i's?
 

Can anyone tell me what changes were made to the post May 83 cars, as I have just bought an early car but can't remember how my previous later car differed from this one. (probably because I had my previous i in about 1988!!!)

Cheers

Interior trim and strut top mounts were different.

Yep the strut tops where changed from 'two bolt' type to the single bolt sierra type strut top, also the early ones had a 40 litre petrol tank with the fuel pump between the rear trailing arms, the later ones had a 48 litre petrol tank and the fuel pump was located under the boot floor.

Apart from a change of gearknob the interior stayed the same throughout as far as i know mate :top:

CheeRS

Gray

cheers guys

what was exactly different about the interior trim?

Apart from a change of gearknob the interior stayed the same throughout as far as i know mate

Cloth was slightly different on the seats. There were also structural changes relating to the rear suspension mounts to take out some of the camber.

there is an old edition of rallye news which lists all the changes and codes with dates i will try and find it