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1.8 16v silver top or 2.0 16v black top?
10-09-2008, 07:08 AM
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1.8 16v silver top or 2.0 16v black top?
I am going to do a ZT for my S2 and keep debating what to do.
I have a mondeo just to smoke around in but the T&T is up December and i was thinking of ripping the engine (1.8 silver top) out and using that.
But i can get a 2.0 black top for not bad money and just can not make my mind up.
10-09-2008, 09:55 AM
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Blacktop IMO
10-09-2008, 10:12 AM
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blacktop bottom end+ silvertop waterpump+silvertop head
10-09-2008, 10:22 AM
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What's the point in using a blacktop bottom end but a silvertop head? The head is the best bit about a black top!!
10-09-2008, 10:28 AM
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What's the point in using a blacktop bottom end but a silvertop head? The head is the best bit about a black top!!
Its going in a mk4 escort the alternator , water pump setup on the silvertop is easiest to use .
10-09-2008, 01:46 PM
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no replacement for displacement lol
10-09-2008, 02:08 PM
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I didnt think the heads were interchangable between black and silver tops?
10-09-2008, 02:11 PM
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Whats so different about the black top head?
10-09-2008, 02:12 PM
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blacktop bottom end+ silvertop waterpump+silvertop head
So my 1.8 silver top with the black top head, Thought the silver top heads were better? Some one on here said they have better valve springs
10-09-2008, 02:46 PM
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The blacktop head has solid lifters and the silvertop head has hydaulic lifters.
10-09-2008, 03:01 PM
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So black top is the best one.
10-09-2008, 03:17 PM
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you might find it a pain putting the engine in, cambelt tensioner may foul the engine mount
10-09-2008, 04:45 PM
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so the silver top is easier?
10-09-2008, 04:57 PM
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the black top is the best base engine. You wouldn't have any problem with the water pump on that either.
10-09-2008, 06:59 PM
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no, the black top is the best engine, its just I came into problems with mounting it, though with a little persuasion it went in.
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10-09-2008, 07:08 AM
1.8 16v silver top or 2.0 16v black top?
