1.4 16v or 8v - 56k Warning!!

[Blackman]

Hi,

For all you clio freaks that knows loads about engine sizes, heres one for you. Is this 1.4 engine 16v or 8v?

http://hpiforums.com/images/engine-1.jpg
http://hpiforums.com/images/engine-2.jpg
http://hpiforums.com/images/engine-3.jpg
http://hpiforums.com/images/engine-4.jpg

[Edited by Blackman on 7/28/2004 8:37:11 PM]

 

[Mole]

looks to me like an 8v, thats 1 small rocker cover for 16 valves

 

[Dan Page]

8v, pretty damn sure of it!

 

[McBunny]

looks like a 8v to me too

 

[Saner]

This is the 1.4 16v engibe used in the Mk2 ph1 and ph2 clios:

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1086354055__jon014.jpg

 

[Blackman]

Thanks saner, good shot. Thanks to everyone else.

I was sold this car as a Mrk 2 Phase 1 Renault Clio 1.4 16v Alize. It is registered at DVLA as a 16v when it is starting to seem like it is not.

Any insights?

 

[Russ16v]

easy way of tellin mate,look on the left hand side and see if it has 1 or 2 cam pulleys,1 is an 8v, 2 pulleys in a 16v

 

[Saner]

Quote: Originally posted by Blackman on 28 July 2004

Thanks saner, good shot. Thanks to everyone else.

I was sold this car as a Mrk 2 Phase 1 Renault Clio 1.4 16v Alize. It is registered at DVLA as a 16v when it is starting to seem like it is not.

Any insights?

Well I can understand you being sold it incorrectly, there were Alize 8v and 16v. I found that when looking for a Si, even renault dealers were advertising Ss as 16vs which there not. Why the DVLA recognis it as a 16v is odd, unless they were incorrectly informed in the first place.

The only other option is that it was a 16v, then the engine was replaced with a 8v! The engine above is a W reg 2000, and as far as im aware the 16v 1.4 was introduced in early 2000

[Edited by Saner on 28 July 2004 at 9:07pm]

 

[Blackman]

Wierd. I feel it was unfair though as I was specifically after the 16v version.

Russ16v I was told it had 1 cam from my local garage which started this whole fiasco. I told them it 16v and they said it wasnt.

The car is a V Reg so its 2000.

 

[Saner]

The V plate ran from 01/09/1999 to 29/02/2000. My car was registered on 06/03/2000 making it a W. Sure the car was first gegisterd in 2000?

 

[Russ16v]

if its only got 1 cam mate then its most likely an 8v,there were a few rover single cam 16vs made a few years back tho



id most prob say 8v tho

 

[Blackman]

Saner maybe it was registered 1999. But the fact of the matter is, DVLA say its 16v and so does the garage I bought it from, I want my 16v!!!

 

[Saner]

Quote: Originally posted by Blackman on 28 July 2004

Saner maybe it was registered 1999. But the fact of the matter is, DVLA say its 16v and so does the garage I bought it from, I want my 16v!!!

True, true! Either sell that and get yourself a 1.4 16v, (£4000 from a Dealer roughly) keeping that lurvly RamCharger, or..... ... an engine transplant

 

[Djw John]

Defo 8v same as mine, will hit the limiter at 6000rpm!

 

[kjw22]

hmmm, my engine looks like the 2nd posted but its a 1.6, dont tell me ive been had as well!

 

[Chris Green]

If you mean Saners Engine, then yes it should look the same.

The 1.4 16v and 1.6 16v are very similar.

Regards,

Chris.

 

[Djw John]

BTW what do you think of the ramcharger, any good and how much?

 

[Saner]

Quote: Originally posted by EvilJohn on 29 July 2004


BTW what do you think of the ramcharger, any good and how much?

A RamCharger from K-Tec is £116.33. It gives a slight increase in bhp and is very noisy. If you want more power I would recomend a BMC CDA closed induction kit.

 

[Djw John]

Ive got the piperx just now but it just sucks in the hot air even with cold air feeds. Ill have a look into the BMC, cheers

 

[number2301]

Get trading standards in mate!

 

[Blackman]

Quote:
Get trading standards in mate!


You reckon Ive got a case?

Quote:
BTW what do you think of the ramcharger, any good and how much?


Cant tell a huge difference in speed but it sounds fantastic. People think my car is a 1.8 or 2.0 litre.

 

[MarkRS]

Thats an 8v, me mums got a W plate 1.4 16v Alize and its got the engine posted by saner

 

[dwj100uni]

On an 8v the air filter is the same as what you have got, on the 16v its square i think mate.

Pretty sure

 

[S2 PTH]

This is what a Mk2 Ph3 looks like...

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1086296943__108_0822.jpg

 

[Saner]

Exactly the same engine as the mk2 ph1, just with a cover on it. You notice on yours the black spaces above the silver cover? If you look at mine that were it originally said Renault 16v