Recent content by CMF_spagatoni

I had quite a scare with insurance. Told my current(at the time) ins co. and they just cancelled me! I went to loads of co.'s and even a jap, modded car ins co. wouldn't insure me. Eventually, a little panic and some time later i got insured. Thought it would be loads but: Esure were...

I've just done the 1.0 - 1.3 engine transplant, and i'd have to say - along with most people here, that it has to be the best way of increasing bhp for the money. It cost me £300 for the engine and £250 for fitting. I added a light flywheel (£200) and a janspeed manifold (£200) at the...

Thats great news then. Cheers! Hope this help anyone else who's thinkin of doing the same with their post 98 micras.

I can only assume so cos all i supplied to the garage was the engine block. everything else is from the 1.0 and it all seems to be running well at the mo (fingers crossed).

yeah, the box is post 98. The clutch though, is a brand new standard 1.3. Don't know if its the light flywheel, but it now feels like i need a 6th gear! My mechanical minded friends started talking about 'splitting the box'. The idea is to salvage a couple of the higher ratio gear cogs from a...

Oh yeah, i still have the 1.0 gearbox and it is well zippy! Top end is only about 10mph faster but i get there alot quicker!

I've just had the transplant done and i'm running it with the 1.0 ecu and everything seems fine at the mo.

I'll be keeping the 1.0 ecu when i do my transplant, for now, cos of the nats issue. When you say the mapping will be bad, do you mean that the engine will just run under potential, or will i encounter lots of frustrating problems?

Well, i'm in the middle of spending a few quid at the mo, if you look at the Golf v Micra post you'll know. I've learned so much from this forum - in fact, i wouldn't have thought of modding my car if i hadn't found this place! This is my Micra story so far..... Bought a brand new 1.0 Micra...

I was starting to feel some pre-race smugness untill the last few posts, now i'm getting a little nervous! This could be happening sooner than i suggested as well. I didn't realise how quick the parts i ordered would take to arrive. The manifold came last week, and the flywheel today...

I'm about to do a 1.0 - 1.3 swap. While searching for engines, the annoying NATS issue keeps popping up, untill today. Just spoke to the scrappy guy, who said all i have to do to overcome the 1.3 ecu/nats prob is take the chip out of the doner car key and stick it in my key. That way i can...

I seeee. Thanks people. If this works, and i flippin well hope it does, i will be v gratefull to you all. And, of course, i'll let you know how it goes! If i lose, you'll probably next see me asking lots of questions about turbos!

From what i understand of the flywheel, i should get quicker response but a reduction in torque. The Golf's torque seems to be quite an issue. So, the flywheel is definately going in at some point, but with a 95-100ish BHp Micra (with or w/out Fwheel) against a heavier 90BHp Golf, could the...

Well, the money is in the bank, the mechanic is standing by, flywheel, clutch and manifold are about to be ordered and i'm going to look at 25000mile engine tommorrow. As for the air intake, i was gonna just throw a K&N panel in the box -(or a nismo one i've seen) but maybe i should put more...

I think his is 2000/01, he told me it is 90bhp so i hope he's right. He really doesn't believe the micra can win - and neither do alot of the other guys. The look on his face should be so good i'll have to post it here! Reckon i'll get the car sorted by the new year. Just one more thing...