what size is my engine and how do i tell?

teya_69bug Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 14 Oct 2007, 9:28 pm

#616491

hey i need to know what size my engine is 1500 or 1600.. the car says its a 1500 but im not sure if its been changed.. can anyone tell by the engine number??
the number is F1099254
any help would be good thanks

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 14 Oct 2007, 9:32 pm

#616493

the engine number will tell you what it started off as but it could of been rebuilt since then with bigger pistons

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teya_69bug Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 14 Oct 2007, 9:36 pm

#616495

oh ok would that make any diff to getting a cluch kit?
im going to get one tomorrow and the old man said i needed to know what the engine size is

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pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 14 Oct 2007, 10:01 pm

#616503

its either a 1300 or 1600 with the f prefix😵‍💫

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teya_69bug Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 14 Oct 2007, 10:03 pm

#616504

oh so its not the 1500 like the badge says then.. is there aby way i can tell if it is the 1300 or 1600?

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pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 14 Oct 2007, 10:08 pm

#616505

you have to measure the bores of the barrels, and to do that its a motor out and heads off job

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teya_69bug Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 14 Oct 2007, 10:11 pm

#616507

bugger.. well i guess i haveto take it out anyway to do the cluch and front engine mount so i guess ill be doing that before i go buy the cluch kit then .. thanks heaps 🙂 what would i do with out the help of you guys here 🙄

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 14 Oct 2007, 10:13 pm

#616508

you could just measure the clutch mate and get one thats the same size

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pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 14 Oct 2007, 10:26 pm

#616510

barls wrote:you could just measure the clutch mate and get one thats the same size

didnt think of that🤪 you are sharp tonight😂

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 14 Oct 2007, 10:47 pm

#616517

pod wrote:
barls wrote:you could just measure the clutch mate and get one thats the same size
didnt think of that🤪 you are sharp tonight😂

its the beer what can i say

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