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Can someone tell me the differences between the 1.2 8v and the 16v I know the engine is different but what else is
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Alot really...
16v has 8 inlet valves and 8v exhaust
Vs 8v which has 4inlet/4exhaust
More valves = more power
8v is 60bhp
16 is 80bhp / 90bhp in modern versions
Different exhaust manifold, inlet
Blocks are slightly different
Heads completly different
8v is a safe engine = if belt breaks the valves wont smash on the pistons
Yet 16v isnt safe its an interferance engine, the valves will hit pistons and will cause damage
Luckily they bolt gearboxss together
Both can use the 5 and 6 speeds
But flywheels are clutches are slightly larger on the 16v iirc, believe they can be interchanged tho...
8v are very common lumps, 16v are common... if u get a sporting etc
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Thank you what about interior and dials
Etc
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I know there is two different designs of
Dials but can they be swapped in or is there much work to do
Dials but can they be swapped in or is there much work to do
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Styles of interior and stuff is totally depends on what spec you buy
Basic puntos had the 1.2 8v no frills
Where as u could get a sporting which is a 16v, leather steering wheel, alloys, sport bumpers, different dash clocks vs a basic one etc
There is eleganze, elx, hlx, sporting, active sport, hgt, hgt abarth, mia, and punto
If go for a mk2b ( same as mk2 but slighlty different)
Hgt abarth only comrs with 1.8 16v petrol / mk2b had 1.9 m-jet diesel
Sporting has 1.2 16v
Eleganze has option of both 8v and 16v
Look at ur budget and requirements...
Ziggy
Basic puntos had the 1.2 8v no frills
Where as u could get a sporting which is a 16v, leather steering wheel, alloys, sport bumpers, different dash clocks vs a basic one etc
There is eleganze, elx, hlx, sporting, active sport, hgt, hgt abarth, mia, and punto
If go for a mk2b ( same as mk2 but slighlty different)
Hgt abarth only comrs with 1.8 16v petrol / mk2b had 1.9 m-jet diesel
Sporting has 1.2 16v
Eleganze has option of both 8v and 16v
Look at ur budget and requirements...
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There are different dials yes
Hgt has its own style
Sporting has its own
Active/active sports have theres
Mia and punto have a basic speedo/fuel guage only
Mk2 and mk2b arent interchangable
But u can fit any dash pretty much from any spec from mk2 into a mk2, as long as u do a proxy alignment to sort dash issues as it wont work 100% from word go...
But ensure dash has lower mileage then urs
Ziggy
Hgt has its own style
Sporting has its own
Active/active sports have theres
Mia and punto have a basic speedo/fuel guage only
Mk2 and mk2b arent interchangable
But u can fit any dash pretty much from any spec from mk2 into a mk2, as long as u do a proxy alignment to sort dash issues as it wont work 100% from word go...
But ensure dash has lower mileage then urs
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8 valve is a sound long term reliable engine albeit slow in todays world
16 valvers no thanks
on a mk2b punto anything is interchangeable within reason so i would go 8 valve and bolt on any bits i wanted
cheap tax and insurance and of course reliability
16 valvers no thanks
on a mk2b punto anything is interchangeable within reason so i would go 8 valve and bolt on any bits i wanted
cheap tax and insurance and of course reliability
Front discs are smaller on the 8V iirc.
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Same Size IIRC but sporting has vented discs
The 1.4 had slightly bigger discs IIRC
8v' has a thick single slider pin
16v has twin slider pin calipers
I've cooked a 8v's disc's before, but tbh, i was racing around, and it did have a sticking caliper issue (duff slider) causing the overheat
Ziggy
Somehow I got the idea that 8V was a 240mm and 16v a 257mm disk ?
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Euro list 3 discs for a 2003 1.2
240mm solid
257mm solid
257mm vented
What runs 257mm solid i wonder?
I might keeo eye out for 16v setup as towing can cook brakes for me...
Only on the 240mm solids
Ziggy
240mm solid
257mm solid
257mm vented
What runs 257mm solid i wonder?
I might keeo eye out for 16v setup as towing can cook brakes for me...
Only on the 240mm solids
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i had 1.2 16v sporting and normal 1.2 16v with 257 solid, dunno if that came originaly or they just put on cheaper discs
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Might be the 1.9 60hp diesel.. as i thought hgt had the 8vs fronts discs on the rear
Might look with some regs on ecp
Ziggy
Might look with some regs on ecp
Ziggy
Makes sense on Cabrio, you can have too much ventilation 
