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has anyone ever put a 1600 16v lump in an SJ and run it on the SJ carb? can it be done?

it can be done a member on here twiss has done the conversion

cool, same adaptor plate for the 413 gearbox im guessing? whats best carb to run? i have a weber

Its a beast!

I have more pics but no data allowance left on my phone!
Manifold and distributor were converted by tim pink
It did have an adapter plate on it but I changed the gearbox recently and removed it.
You don't really need it anyway.

It runs really really well!!! >:)

what about fueling? what other parts will i need?

You also need to modify a dizzy housing to run the distributor off an 8v carbed motor.

To be honest if I was fitting a 16v I would go through the extra effort of running the fuel injection.

Fuelling - I just have a cheapy facet fuel pump... seems to work quite well!
I think a pump that does up to 4.5-5 psi may be best for the engine.
I at some point will be purchasing a high pressure pump and a regulator.

.... and IMHO injection is just more stuff to go wrong! SU all the way

twiss wrote:
.... and IMHO injection is just more stuff to go wrong! SU all the way

Maybe but how often do you here of the mpfi system going wrong???? it's a very reliable system.

Yeah the system itself may be reliable but i think it's just introducing more items that can fail...
such as £60 lambda sensors and stuff like that.... and lots of extra wiring
and you must know by now how much I enjoy deep water and injection isnt too keen on that!

Nor are carburettors really.