1.3AAV Vs 1.0ALL

[sweilam]

i have the offer to substitue my car which is 1994 1.3 with carb. engine code AAV with a 1998 1.0 mpi , i know the 1.3 engine is stronger , but how are those 1.0 beezas ? is there any other diff other than the engine ? i know the facelift looks cool , but i like my car alot , especially the mods i did in it . will i be able to put my suspension in the new one ? i think they r the same.
any clue ?

 

[m0rk]

your suspension & most other things will fit.

 

[Cupra Kid]

from an old 1.3 to the modern mpi engine i doubt you'll notcie much diff engine wise. with fuel injection it may even be slightly more responsive but less grunt.

 

[sweilam]

but the 1.3 is much stronger than the mpi one ?

 

[Cupra Kid]

By stronger do you mean in terms of how much u can hammer it without it breaking? If so i would agree the newer engines have aluminium parts and then tend to take less punishment than the steel ones which i beleive the old 1.3's are.

But you would really have to drive the nuts off your motor on a daily basis to get to this point.

 

[sweilam]

no i mean 'powerful' , and thanks for the info about the durability , i already changed lot of things in my engine , all pistons for example, and refinishing of the block and cylinder head .

the 1.0 mpi is faster than the 1.3 AAV carby ?

 

[cordobabrendy]

in small engines cc's are king, id stick with the 1.3, you know its recent history etc.

 

[Red Ibiza VR6]

Yeah I`d keep the 1.3. I had heaps of polos, which are the earlier incarnation of thos engines and I broke lots of 1L and 1.1 engines and had the indistructable 1.3 for years.

 

[Cupra Kid]

with the work you done keep the 1.3 carby, I had a look on parkers, not sure how relaible the info is but theyre normally very good and theres only 4bhp between the engines http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/carreviews/review.aspx?model_id=807&page=8

Plus carb engines are nice n simple, easy to work on and less complicated stuff to go wrong.