hundreds spent then found out the heads gone :(

Ben30190

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mg zr 105 (pants)
hey folks, during my service today i found out my the head on my 1.4 zr is on its way out or has gone already..... still drives well but quite smokey. using engine flush on fast idle my header tank spewed the coolant out and started pressurising the system.

so a want to put a 160 motor in but want to know from first hand experience how hard the conversion it is... weather a can get away with just a motor or get a doner car.... please please help cheers
 
conversion is pretty straight forward but remember you will also need the pg1 gearbox out of the 160 as well as the r65 box is pants, although the later 1.4 zr come with ib5 gearbox which can handle a 160 power easily
 
if you could find a donor car for cheap then that wouldnt be a bad idea as you could also get the bigger brakes and rear discs etc off the 160.

you will also want the following
gear box & drive shafts
wiring loom & ecu
exhaust and front crossmember
you have to get the immobiliser chip taken from your 105 ecu and put into the 160 ecu, i other than that everythings the same, fuel pump etc.
 

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