question about european 1.6ecotec

[clean hb]

hey guys, i guess i'm on a quest to squeeze all the performance possible out of my aveo. i know these cars have potential, and i bought mine because, a)i wanted a new hatch, b) i didnt want a honda fit, nissan versa, or toyota yaris like the rest of the world. Anyway i was looking at the european line of gm's, and its seems they all got a powerful version of our 1.6 ecotec. or is it?? cars like the opel insignia, vauxhalls corsa and meriva all have a "1.6 ecotec turbo" making around 180hp. so my question is, is this the same engine in our cars, or did gm make completely different engines for them.

[Petrified.Rabbit]

there are a few topics discussing this in the engine and drivetrain forum. Do some reading in there. There are a lot of options out then but nothing has been confirmed yet. Partly because the european aveos do not have the ecotech 1.6 to directly compare. Also because those engine are not over here for us to look at.

What year is your car again? If you do not have an 09, and have an Etech? then you can swap in a 2.0

[Chris]

Euro 1.2 is an S-TecII. Surely GM made all Aveos with the same engine mounting points? I'm gonna take a look at a Corsa VXRs mounts and see how they compare to my 1.2

[clean hb]

yea do that if u can chris... if a swap was possible, or even a transplant of certain things over to ours, that would be awesome.