Whats the difference?

[ecoslion]

I have a 1999 T-reg VTR mk1 and my engine looks like this:


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my mate, who also has a saxo vtr mk1, his engine is different..... similar to this one:


http://www.sax-p.com/photos/photo2099.jpg



can anyone tell me why they're different, why mine is grey/silver and his is black?

i've read on this site about silver top engine, but what is the difference??


thanks

[Scott]

black top engine present in early VTR's up to early 98. Used a coil and ignition leads, had no knock sensor and im sure it had slightly different tappets or valves or something

The silver top came with a coil pack and knock sensor and the different tappets or what ever it is in the head.

There are probably other differences that i have forgotten

[ecoslion]

any difference in power??

[Scott]

nope

[SaxoAL]

self adjusting tappets on silver top.
Manual adjusted tappets on Black top, I think it was.

[djbex]

Looks like the blues saxo has a K&N inuct kit, the white one smileys/smiley5.gif smileys/smiley5.gif doesntlol

[webvtr]

there is a power diff. black cover has 90bhp and silver cover has 98bhp

[Scott]

the mk2 silver top with the cat in the manifold had 98bhp, the pre mk2 silver top had 90.