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Posted By : Richard Truscott, 15-Jul-2006,
06:31pm
I bought a Vitesse 6 last November, with what I thought was a 1600 lump. Friends in the club have expressed the view that it is a 2 litre, in that it has
the T piece conversion to feed oil to cyl 6, which I am told was only done for the 2 litre. My local garage also seem of the view that it is a two
litre.
Just been surfing through the message board and see that the guy I bought it from was planning a two litre conversion last year. The engine number on the
log book is different from that on the lump. However the photo he posted is the same engine, which respondents in the club seemed to think was a 1600,
though with some unoriginal bolt ons.
The engine number is HB3449HE... can anyone advise, as I am now totally confused?

What have I got??
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Posted By : Kevin Rochfort, 15-Jul-2006,
06:38pm
Engines starting with the prefix HB are 1600 Vitesse engines
2L engines start with the HC prefix
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Posted By : Richard Truscott, 15-Jul-2006,
07:02pm
Thanks Kevin
Richard
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Posted By : Nigel Gibbins,
15-Jul-2006, 07:32pm
I expect your local garage doesn't know that the Vitesse came in 1600cc's first and simply assumes that they are all 1998cc's.