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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: vfr750 on May 05, 2010, 07:23:59 am

Title: 1.6L NA IP distributor plunger/piston question
Post by: vfr750 on May 05, 2010, 07:23:59 am

1. Does the distributor plunger/piston on a 1.6L NA I.P. have to be replaced as a pair with the distributor head or can it be replaced seperately.

2. Does anyone out there have a spare one that they are willing to part with ;D....preferrably in the GTA, but anywhere else will do.

Thanks

Title: Re: 1.6L NA IP distributor plunger/piston question
Post by: vanbcguy on May 05, 2010, 09:06:17 am

They are DEFINITELY a matched set - you can't replace one without the other.

Title: Re: 1.6L NA IP distributor plunger/piston question
Post by: vfr750 on May 12, 2010, 07:25:37 am

OK then...next question

Are the distributor heads/plunger interchangable between say a 1984 IP and a 92 IP, both being NA or would a turbo IP distributor be any different?

Title: Re: 1.6L NA IP distributor plunger/piston question
Post by: Rabbit on Roids on May 12, 2010, 11:17:12 am

my fuel pump is made from a 1.5 yellow dot casing, mostly turbo internals, a 1.6 n/a pump head, and some internal mods. a pump head is a pump head, the injection pump doesnt care.

Title: Re: 1.6L NA IP distributor plunger/piston question
Post by: fatmobile on May 12, 2010, 10:29:45 pm

... unless it's a 12mm pump,
 the plunger won't mwork with the cam plate,.. without machining.

Title: Re: 1.6L NA IP distributor plunger/piston question
Post by: burn_your_money on May 13, 2010, 04:46:22 am

It's not limited to 12mm pumps where the plunger won't fit in the cam plate.

You won't run into that problem with 84/92 pumps though.