Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Ed come round and bring some heatshrink 
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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that lot can be bought easily for 3k and fit myself and then get cheesey to wire it in,
in all fairness he and rich and pete did built this:
no spade connectors nothing, no oil cap visible,
the only way with a engine that old and miles is to do it right in the first place!
jambo - but you had to pay for the labour, and probs abt 2k for engine and box
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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my redtop has had a full bottom n top end rebuild ie pistons etc. very very expensive but worth it in the long run. i want my engine to be fitted once and that it. no more probs. rebuild cost me 2.5k using genuine vauxhall parts
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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You can get wallace perfromance to re-build you one with their "max" spec which is meant to be good for 400bhp
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Or DIY it... Just get an engine and rip it apart and see what happens 
I think you are better off getting an engine re-built rather than buying a re-manufactured engine. You can spec what parts you want and you wont be wasting a warrenty...
I want to have a LET corsa some time, but there is no way I am going to build one until I can afford to rip the enigne to bits and replace even more bits than I replaced on the XE... I'm really glad I pulled the XE to bits though, it cost a lot of money, but it appears to run sweet, apart from a leaking pipe  But that's no biggie...
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timrud_
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Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
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Just done a load of rewiring for mine!
Almost the entire car has been fettled/redone in some way now!
When I do my new engine...
Bottom end rebuild.
Oil sprayers
Steel rods
Low comp pistons.
Re-done head, with work done to it
Phase 4 ECU (cheap option for now)
GT28 turbo
Large injectors
Diff
Paddle cluch and fadanza flywheel.
Cars been down to a bare shell inside to sort all wiring 
Top tip: whilst its in bits, if you can do it, do it!
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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but youre going silly spec timmy,
cant wait for the end result!!
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timrud_
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Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
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Seen a cav with the same-ish spec, it got around 380bhp/420lb.
I'd be well happy if I got near that!
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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in a corsa
madness, is it hard to drive on poor roads?
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
no oil cap visible
How do you add oil? Sorry if thats a daft question or if I've missed something in the picture!
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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the oil cap is under the spark plug cover,
thats the kinda amazing finish i want on mine, one off touches are the way forward 
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Looks very neat and tidy. Its a nice touch 
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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i was thinking the same.
seen that pic before, but never notivced the lack of filler. very impressive.
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timrud_
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Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
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I've a design for mine already sorted 
Yes its hard to drive on bumpy/greasy roads.
Raced a Porsche Turbo (had the number plate rapyd but with numbers in lol) and in 5th going up hill with 4 in, in the wet it couldnt grip on full throttle, so he got past us! grrrrrrrrrrr
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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when i had the tb's fitted to my 1.6 i had the engine rebuilt, itd rather do that than fit a reconned engine, as stated above you know whats gone it it. and brad, most people who have a bit of electrical/mechanical knowledge can make a wiring loom properly with no spade connectors if they send the time doing it.
another cool thing about the skunk is the accelerator cable...... where is it
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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yep exactly,
cheezey will be employed for various parts on my car
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
yep exactly,
cheezey will be employed for various parts on my car
lol, he seems to know his stuff
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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Yep, his electrical skills are imense, that car is trulely awesome, its immaculate and built with all new parts, not to a silly spec but will handle the power well enough
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