chris_lee100
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For those of you that are extremely handy with a set of tools, how long has it took you to become so well skilled. I spend all day working on no cars, I change my own oil, spark plugs, general service etc.
Just wondering how hard it is to do engine transplants safely and efficiently as Ive just bought a garage and am thinking of having a go myself, say a 2.0 16v non turbo into a corsa. Surely it would be a great way to learn something if nothing else ....... ? 
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mike16v
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yeah mate just take ure time and follow the process, not that difficult to do if u do it step by step
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Colin
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Go for it, from what I hear its pretty straight forward-ish and theres always people on here to put you right on any problems
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chris_lee100
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yeah i suppose, i just read that guys post who owns the Clio Williams, never really considered the C20LET as I thought it would wheel spin all day, it would be for a car on the side as a bit of fun
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Colin
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Originally posted by chris_lee100
yeah i suppose, i just read that guys post who owns the Clio Williams, never really considered the C20LET as I thought it would wheel spin all day, it would be for a car on the side as a bit of fun
Its a Clio 16v but yeah the LET's are great fun, although Id preffer a 2.0 16v tuned on TB's myself I think
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chris_lee100
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thing is Ive always wanted the whoosh of a dump valve too !! I actually had a corsa 1.2 as my last car, Ive had a mint Calibra for the last 12 months and since Ive been offered a garage Im havin a bit of a mid life criis @ 21 !! Im defo keepin my current car but fancied something extra, Its either gonna be a Cally turbo for the play of 4x4 or a LET corsa, i think it would be fun playing with the scoobies but dont know if the corsa could actually get the power down though ........
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J da Silva
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not as easy as a lot of people on here make out, like i've said before it's just nice to say 'i had no problems it slots straight in'
if you were to come out of the dreamland and get a realistic point of view them my advice would be get a run around to drive while your corsa is having a new engine, when your working on the car, make a note of any problems you came across, with either wiring, fitment of the engine into the corsa bay itself,where to mount rad,oil cooler etc
the driveability is good if you drive it right, i took my time with mine, took me 3weeks to do mine, used to spend 5 or 6 hours on it on saturday and sunday,and coz i was working through the week i just had the odd few hours afterwork in the week
good learning curve, and ideal if you have another motor to drive while its going off
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chris_lee100
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and just how fast is it 0-60, I can imagine it is not a car to be thrashed around bends but straight line eg joining motorway mut be fun, I am temped to get all the bits together and get my mate to do it but then I think I am passing on the learning opportunity, but I guess I could closely observe. Can you realisitcally tune them with Phase kits BTW ??
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J da Silva
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depends how tuned the engine is, i think they knock out 6-7 seconds when in a cally, not quite sure on that one
surely in a corsa they will be quicker due to corsa bein a light car.
they are better than expected on cornering, i test drove mine on some country lanes and it stuck to the road as i booted through some corners
im sure if your mate did it you could help him and watch what he does
what do you mean by phase kits, chipping or turbo kits?
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Colin
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I thought of getting a Cally Turbo untill I got to know of the problems with them, particularly the Transfer Boxes. Then I spoke to a friend of a friend who thought he had a good un but and has spent £4k fixing it in 6 months.....kinda put me off
As for a conversion, yeah gather as much information as you can and give it a go, end of the day if it dont work out doing it yourself theres plenty people that could fit it for you
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Colin
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As for phase kit's yeah AP racing's on here is tuned to about 260/280BHP im pretty sure? (phase2 I think???)
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chris_lee100
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yea the book figure on cally t's is around 6.4-6.8 as I remember but they are four wheel drive so is it not debateable that they will always be quicker despite the power-wieght difference ??
RE my earlier post, say if I bought anoter cally (turbo) I would wanna put phase 3.5 chips in with say, stage 5 boost control, perhaps an 8.1 litre intercooler, uprated actuater, and twin piston dump valve, will they ALL fit in a corsa ??
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J da Silva
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few of the cally t's ive come across have been electronically and mechanically good, i only heard of dodgy transfer boxes on the web forums. but dont really need to worry as i dont have a calibra 
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Colin
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Originally posted by chris_lee100
yea the book figure on cally t's is around 6.4-6.8 as I remember but they are four wheel drive so is it not debateable that they will always be quicker despite the power-wieght difference ??
RE my earlier post, say if I bought anoter cally (turbo) I would wanna put phase 3.5 chips in with say, stage 5 boost control, perhaps an 8.1 litre intercooler, uprated actuater, and twin piston dump valve, will they ALL fit in a corsa ??
Need to get the angle grinder out to fit the IC in there, but its all good
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chris_lee100
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well if I got one id change the t/box oil twice a year, rotate tyres etc. , there are goodies out there but they are like rockin horse shit and yeah alot of them shake like a shittin dog
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J da Silva
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Originally posted by chris_lee100
yea the book figure on cally t's is around 6.4-6.8 as I remember but they are four wheel drive so is it not debateable that they will always be quicker despite the power-wieght difference ??
RE my earlier post, say if I bought anoter cally (turbo) I would wanna put phase 3.5 chips in with say, stage 5 boost control, perhaps an 8.1 litre intercooler, uprated actuater, and twin piston dump valve, will they ALL fit in a corsa ??
yes you can get various turbo parts for the c20let kkk turbo all seperately, cant see why your dump valve wont fit though, have a look at mine in my garage
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chris_lee100
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its stresful this modifyin lark !!
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Colin
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
few of the cally t's ive come across have been electronically and mechanically good, i only heard of dodgy transfer boxes on the web forums. but dont really need to worry as i dont have a calibra
This one my mates mate got has been very expensive and unreliable
Totally put me off them, that and you telling me about the guy who's cally I was gonna look at
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chris_lee100
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will prob just get the cally turbo as the conversion sounds pretty stresful, like your gym instructor swedish bird goin in to get her titsies done lol
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chris_lee100
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I see, well as an existing cally owner the only thing ive required thus far is new bushes, but i did pay 3k for a P reg goodin with fvsh 2 owners and 65k, there are some bloody awful examples out there !
[Edited on 27-03-2004 by chris_lee100]
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J da Silva
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Originally posted by chris_lee100
its stresful this modifyin lark !!
also quite expensive, coz the companies like pvd sell conversion kits at 500 notes when it costs under 50 quid to actually manufacture them, and before anyone jumps in and says im wrong, i know im right as ive done lots of research and talked to the right people about this
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Colin
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Originally posted by chris_lee100
well if I got one id change the t/box oil twice a year, rotate tyres etc. , there are goodies out there but they are like rockin horse shit and yeah alot of them shake like a shittin dog
Fair enough but can you be sure its been maintained like this since new
Cos I couldnt tell, Just saying id be very carefull if buying one of them thats all
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chris_lee100
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hence the stress, sometimes i really wish I wasn't into this modyfyin lark, but its the only thing i like spendin my money, im obviously not the only one going by the countless thousands of other car sites on the net
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Colin
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
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Originally posted by chris_lee100
its stresful this modifyin lark !!
also quite expensive, coz the companies like pvd sell conversion kits at 500 notes when it costs under 50 quid to actually manufacture them, and before anyone jumps in and says im wrong, i know im right as ive done lots of research and talked to the right people about this
Ive always thought they were over priced, but who else does them???
Think it would be a good business venture making the conversion kits due to EVERYONE putting a 2.0 in there corsa
[Edited on 27-03-2004 by Colin J]
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J da Silva
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Originally posted by Colin J
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
few of the cally t's ive come across have been electronically and mechanically good, i only heard of dodgy transfer boxes on the web forums. but dont really need to worry as i dont have a calibra
This one my mates mate got has been very expensive and unreliable
Totally put me off them, that and you telling me about the guy who's cally I was gonna look at
yesh, but people like him dont deserve to use ebay he was bumping the bids up off another ebay address, i got my computer dudes to check him out
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