Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Graham88
Oh behave. It's fairly common knowledge that turbo power through FWD is gonna have shit traction off the lights.
440bhp and 0-60 in 4.9. aint that shit for fwd really.
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leekeefy
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Registered: 8th Sep 07
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Originally posted by corsa1999
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Originally posted by mav
They are if you are coming from a 1.2 / 1.4...but a 0-60 of 7 secs is not to be laughed at is it?
honestly this place does my head in.....
to be fair, 0-60 in 7 secs isn't really worth the conversion price, a Saxo VTS does it in 7.7secs. Even the LET conversion in 6 - 6.5 secs, a FWD drive corsa with an XE or LET engine is going to struggle for traction off the line
You want fast 0-60 then go Jap and turbo.
My MR2 turbo that I had hit 60 in under 5 secs. Now that was fast. Got used to it though as you do with every car.
my old standard xe on a539 tyres put constant 6.1's at ford fair 2 years ago,no burnouts were alowed and it put power down really well,if an xe is hitting 7secs to 60 more practice or weight to the foot is needed
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Ben ev
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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Originally posted by Jas
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Originally posted by Steve
sounds lovely
making my own exhaust. i garantee ile do a better job than any of these so called fabricators out there that young punks pay silly money for. so why slag off people trying things for themselves
[Edited on 26-11-2007 by Ben ev]
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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what experience/equipment have you to fabricate exhausts?
you have a mandrell bending machine at home etc?
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Ben ev
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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my workshop where i am currently employed has a 5 axis cnc pipe bender with a 90mm capacity. ime a aeronautical welder/ machinest. ime not sure what the equivilant welding civilian qualification/ coding is but think its pritty much as good as it gets. ime not saying i am the best welder in the world. truth is not by a long shot but some of the shit i have seen coming out of local fabricators is an embaressment to my trade. a manifold i paid nearly £400 for and waited 2 months blew several welds out right down the middle within 6 months of moddiest use. a down pipe a friend with an astra let had from another local business was a similar story. quality was auful and migged all the flanges. they said it was mandrel bent but it was a average quality compression bend at best. trouble is time=money at most places
must stress ime not vouching for all companies however.
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adam.d
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Registered: 7th Nov 07
Location: hartlepool Drives: corsa LET
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Originally posted by Ben ev
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Originally posted by Jas
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Originally posted by Steve
sounds lovely
making my own exhaust. i garantee ile do a better job than any of these so called fabricators out there that young punks pay silly money for. so why slag off people trying things for themselves
Totally agree, I'm making my own this week. I'll also do a better job than most companys. I hate paying for anythin that I could have done myself. Plus being on nights this week I can get most of my little jobs done! tonights task is turning down a set of astra GTE hubs so they fit a corsa bearing!
[Edited on 26-11-2007 by Ben ev]
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Ben ev
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wo there a second adam. if you use mk2 golf wheel bearings apparently you will save yourself the hassel. second hand info from a pal though.
all good... unless there for ebay of course where youl prob make more money by machining them down
if you do put a gash little drawing up in the helpzone/ pm me it if you dont wont to show the masses!
[Edited on 26-11-2007 by Ben ev]
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adam.d
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Registered: 7th Nov 07
Location: hartlepool Drives: corsa LET
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What, mk2 golf wheel bearing in the corsa housing and then the astra hub will fit in? . Let me know if this is right and I'll get some more hubs as after machining them down your left with the walls about 2.5mm thick
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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fucking buy a proper exhaust you skanks, a decent make wont blow and will have a warranty on it anyway
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Steve
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from what i can read you two have never made an exhaust before, you maybe be able to weld a few pieces of scaffold together but do you know anything about gas flow etc?
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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Ben ev 1 vs steve 0 as far as i can see
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Daimo B
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Steve trying to look the cool cock muncher as usuall.
Get back to fitting guides for Vagweb on alloys wheels for skodas and loosing phones in doors....
Let the guys who want to make their own cars and stuff make their own exhaust system. Its not too hard really. Just because YOU can't do it, stop trying to look bigger than the people that can. You presume to know SO much steve, its comical.
Oh, corsa1999, Saxos hit 60mph in 2nd gear.
XE's on an F20 need 3rd gear....... 16" wheels on 195/45 will only do 59mph on the 6800 limiter.
[Edited on 27-11-2007 by VXR]
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Steve
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Originally posted by VXR
You presume to know SO much steve, its comical.
oh the irony 
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adam.d
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Registered: 7th Nov 07
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Hmmm, like I said earlier, why pay someone to do somethin that I can do myself? I have a stainless backbox and the cavalier gsi manifold. The only bit that needs making is the pipe to join the 2 together!, both are around 55mm so it's not really going to be very hard now is it?. I plan on having this corsa on the road for less than £700 (inc buying the car), id go and buy a full stainless that would add about another £250 to my final cost. If I was gonna spend another £250 it would be on nitrous
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Originally posted by VXR
Steve trying to look the cool cock muncher as usuall.
Get back to fitting guides for Vagweb on alloys wheels for skodas and loosing phones in doors....
Let the guys who want to make their own cars and stuff make their own exhaust system. Its not too hard really. Just because YOU can't do it, stop trying to look bigger than the people that can. You presume to know SO much steve, its comical.
Oh, corsa1999, Saxos hit 60mph in 2nd gear.
XE's on an F20 need 3rd gear....... 16" wheels on 195/45 will only do 59mph on the 6800 limiter.
[Edited on 27-11-2007 by VXR]
F16 gets to about 70
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Daimo B
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F16 is closer than the F20 I thought? So would need earlier changes?
Not got an F16. FAD what did yours do?
"MOST" 2.0 came with F20 boxes though.
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Fro
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Thats what my speedo says anyway
Willay had an F16 too.
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Daimo B
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Ahh my rev counter say 7000rpm at the limiter, but the real limters 6800rpm
I wouldn't believe vauxhall gauges of any sort
Willay, fad?
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Mate took me out in his xe last night for the first time, i think theres only really one expression i can use -
I think its made up my mind for me that an xe conversion next year is deffinatly on the list of things to do
They just pull and pull, but spose after driving a 1.0 and then a 1.4 for a while they will seem a bit rapid
I had a smile from ear to ear the night i drove mine home.
Id went from a 1.3 8v Fiesta to this hitting the limiter in 5th (F20) racing a cammed VTS was funking scary!
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Fro
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Originally posted by VXR
Ahh my rev counter say 7000rpm at the limiter, but the real limters 6800rpm
I wouldn't believe vauxhall gauges of any sort
Willay, fad?
Mine goes round to 7k aswell dodgy vaux
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aron
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Registered: 10th May 07
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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did you beat the vts?
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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Comparing doing the conversion youself or paying someone something like £1000 labour how hard is it really to do it?
For someones first conversion btw 
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Comparing doing the conversion youself or paying someone something like £1000 labour how hard is it really to do it?
For someones first conversion btw
me and my mate did mine, first one we had done, had the engine in and running in a weekend
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
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Originally posted by Ian_Gsi16v
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Comparing doing the conversion youself or paying someone something like £1000 labour how hard is it really to do it?
For someones first conversion btw
me and my mate did mine, first one we had done, had the engine in and running in a weekend
But were either of you a mechanic by trade
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Dean_W
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Comparing doing the conversion youself or paying someone something like £1000 labour how hard is it really to do it?
For someones first conversion btw
Took 2 of my mates 3 days to from engine out to engine in and running. The wiring is the hard bit. The rest is like meccano. Pretty easy if your handy with spanners and stuff.
Take you time and it's easy enough.
EDIT - Neither mate were mechanics.
[Edited on 27-11-2007 by Dean_W]
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