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Nic Barnes
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7th Apr 10 at 23:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
smash a turbo onto the front with some mega squirt.
LeeM
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lasted 700 miles
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt175/sean306/DSC00338.jpg


Probably because it wasnt ran in properly and had its head kicked in from the first turn of the key


even ran in "properly" that fault could have still occured.
LeeM
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also, can you run a 2.0 8v on a smallblock gearbox?
Nic Barnes
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aye
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lasted 700 miles

Probably because it wasnt ran in properly and had its head kicked in from the first turn of the key


even ran in "properly" that fault could have still occured.


I have heard of this happening with alot some with only 60 or 70 k
LeeM
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what do you need for this conversion if you used a sport gearbox then? just a cambelt side mount? was gonna build an xe corsa, might have a change of plan now...
Nic Barnes
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some engines do 100's of k. ive had several xe's well beyond 150k miles and no drama's.
Sean8v
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just your luck i suppose
Nic Barnes
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ive always found it weird people say an xe has loads of problems. bodged up shitty gyppo conversions obviously will have problems.
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lol true . . a proper converted one is good fun
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quote:
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ive always found it weird people say an xe has loads of problems. bodged up shitty gyppo conversions obviously will have problems.


True. I bougt a 160k mile XE about 9 years ago after I bunged a rod through my old XE. OK, it wasn't as fast as the previous one but I still managed to snap driveshafts and engine mounts.

I have given 2 C20XE's away for free as I wanted them out of my garage.

A crap 2.0 8v doesn't strike me as a bargain when the dearest part of the conversion is the 'extras'.

EDIT: P.S. @ some guy with 'redtop' in his username not liking XE's. Read as - 'So skint he has to settle for an over-priced crap 8v lump!'

[Edited on 08-04-2010 by LETGSI16V]
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Originally posted by LETGSI16V
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
ive always found it weird people say an xe has loads of problems. bodged up shitty gyppo conversions obviously will have problems.


True. I bougt a 160k mile XE about 9 years ago after I bunged a rod through my old XE. OK, it wasn't as fast as the previous one but I still managed to snap driveshafts and engine mounts.

I have given 2 C20XE's away for free as I wanted them out of my garage.

A crap 2.0 8v doesn't strike me as a bargain when the dearest part of the conversion is the 'extras'.

EDIT: P.S. @ some guy with 'redtop' in his username not liking XE's. Read as - 'So skint he has to settle for an over-priced crap 8v lump!'

[Edited on 08-04-2010 by LETGSI16V]


i have one in mines and i like it but in tommy's case havin a car he only paid a couple hundred pound for then he's only looking for a bit of poke for some fun. . .
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do i smell an undeclared conversion??
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well 400 for the car,120 for the 8v and a few hours convertin it al with the additional parts that i need.
just say no more than 600 n i have now got myself an 8v and that seems alright to me.

quote - x14xe sport - i declare everything....there are fa too many arseholes out there that cant drive n shit loads eh jealous ppl.it aint worth the risk
Whittie
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sheared the key on the crank pulley and bent all the valves and smashed the pistons !


I did that once, woodruff key sheared and bent all the valves. (On the test run). Very annoying.
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pretty shit 700 miles after a re-build tho lol
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The one i had got its cunt kicked clean in everyday for the 3 or so weeks i had it and never missed a beat
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The one i had got its cunt kicked clean in everyday for the 3 or so weeks i had it and never missed a beat


21 days isn't exactly a feat Can't grumble to have a fun wee Corsa for £600 really
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Thats my old car lol.

Unbelievable what turns up when you dont expect it
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wot the one i hav now???
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What have you got to do to the 115bhp lump to make it upto 130bhp power ?? isit just the ecu thats different ?? or isit the head porting along with the cam ??
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as far i am aware its just the head or cam thats different
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would def be worth getting it upto 130bhp mate if its not too expensive, my friend had the 115bhp engine in his nova and to be fair it was bit pants for all the time and effort!! in the end he got 130bhp + and it went well!!
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aye cheers "sportycorsa86" a might think about it bt its all just time n money mate..
bt now youve mentioned it am goin to get a few quotes on it haha
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The 130bhp she lump has different cam, ecu and higher comp pistons.

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