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X16joeXE
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21st Feb 10 at 14:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just bought my mates engine (astra GTE 20XE) off him and was just wondering the rough BHP figure for the spec. Im not expecting it to be that high really.

-Piper Fast road cams (standard pulleys).
-Fully lightened and balanced bottom end/ flywheel.
-Uprated clutch.
-Powercap.
-Aparently chipped ECU (doesnt look like its been opened so probably not.

Id say only about 155-165bhp? Although i havnt got a clue.

Cheers

[Edited on 21-02-2010 by X16joeXE]
Nic Barnes
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anywhere under 170 possibly around 160-165
mattk
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probably more with breathing mods
X16joeXE
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Edit:- And a full manifold to backbox Corsa XE exhaust system (de-cat).
Nic Barnes
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std exhaust manifold though?
X16joeXE
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Yea im guessing so. Im going to collect tomorrow so ile find out.

Blue injectors too. Are they any better or should i buy standard ones?
Nic Barnes
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blue injectors are what later xe's came with. be a coil pack engine then?
X16joeXE
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AH bollocks. ha. Im useless with this stuff. I was told it was out of an astra gte, and i thought they were only fitted with the early engine? I fail Ile find out more details when i collect it.

Not sure whether this is true or not but i read somewhere that to do a cambelt kit, and crankshaft seals is an engine out job on a XE corsa, is this true? Wondering if its worth replacing before i put the engine in?
Nic Barnes
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eaier while out obviously. but can do it no problems in the car aswell.
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quote:
Originally posted by X16joeXE
AH bollocks. ha. Im useless with this stuff. I was told it was out of an astra gte, and i thought they were only fitted with the early engine? I fail Ile find out more details when i collect it.

Not sure whether this is true or not but i read somewhere that to do a cambelt kit, and crankshaft seals is an engine out job on a XE corsa, is this true? Wondering if its worth replacing before i put the engine in?

always do the cambelt when you get a new engine.
Nic Barnes
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surely a new engine would be fine with the belt thats on it? a 2nd hand engine id look into changing it.
X16joeXE
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21st Feb 10 at 14:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ok thanks for clearing that up. Ive had a look on Autovaux.com and there cambelt kits seem quite cheap. Bye the looks of the pics the late kit has plastic rollers and the early has metal, is this correct? £42 for the late kit.
Nic Barnes
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yeah. later ones are plastic. take cambelt cover off and have a look when you get engine see which one it is.
X16joeXE
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Lovely, thanks nic
Ant
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If it is late will be square tooth belt think it may have plastic rolleres yes, though all mine have been early round tooth, you need to make sure it has right injectors for ecu. Early motronic 2.5 are creams and as you said late coilpack versions which ate motronic 2.8 run blues, as for bhp a realistic 165 is what i'd be hoping for.
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Regarding power output thats assuming the engine is in 100% health, has it ever been rebuilt bearing in mind it could be circa 20 years old?
Nic Barnes
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e reg astra's they started in so could be what 24 odd years old.

edit, older than most of the people on this site

[Edited on 21-02-2010 by Nic Barnes]
Ant
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The date stamp on my cam caps is 1987! These engines are very strong but as said when you start getting into double figures in terms of years old you need to think about rebuilding them, this reflects in the price though, back in 1990 you would have paid a grand for an xe in 2000 you would have been looking at £500 now you can pick them up for £200! Same with any engine
X16joeXE
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Right. Ive text him about the engine and he said its an early dizzy one. Ive got the ECU next to me, it a Motronic 2.5 which is right for the dizzy engine, but ive got blue injectors here too. Ive text him and he said he got the injectors out of a cav at the scrapyard.

Is this ECU going to work with the late injectors?
X16joeXE
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anyone?
wwwNOOBcom
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Yes they sould, they didnt change the injectors when the changed it to a coil pack im sure could be wrong tho
Ant
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should be creams on a 2.5 they run different fuel pressure to, there will be some info over on mig about the flow rates etc or you could just bung a set of creams in.

[Edited on 21-02-2010 by Ant]
Mark B
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they do run it'l just over fuel
Ant
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can pick up crams for about £25 i think

 
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