vcsport16v
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Has anybody tried fitting this to there corsa b? If so was there any problems fitting or it working.
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Scotty C
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One question - why?
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vcsport16v
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Just wanted to see if it could be done. Plus I'm lazy so will save a sore leg on long journeys!!
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John
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Don't think any ever came with it did they?
If not there won't be any way to do it without an after market kit if there is such a thing.
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Scotty C
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No, no corsa B ever came with it. And the money involved it really wouldn't be worth it
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Haimsey
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I looked into this with regard to retro fitting it from an upmarket Omega (i think Omega)
But never went any futher than that. At the time though IIRC it did sound possible.
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Daveskater
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It could be done but you need a fair amount of parts from other cars. It was in Total Vauxhall a while back. They didn't say Corsa specifically iirc but it was for that era of car.
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vcsport16v
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That is were I saw it today. I have email total vaux q&a to see if it is poss on the corsa b. Let's see what they say.
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Mark B
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would be easy with an xe
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Crana
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use a brick
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deano87
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Would be difficult with a Corsa B as it has a cable throttle, so theoretically something would have to keep the throttle body open and cable under tension.
Most cars with cruise have electronic throttles which I think is called fly by wire. Hence the Corsa C having cruise control.
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AlexW
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Preety simple when i looked into it. Hardest bit would be mounting of the cable onto the throttle body.
Vectra V6's have cruise control with cable throttle, my brother retro-fitted cruise control to his vectra that didnt have it.
The throttle body cable thing needs something so the cruise control cable can fit on.
Could all be sorted easily imo though.
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tom_simes
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I drove a Chrysler Voyager hire car from work - 2.4 4 cyl, with 145 bhp  Even worse, it had 7 people in it, so didn't move - 70 on the motorway was a nightmare, on hills you had to change to 4th to hold 65...
Reason I posted was that it scared the shit out of me when I turned the cruise control on - it also had a cable throttle, and therefore the pedal moved to keep it to its speed. When I first turned it on, the pedal just went to the floor, so bloody wierd!
It also used £70 of petrol to do a round trip of just less than 300 miles
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swill_omnibus
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
I drove a Chrysler Voyager hire car from work - 2.4 4 cyl, with 145 bhp Even worse, it had 7 people in it, so didn't move - 70 on the motorway was a nightmare, on hills you had to change to 4th to hold 65...
Reason I posted was that it scared the shit out of me when I turned the cruise control on - it also had a cable throttle, and therefore the pedal moved to keep it to its speed. When I first turned it on, the pedal just went to the floor, so bloody wierd!
It also used £70 of petrol to do a round trip of just less than 300 miles
And I though 200miles on £20 in mine was bad...
And yeah was in TV a while back, think you'd need a different clutch pedal that accomodates the cruise control switch too aswell as other omega/vectra parts. Personally not worth the hassle unless you put a fly-by-wire engine in.
[Edited on 22-07-2010 by swill_omnibus]
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vcsport16v
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From what iv read on it, it seems possible but a few questions would need answering before I pay out for it like does the cruise control stalk fit with everything still working ie indicators and full beam, is there a location for the clutch switch to fit into on the pedal box, and I don't no how the throttle cable is attached to the throttle on a standard x16xe as on the dbilas inlet for example the cable wraps around.
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AlexW
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^Fits same on the standard.
Stalk is the same, just a bit of extra wiring.
Car wont do the same MPG on cruise control than with your right foot.
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pow
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Cruise control is the TITS though, would be pretty easy on an XE engine...
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