Corsaab nath
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Hi every1, just debating on doin a astra Vxr conversion, iv been offered one that has been in a rear end smash for really cheap so I think I'm gonna buy it, just wondering has any1 done this conversion? An is there any tricky bits to watch out for? Any help or advice will be much appreciated, thanks, Nath.
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taylorboosh
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theres a thread on here mate its a lot of work but it was epic
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taylorboosh
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actually i read corsa vxr for some reason
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taylorboosh
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buy it and break it
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LeeM
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What are you puttin the engine in?
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Corsaab nath
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Iv got a corsa b sport 1.6, already took engine out of that, was goin to do a Saab turbo conversion but then come across this vxr, just wanted to do summit abit different 
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LeeM
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You'll still need more bits, think you need mk4 gsi loom and ecu. Unless its mega cheap you'd be better off starting with a c200let with the bis you need for about a grand
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Corsaab nath
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Iv actually been offered the whole front half of the vxr.. From the dashboard forward so I already have complete loom, ecu, fuse box, engine, driveshafts, was just wondering if it would all fit in the corsa together, even want to cut down an modify dash to fit?? Any ideas?
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taylorboosh
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lot of work but ANYTHING can be made to fit
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alan-g-w
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I bet you couldn't fit a 16L Cummins twin turbo diesel engine in a B john
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pow
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Standalone management is the way to go here
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Steve
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can you fit a 1616?
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsaab nath
Iv actually been offered the whole front half of the vxr.. From the dashboard forward so I already have complete loom, ecu, fuse box, engine, driveshafts, was just wondering if it would all fit in the corsa together, even want to cut down an modify dash to fit?? Any ideas?
vxr is canbus ecu system so the ecu wont work in your corsa, if it does it'll be hard work
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alan-g-w
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Chris astley or whatever his name is was putting a corsa vxr engine in a nova, what happened with that
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DaveyLC
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Good luck
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Corsaab nath
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
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Originally posted by Corsaab nath
Iv actually been offered the whole front half of the vxr.. From the dashboard forward so I already have complete loom, ecu, fuse box, engine, driveshafts, was just wondering if it would all fit in the corsa together, even want to cut down an modify dash to fit?? Any ideas?
vxr is canbus ecu system so the ecu wont work in your corsa, if it does it'll be hard work
will the ecu not work if i use the whole wiring loom out of vxr including fusebox and everything? i wanna use as much as possible from the vxr if i can.. And thanks for the good luck  will keep you all updated
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LeeM
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do some research on what canbus is and how it works
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John
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Don't see why it wouldn't work if you had basically the whole car.
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craig8
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Pretty sure you would need the clocks out the car as it doesn't start without them connected
Standalone ecu would probably be much easier
[Edited on 15-05-2012 by craig8]
E36 328
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Corsaab nath
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quote:
Originally posted by craig8
Pretty sure you would need the clocks out the car as it doesn't start without them connected
Standalone ecu would probably be much easier
[Edited on 15-05-2012 by craig8]
gonna use clocks, dash and everything connected mate, so hopefully should all work, its basically gonna be a vxr just with a corsa b shell wrapped around it lol 
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Corsaab nath
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and thanks lee, will do abit of reading on that canbus mate see wot its all about
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rossnomore
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A friend of mine has put a corsa VXR engine in his nova, Was at total vauxhall at crail last month. Took about 2 years working some weekends on it, It was a cunt. Standalone ECU is the easiest option, even at that it had to get mapped three times
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craig8
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Use the engine and sell everything else from the car and put it towards management, it's going to be a ball ache trying to get it going using the Astra parts
E36 328
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Corsaab nath
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thanks peeps.. well if its get to difficult then i will be going standalone, get the vxr saturday so will be alot hapenning over the next few days hopefully
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LeeM
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look into the mk4 astra gsi ecu and loom, im sure it can be done without the need for standalone.
think you'll need a corsa c accelerator pedal, astra one is too big
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