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luca2020 |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 23:14 |
arnt those kits for the nova engines? cos im sure he said there for the corsa a | |
J da Silva |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 23:11 |
quote: yeah good idea :lol: pay £1150 for a 40-60bhp gain on the 1litre or...... you could get a 2litre turbo unit for same price? 204bhp+ | |
antscorsa |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 22:40 |
get a ow pressure tubro kit form van aaken for like 1150 i think sumfin liket hat, duno the gains or anything tho. | |
TRL |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 22:04 |
Surely your mate would be better off developing/building something that punters will want to buy? | |
luca2020 |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 22:02 |
yes twin webbers for a 1.0 would need a custom inlet manifold, and im 99% sure no1 has made one, just purly for the fact its nowhere near worth the money for the power u get | |
broster |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 19:17 |
if u were to stick webbers on ull need a custom inlet maniofld for them, i doubt anyone will have made one! itll all be worthless as ull only get small gains! end of the day i wouldnt waste my money but if its ur mates go for it lol | |
Thoday |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 19:13 |
i need to specifcs of what to do | |
Greg_M |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 19:12 |
2l will cost you 1.5k absolute tops. you can buy a astra or cavvy 2l, use brakes, engine block, drive shafts ect for about £400, spend about £400 putting it in. put the brakes on yourself. then spend about £500 on suspension at most | |
broster |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 19:10 |
well if you aint gunna be spending the money on it then yeah go for it! | |
Thoday |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 19:01 |
quote: as i said my mates paying as hes learning to do engine mods.. hes done alot of things on my car and his dads sprayed a fair bit of it.. building his way up to doin own business of sellin stuff, spraying serivce and already does services and MOT stuff and cos he gets stuff cheaper im not gona complain 2.0 16v gona cost me near £2-3k i aint got plus double my insurance:( | |
broster |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:59 |
yeah you can do that but itll be a waste of money, u could get reprofiled cams, head work, a chip of some sort.... | |
Thoday |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:53 |
quote: i already have.. its a red bull can.. gives the car wings to fly but i want it faster:rolleyes::rolleyes::D if i goin 2 do an engine conversion id go 2.0 16v if not 2.0 turbo but wana have a look in2 engine mods.. broster said theres a few things manifold.. cams etc | |
J da Silva |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:50 |
quote: for the amount of power gain it wouldnt be worth it | |
Born_corsa02 |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:49 |
Turbo it like a daihatsu charade would be mad | |
MikeH |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:46 |
screw a 4th cylinder to the side of it :P | |
J da Silva |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:45 |
not much i dont think, sort a nice 1600 engine and TB it | |
Fraser Young |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:44 |
Dbilas Inlet Manifold +17hp | |
Thoday |
posted on 16th Feb 04 at 18:40 |
RIGHT HERE GOES |