bigdan
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a lad around the corner from me has a stunning corsa c 53 plate lowered and just looks the dogs danglies
but hes gone and put a C20 LET init which i thought would be silly as having a new car and an old engine
whats your views on this ?
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nova_gteuk
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To make it faster? 
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bigdan
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yeah well of course that option but its an old engine in a fairly newish car
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Joe
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Its his money, his car. I wouldn't let it get to you.
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mattyross
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i understand what you mean
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16V_1600
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Fast fun, but would imagine it would be a great deal more unreliable with the LEt fitted.
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Fad
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Good engine regardless of age and more tunable than the Z20let.
Not something I would do but each to their own eh?
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jr
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if its been rebuilt, it should be no less relaible than a new engine
various ccuk members cant get there heads round this
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Mark.W
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i wouldnt do that to a newer car 
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DannyB
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Isnt willay doing the same thing?
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
if its been rebuilt, it should be no less relaible than a new engine
You see I used to think this but unless you've got a new wiring loom and replace all sensors I wouldnt bet on it being reliable there are too many variables that can affect the reliability of the engine.
Rember the XE you released back to its native home? Just too many variables.
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bigdan
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nah its not been rebuilt
he got the engine out of his old corsa b
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
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Originally posted by jr
if its been rebuilt, it should be no less relaible than a new engine
You see I used to think this but unless you've got a new wiring loom and replace all sensors I wouldnt bet on it being reliable there are too many variables that can affect the reliability of the engine.
Rember the XE you released back to its native home? Just too many variables.
only had new gaskets and a few sensors, loom caused the issue, as you say, there old
should have said that too
willay is doing it the correct way 
[Edited on 26-03-2008 by jr]
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SAL
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let power is good regardless of the car it's in tbh
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richc
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Originally posted by joe6886
I wouldn't let it get to you.
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Whittie
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Look at that granada with the koenigsegg ccx engine in general chat?
Regardless of how old the car is, it depends on what the owner wants, yes he could of put a z20let, but you can get more power from the c20let, so i'm assuming thats what he wants.
Plus if its from his old car, he'll know the condition of the engine.
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Haimsey
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Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by joe6886
I wouldn't let it get to you.
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Marcy Marc 
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Rob H
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Can kinda see what you mean but if you already had the engine it'd be silly to go out and buy a new one to put in IMO  .
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Look at that granada with the koenigsegg ccx engine in general chat?
Regardless of how old the car is, it depends on what the owner wants, yes he could of put a z20let, but you can get more power from the c20let, so i'm assuming thats what he wants.
Plus if its from his old car, he'll know the condition of the engine.
I bet he did it for the cheapness! If he has the engine in his old car, it would surely cost him next to nothing to put it in his c as he would use the majority of the old parts!
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Adam_B
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i wouldnt call a 53 plate particulary new
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Twiggy
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I can see his point but i would not have done it...
compared to a R reg corsa 53plate is brand new
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Ian W
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The engine is only 1 component in a car though, the rest of the car is still only 5 years old so one old component is not as bad to maintain as say putting a let into an L reg B where the whole thing is 15 years old.
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Rob R
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Good engine regardless of age and more tunable than the Z20let.
you can get 600bhp out of a zlet dip shit
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Ian
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Perhaps he's talking about cost and availability of the parts you happy bastard.
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notts.pirate
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whats the big deal ??? an engines an simply an engine regardless of what car its in. its only the same as putting a cosworth lump in a puma or focus
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