Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Nice one guys 
I'm going to show him this thread tonight. He does change his mind all the time 
I will keep you updated and i'll take some recent pics of the car.
Oh yeah, he's polished the fuel tank. That must add another 10bhp 
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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there no no camparison to a let really as the air is forced in not sucked.
230 probably not possible but big valves, high lift and long duration, ported head, very high rev limit and high compression maybe but then at high revs the 'mass' of air (not volume)might be reduced so much there is no extra power to be had.
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DaveB
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Registered: 29th Dec 00
Location: Huddersfield
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Here's the MIG thread for your reference
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/engines-transmission/271422-strange-project-240-bhp-c20xe-without-tbs-photos-custom-intake.html?highlight=custom
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nikkijamie
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Registered: 26th Sep 07
Location: dartford
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never seen a 230 xe that wasn't on solid lifters and at least carbs and he'll need a type c manifold or similar
[Edited on 28-08-2008 by nikkijamie]
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williamsvts
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Registered: 11th Apr 06
Location: north east
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im i right in thinking he is using standard pistons? if he is planning to use 285 duration cams it will need deeper valve cut outs in the pistons other wise no more stage 3 head, well he will but it will bent valves
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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can't really compare a let to an xe,as the inlet restriction won't matter as much on a let.but yes the inet can run upto 400bhp and maybe more.if he got bike car/tb's instead of spending so much on the internals he would see better gains.but i'd say 180 on the standard inlet.
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RCS
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Registered: 26th Jan 05
Location: Lichfield/Dundee
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Tell him to copy the guy on migweb, he knows what hes doing.
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