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DCorsa
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7th May 04 at 13:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Hi Mate,
i'm new to this site, i've got a quick question. Can anyone tell me who can do a 2.0 conversion for me for as cheap as possible. Please let me know.

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Stuckey
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lee mitchell or beardy can very cheaply both members on this site
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Lee Mitchell = LM Styling

and guess what he has a fitting kit in stock...... http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=138992&page=2



[Edited on 07-05-2004 by Half Pint]
Daimo B
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7th May 04 at 14:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

And he is based in Kent
And will cahrge £1500-£1600 odd for a 1 week drive in drive out conversion.

No more conversions until after PVS on 6th June though.
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what do ya get for ya money?
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a 2.0l corsa funny enough
Stuckey
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7th May 04 at 14:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i thought u got suspension brakes and engine conversion, guess not then
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7th May 04 at 14:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I believe, and don't quote me on this, you get hubs, shafts, mounts, roll bar spacers, C20xe, loom and fitting.

Price is dependant on engine tho

Daimo can you add to this
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7th May 04 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Engine conversion only. Bear in mind mounts, shafts etc all come to like £600-£700, then the engine cost, then the effort to put it all in after he come s home from work.

Brakes and suspension can be done for more ££
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so ya get an engine fitted and working for ya money, the rest ya gotta sort ya self
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7th May 04 at 14:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

brakes is a piece of piss to fit anyway, and if you get a donor car you dont even need to pay for them
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Well it's negotiable in the price. if you think about it whilst he is donig the shafts and hubs you could get new brakes done so the labour charge will be alot cheaper
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quote:
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so ya get an engine fitted and working for ya money, the rest ya gotta sort ya self


Basically yeah. You take your car down there, leave it with him, pick it up 5-7 days later with a 2.0 16v (or whatever) instead. As said, if you wanted better brakes (such as Astra GTE or V6) then you can either source them yourself and pay lee to fit them or pay lee to purchase and fit them. same goes for the suspension.

COnsider it like a new car, u pay X to get it then x for all the extras

I'd say its £1500 very well spent. Not amazing, but SO much more fun. Plus normal corsas/saxos/pugs etc all get left behined Your up to Escort RS/Nearly scooby (if you strip it right out) pace
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Daimo, have you got some kind of email address that i can reach you on, cause i'm serious about doing this whole conversion thing, i just need to know a bit more about it.
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anyway can anyone tell me what the 0-60's would be on 2.0 gte conversion. And what would the top end be.
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Is it more hassal to have to do a conversion on a corsa with power steering or is it ok?
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0-60 about 7-8 seconds depending on wheel size,weight etc top end of about 140 again depends on setup.
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Stuckey do u have an email address for lee mitchell or beardy.
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What else exactly do you want to know and we'll post in here. I won't say email Lee at the mo as I know he's real busy...

What is your current engine? Reg?
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mistdotcom, if i have 15's it will quicker than if i have 17's on there
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You'll accelerate quicker with 15's on... Smaller rolling radius, lighter wheel -- easier for the engine to turn...
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Tim. At the moment i'm tryin to buy a corsa to do the conversion. what would be the best situation. i was thinkin off buyin a cheap corsa like a 1.0 with power steering
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will the 0-60 time reduce noticable a lot with 17's on there
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quote:
Originally posted by Daimo B
quote:
Originally posted by Stuckey
so ya get an engine fitted and working for ya money, the rest ya gotta sort ya self


Basically yeah. You take your car down there, leave it with him, pick it up 5-7 days later with a 2.0 16v (or whatever) instead. As said, if you wanted better brakes (such as Astra GTE or V6) then you can either source them yourself and pay lee to fit them or pay lee to purchase and fit them. same goes for the suspension.

COnsider it like a new car, u pay X to get it then x for all the extras

I'd say its £1500 very well spent. Not amazing, but SO much more fun. Plus normal corsas/saxos/pugs etc all get left behined Your up to Escort RS/Nearly scooby (if you strip it right out) pace



should be past RST's and up (on the move 60-100mph) with only the bug eyed 215hp scooby all the rest are faster unless you've reduced weight a lot

[Edited on 09-05-2004 by vibrio]
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quote:
Originally posted by DCorsa
will the 0-60 time reduce noticable a lot with 17's on there


It will be noticable -- don't ask me to quantify that precisely though. An example: a fully stripped 2.0 16v corsa with proper light-weight 15's will do a 1/4 mile in 14.4 secs. A un-stripped Corsa on 17's is probably only capable of a 1/4 in 15 secs+.

Any Corsa will be fine. A 1.0 12v will be fine, but bear in mind there are other differences with the car.

Power steering in later Corsas is electronic (actually a motor on the steering column), and so is easily wired back up...

My only problem with 17's would simply be that you're trying to build a 'performance' corsa... why ruin the handling and acceleration?

[Edited on 09-05-2004 by Tim]

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