dhdev
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Originally posted by jr
the ax looks bollocks
I concur
How long's this engine gonna last, an hour
[Edited on 28-01-2007 by dhdev]
haha, yes... its the cars 3rd 1.6 16v engine and between them its only covered about 5 miles  Very bad luck with all of them
It is french tho, so i'd say that was pretty good reliability
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STEvieXE
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is it a hard conversion???
wot all needs changed??
could be a cracker track toy
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Novaneil
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is the front panel cut to accomdoate that cold air feed??
how does this go??
i know vts's are good going things?? this muct be wicked...
Yes the panel is cut for the air feed... It has a Viper on it, and if you look at the pics of the bonnet you can see its got a cutout in that to. Every little helps...
Heres a couple of pics from when we first converted it months ago
Its a fairly simple swop... You can use either the Saxo gearbox or AX. The offside engine mount needs modding to fit and obviously so does the wiring. Apart from that its pretty much bolt in to be honest.
As you can see it is a little tight in there, so certain jobs have to be done in a set order... eg: Rad in before manifold in. And engine and box put in seperate and not at once makes life easier.
Neil
[Edited on 28-01-2007 by Novaneil]
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STEvieXE
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could be a cheapish track project one of these and pretty quick for the cash??
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Novaneil
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could be a cheapish track project one of these and pretty quick for the cash??
Yeah should be once its finished... But the AX is like the Nova... Its very hard to find a minter now
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Marc
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Love the AX  : 
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Cupra Steve
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205 gti wheels are cool as fuck,
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paulocutts
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Great progress mate on both cars!! engine bay looks good in primer.
Looking forward to seeing the engine in 
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Wonderboy
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Nice progress. You nearly done an engine swap in 1 day  Nice work there. All of the cars are coming along nicely.
Great work.
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Novaneil
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Update:
1st Feb 2007
Chris finished off the AX engine conversion tonight, he was waiting for his new Top mounts which had to modified to fit on the Damper / Spring Combo
These mounted under the Top Mounts
Our nice tidy workshop 
Nice new PACET fan
Final Touches
Im glad to say it fired up first time and after a few test runs up and down my farm drive we were very happy with the conversion. Just needs an MOT now and it'll be coming to a track day near you soon.....
Neil
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Novaneil
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Whilst Chris was working on the AX I set about spraying my engine bay (at last!)
Sorry all the pics are Phone camera so cr@p quality and look orange but I can ensure you it is defo sprayed red...lol)
Also today the Postman kindly dropped off my new fuel pump.
A Walbro 255. Which has already been modified for a Corsa so just "plug and play" so to speak
Thankyou to Starkie off Migweb
Neil
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dhdev
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Glad to hear the AX i finally working, look forward to seeing it on track at some point this year. As much as I take the piss as far as I'm concerned its a lightweight 1.6 16v hatch so its
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Glad to hear the AX i finally working, look forward to seeing it on track at some point this year. As much as I take the piss as far as I'm concerned its a lightweight 1.6 16v hatch so its
Problem is Oli this is the driver....
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Wonderboy
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lol
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Novaneil
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Update 6th Feb
Started work rebuilding the LET tonight.
Now that the bottom end is cleaned up and painted it looks like this:
We fitted a Z20LET Head gasket (as suggest in www.Max-Boost.co.uk)
Cleaned out where the manky dead water pump used to be
And fitted a nice new Vauxhall one
Cleaned up the COSCAST Head
Fitted and Torqued up
Started fitting the water pipes round the back
And bits and bobs around the front
Then on went the Inlet manifold
And finally the Turbo and manifold
And thats as far as we got.... to be continued Thursday night
Neil
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jr
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looking good neil, on the subject of tracks days looks at the thread in GC
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Bendy
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Hi Neil,
Hows it going? Long time no speak! Very good read this thread is, its just taken me ages to read through it all!
Going back a couple fo pages now, I see you had to weld that engine mount bracket into Ben's engine bay, where did you manage to get a new bracket from as my Corsa engine bay is lacking one too!
I see you're planning another Nurburgring trip now then. Any confirmed dates? And I still never received the DVD from the 05 F**K YEAH trip!!
Cheers
Ben G
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looking good neil, on the subject of tracks days looks at the thread in GC
Hi James,
I've replied to your thread.
Would love to go but can't be 100% sure the cars will be finished So better hold off till the next one me thinks.
Neil
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Novaneil
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Originally posted by Bendy
Hi Neil,
Hows it going? Long time no speak! Very good read this thread is, its just taken me ages to read through it all!
Going back a couple fo pages now, I see you had to weld that engine mount bracket into Ben's engine bay, where did you manage to get a new bracket from as my Corsa engine bay is lacking one too!
I see you're planning another Nurburgring trip now then. Any confirmed dates? And I still never received the DVD from the 05 F**K YEAH trip!!
Cheers
Ben G
Hey up Ben, how you doing?
Im good cheers, just plodding along with this new project
With regards to the Mounting bracket I got it from www.chrisastleymotorsport.co.uk (very helpful guy who posts on here)
What Corsa project are you doing? How's the rallying going?
Would you believe i've got that Nurburg DVD on my desk at work infront of me right now PM me your address again and i'll send it off from here.
Yes we do have a confirmed date for the RING. Im going to post a thread in general chat about it soon. We're going over with Karl and that lot again early July if your interested?
Neil
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Bendy
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Yeah, I'm not bad thanks.
Is that mounting plate just for the 2 litre then because when I first bought this Corsa, it had a 2 litre in it already! But, i'm putting my 1.4 16v in from my rally car so do you know if I'll need that bracket or not?
This Corsa is going to be my new rally car. Its going up to North Wales on Sunday for its full weld in cage, then should hopefully see the rally stages later in the year!
The rallying last year went very well indeed, finished 3rd Overall in the South west Tarmac championship, winning the 1400cc class, and finished 2nd overall in the under 21s championship. Not bad for my first full year!
Yes, I shall be very interested indeed about that trip, as long as the corsa is ready, but I'll probably end up towing it over there!
I'll PM you my address for the DVD
Ben
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Novaneil
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Yeah, I'm not bad thanks.
Is that mounting plate just for the 2 litre then because when I first bought this Corsa, it had a 2 litre in it already! But, i'm putting my 1.4 16v in from my rally car so do you know if I'll need that bracket or not?
This Corsa is going to be my new rally car. Its going up to North Wales on Sunday for its full weld in cage, then should hopefully see the rally stages later in the year!
The rallying last year went very well indeed, finished 3rd Overall in the South west Tarmac championship, winning the 1400cc class, and finished 2nd overall in the under 21s championship. Not bad for my first full year!
Yes, I shall be very interested indeed about that trip, as long as the corsa is ready, but I'll probably end up towing it over there!
I'll PM you my address for the DVD
Ben
That bracket will also fit in with the 1.4 16v I believe... As Padge (previous owner) was running it with his 1.4 If your not 100% just send an email to the web address I gave you. Im sure he'll know.
Thats fantastic with regards to the Rallying!!! I really hope you can make the RING trip this year. Look out for my post.
Just got your PM but left Disc at work, so i'll send it Monday.... Hope this one gets to you this time.... Grrr  Royal Mail.
Neil
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Novaneil
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Update:
8th Feb
Did a little more with the engine build on the LET last night.
Got the Cams in
XE Inlet with Vernier Pulley and LET Exhaust
Fitted Cambelt and Alloy Crank Pulley
On with the Cam Cover
And finally a quick look to see what its going to look like when built up
More work tomorrow.
Neil
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craig_s
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what difference does the xe inlet cam make is it higher lift or something?loking good anyway mate
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what difference does the xe inlet cam make is it higher lift or something?loking good anyway mate
and why the vernier pulley? is this to adjust it further to take advantage of the different profile?
Good work though! Loving the thread!
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Novaneil
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The stock LET cams are a milder version of the XE items. They have shorter duration and lower valve lift (8.5mm instead of the XE's 9.5)
By swopping the Inlet and playing about with the timing (Retarded around 7 degree's roughly) you can make mid-range power a lot stronger can add power at the top end.
See www.max-boost.co.uk for all the LET tuning info you could ever need! Including a lot more info on this CAM Mod.
Neil
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