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gsirick

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Registered: 18th Feb 07
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27th May 07 at 14:47

as above.

Nic Barnes

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27th May 07 at 15:00

theyre ok

gsirick

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27th May 07 at 15:04

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
theyre ok

whatabout 1 with r1 carbs producing 180bhp

Nic Barnes

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27th May 07 at 15:36

quote:
Originally posted by gsirick

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
theyre ok

whatabout 1 with r1 carbs producing 180bhp

yeah will be ok

craig_s

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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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27th May 07 at 18:04

i would rather have one running carbs because they make more power and theres less to go wrong as in sensors

Vaux Lad

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Registered: 15th Dec 04
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27th May 07 at 18:22

Costing you efficiency and fuel economy, and reliability /\

XE's never break down, and why do you think so many people have them fitted?

Nic Barnes

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27th May 07 at 18:23

quote:
Originally posted by Vaux Lad
Costing you efficiency and fuel economy, and reliability /\

XE's never break down, and why do you think so many people have them fitted?

to think theyre cool and fast and smart and furious

ChrisBoom

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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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27th May 07 at 18:24

quote:
Originally posted by Vaux Lad
Costing you efficiency and fuel economy, and reliability /\

XE's never break down, and why do you think so many people have them fitted?

My brother blew up 3

But that was due to a clogged oil cooler, not the engines.

Vaux Lad

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27th May 07 at 18:26

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport

quote:
Originally posted by Vaux Lad
Costing you efficiency and fuel economy, and reliability /\

XE's never break down, and why do you think so many people have them fitted?

to think theyre cool and fast and smart and furious

LOl.

For reliability, and good power from a standard engine.

Nic Barnes

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27th May 07 at 18:27

agreed, very good engine indeed. one of the worlds most commonly transplanted engine

craig_s

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27th May 07 at 18:30

yes they are very good engines.but they do brake down and ask most people that have owned them and they will say they have had some sort of problem with it.but the same goes for most engines

Nic Barnes

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27th May 07 at 18:32

quote:
Originally posted by sri power
yes they are very good engines.but they do brake down and ask most people that have owned them and they will say they have had some sort of problem with it.but the same goes for most engines

i had not one problem in 2 years with my xe, it never once broke down or failed to start or leak anything. was great motoring. ran awsome with 140k on the engine still going strong now after another 3 people have owned it

craig_s

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27th May 07 at 18:37

this is the first xe ive owned and ive had problems with it.breather pressure building uo and making it leak oil.and now its got a problem with a miss fire.but i suppose every engine has been treated different so they wont all be the same

X 60RSA

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Registered: 20th Aug 01
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27th May 07 at 23:07

Buy one, rebuild it and do a proppa job and all should be good! Renew sensors as well and you should be fine.

People who drop them straight in cant expect a reliable set up, some might be luck though.

I had problems with mine but it wasnt driven slow.

gsirick

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Registered: 18th Feb 07
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28th May 07 at 08:38

think i mite get 1 fitted then pretty soon. any rough ideas on prices to get 1 fitted?

Nic Barnes

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28th May 07 at 12:56

if you can do it yourself its just the price of the parts.

Gaz

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28th May 07 at 16:56

please please please make an allowence for parts that you may not think you need, i have done a conversion (last week) and spent a fortune on parts, when i thought i had everything!

there are hidden costs, its a ball-ache and allot of stress.

chrisj_88

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Registered: 22nd Sep 06
Location: Dewsbury
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29th May 07 at 08:35

quote:
Originally posted by Gaz
please please please make an allowence for parts that you may not think you need, i have done a conversion (last week) and spent a fortune on parts, when i thought i had everything!

there are hidden costs, its a ball-ache and allot of stress.

what extra parts do u mean? like service parts for the engine, oil, that sort of stuff?

Twiggy

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29th May 07 at 11:56

mine was on 165k when i got it! think its on about 185k now

[Edited on 29-05-2007 by Twiggy]

cpcrampton

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Registered: 16th Feb 07
Location: Stirling
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31st May 07 at 14:56

bullet proof. xe's i have a track car wi xe = r1 carbs never had any bother with it.

flybooy

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Registered: 30th May 07
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31st May 07 at 15:21

very good engines if looked after and rebuilt after 100k i'd say.. Go for the engines with the Costcast head if you can tho dont go porus like the GM one.

Ben ev

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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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31st May 07 at 18:16

break down all the time as most have been abused! would rebuild every time if i do anymore transplants

gsirick

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Registered: 18th Feb 07
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31st May 07 at 20:17

got a c16xe engine with 52k so shall be puttin that in

corsa120

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Registered: 4th May 02
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1st Jun 07 at 11:51

mine has bin more reliable than both my small block xe engines with less that 30k on clock of both of them, mine had failed afm recently but it was 15 years old for christ sake gotta make some allowance.

end of the day some parts will be old/corroded dont see why this makes it a bad conversion this will happen to all engines when they reach a certain age, people seem to expect a 15yr old + xe to run as well as 1-2-3 year old engine with no problems.

i love my xe and would not swop it for the world, sometimes its worth a small price to pay for a shoddy sensor in my opinion, and i think kine handles gr8 for fast rod hatch

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