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Mobby
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15th Oct 08 at 22:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok if you got get me one id be very happy. what FSE regulator would you recommend to use?
DaveyLC
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15th Oct 08 at 22:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'm not even sure what one I'm using, i found it in the workshop, I need a gauge so I can check the pressures.. setting up an FPR on a fuel injected car is a bitch because the ecu starts messing about while you are setting it lol
Mobby
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15th Oct 08 at 22:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so should i just try and get a standard one? orr will the engine come with one?
DaveyLC
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15th Oct 08 at 22:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
This is my FPR setup
Mobby
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15th Oct 08 at 22:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
but dont you blank the return off?
Mobby
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15th Oct 08 at 22:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
''The X18XE1 has a single fuel line so you'll need to blank off return.. The tank breather just needs to be connected to the tank vent solinoid''
DaveyLC
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16th Oct 08 at 06:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I discovered it didnt run right like that
Mobby
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16th Oct 08 at 09:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok dude, any chance of clearance pics tonight please?
DaveyLC
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Hopefully going to get it on the ramps so I can do the lower brace so will get pics.. Got to go and get a alternator belt today, standard one doesnt fit as I've not got PAS lol
Vaux Lad
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16th Oct 08 at 16:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cool
Have you got it running on the std ecu and wiring loom?
Was the wiring straight forward?
DaveyLC
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16th Oct 08 at 16:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its running on the Siemens Simtec ECU + Loom from the Vectra was very easy.
DaveyLC
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16th Oct 08 at 20:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sump





The pink beast!
Mobby
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thanks mate, seems enough clearance there
James_H
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17th Oct 08 at 14:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That looks like a pretty sweet conversion!!

Are the inlet manifolds the same as the x16xe?
fazza
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17th Oct 08 at 14:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no mate there not, bit further apart
DaveyLC
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17th Oct 08 at 14:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The inlet manifold is totally different Its also variable length.. The ports are much bigger and tapered more.

I've got a spare inlet to try and build a custom version from.

[Edited on 17-10-2008 by DaveyLC]
fazza
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17th Oct 08 at 14:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wanted use a z18 for mine and turbo it but the exhaust manifold is different so i couldnt use it
DaveyLC
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Yeah manifold is the same as the Z18XE.. I'm going to fit the Z18 cams at some point as they are slightly better than the X18XE1 items.
fazza
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17th Oct 08 at 14:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sweet!!

that in near future? will they cost much?
DaveyLC
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Can pick up a second hand Z18xE head for about £40 so not expensive really
fazza
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17th Oct 08 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
happy days mate, was going say if about 100quid may aswell just get a set of fast road cams. only about 150 new
deano87
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17th Oct 08 at 15:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nice how is this engine different to the one in the Corsa C 1.8 SRi? 'Cause I thought that was a bitch to wire in etc?!
fazza
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17th Oct 08 at 15:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the engine in the corsa sri is flybywire but this one isnt so goes straight in iirc
DaveyLC
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17th Oct 08 at 15:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Nice how is this engine different to the one in the Corsa C 1.8 SRi? 'Cause I thought that was a bitch to wire in etc?!


Same block.. Different cams, throttle and ECU..
fazza
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17th Oct 08 at 15:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so is this the 115 or 125 bhp engine mate

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