XE luke
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basically i know a bloke who owns the forum which i use ( octane styling ) and hes very very hanmdy with a spanner and has been workin on his cars for years... hes not long since started octane but i have used it since the start and been very friendly wih him...
i recieved a call from him stating that he wants to supercharge my car for free!!
basically he wants to release a range of products etc for mounts and piping for supercharger conversions and wants to use my car as a demo as he needed the z14xe engine..
he wants me to basically buy the parts needed and he will carry out all the labour free of charge in order to use my car as a demo for the conversion!
weve worked out the parts ( he gets these at manufacturers cost ) to be around 850.00 ( eaton supercharger will be bought second hand from a cooper-s )
just wondering if there are any more supercharged 1.4 corsa c's around
so excited what a bargain!
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Mobby
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Wtf 
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XE luke
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what?
confused me mobby
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Nick-S
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How random but  
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Ben G
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he's doing you over is he not?
so you pay for all the parts and he just fits them?
that's hardly getting a supercharger for free mate
other companies such as piper actually fabricate prototype exhausts to cars which they need for free, only thing you have to do is drive the car there and get a lift home.
[Edited on 13-06-2009 by Ben G]
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Skylined
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a supercharged 1.4?
is that actually worth doing
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nik
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So basically he wants to use you to see if his idea works, or blows your engine and you pay for the privilege. Sounds like a bad deal to me!
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Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by nik
So basically he wants to use you to see if his idea works, or blows your engine and you pay for the privilege. Sounds like a bad deal to me!
My thoughts exactly!
You're not really getting a good deal out of that at all! If he wants to use your car as a demo car, he should buy all the bits and fit them to your car F.O.C
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XE luke
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no hes done this on a 1.2 before for a cuatomer but basically wanted to do a demo car.... i had been talking to hi previosly and told him that i was looking at a dbilas inlet for 1k but couldnt justify it for such a simple mod..... next i know he gives me a call and offers to carry out a supercharger conversion on my car if i want it but i will need to buy the parts.. its not as if hes just randomly called cos im an idiot ( although i know some will disagree )
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dean101287
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Sounds good to me, get it done
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Corsa_Sport21
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So what parts will be included in the one off £850 fee??
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spikedjack
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eaton is a big charger in terms of size, ideally you'd buy a rotrex and do it on the 1.8
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XE luke
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i will have to lose the air con unit in order for it to fit..
were still in discussions at the min but basically everything i need is included.. i.e intercooler, charger, charger mounts, piping, fuelling ( bigger injectors or megasquirt... not decided or finalised yet )management etc
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Cypriot_Sri_Geeza
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you estimated how much extra power your going to get?
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XE luke
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not a clue to be homest with u.... just not evry day i get affored all this work for free so i thought why not go for it
... should imagine about 40+ bhp not bad for 800 quid and a nice custom job too
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AlunJ
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let us now the results, i'm interested to know, doesn't seem to be much out there for the z14xe
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John
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What are they standard?
Could get an XE for that.
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Cypriot_Sri_Geeza
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
let us now the results, i'm interested to know, doesn't seem to be much out there for the z14xe
def screaming for a project thread
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AlunJ
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they're 88bhp standard, would love to zlet mine, but can't justify the cost of it
[Edited on 13-06-2009 by AlunJ]
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Corsa Sport Gav
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i know where there a charger from a cooper S forsale only done 200mile u2u me if your intrested
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
they're 88bhp standard, would love to zlet mine, but can't justify the cost of it
[Edited on 13-06-2009 by AlunJ]
mine had 97.5 bhp
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AlunJ
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what mods did you have?
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Matt H
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So do they do styling work? Or mechanical?
The name puts me off to be honest Site doesn't look like it's up to much either
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
what mods did you have?
decat/ 4 branch as cat is on manifold, exhaust and filter. might add the manifold looked self made so wasnt up to much
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XE luke
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
So do they do styling work? Or mechanical?
The name puts me off to be honest Site doesn't look like it's up to much either
tbh with you there just a forum more than anything but the owner ( mick ) is a friend and has been working on cars for years ( he has a bravo hgt at the min runnin around 300bhp on nitrous ) its just that he has offered so i thought all the free labour i might aswell take it...
the site is retty poo but cant really take it on face value and judge it by the forum 
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