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Author Have a 2.0 16V for FREE! Few questions tho
philly willy
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My uncle owns a garage and has just go in a 2.0 16v and says i can have it if i want it but i need to know a few tings first
First does my body shell need all re welding to deal with to power increase or is that a load of tosh?
Secondly are there any majour side effects? insurinmg its all fitted properly?
and thirdly Is insiurance a majour issue for an 18 yearold on mar and pars insurance which is aboutn 400 pound at the mo for a 1.0 ltr?

Many thanx for any help
Philly
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just need some serious vaux woopy woop ass power!
Westwood
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insurance will rocket i would imagine, even being on your parents....
sheel cud do with welding! also i'd suggest brake and suspension upgrade
Gary GSi
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Speek to courtenay or regal about suspension upgrades.Your standard front ones wont cope with the extra weight.For brakes i would get some good 256mm (Tar.ox) discs ,Astra GSi calipers and pads.
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i didnt tink tat me upgraded suspension would B able to cope what about the shell?
Cheers
philly
luca2020
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Bollox, u shell needs no welding at all, only nova shells need seam welding

ull also need uprated brakes, either the 2.0 16v jobies from an astra/cav or u can buy some V6 ones from V-Tuning on mig web for £200

also need uprated suspension e.g. spax, avo

also need the gearbox, ecu and wiring loom that goes with the engine

and get a quote before u do the work on insurance to see if u can actualy afford it, and remember ur fuel bill will be higher
Kris TD
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insurance will rocket, infact mate, u might not even get insurance at that age
philly willy
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Cheers for tat
Kinda tink da old fuel bill wil B a bit higher
Can manage bout 2weeks on a tank at the mo but wil probs only go about hallf a week if i put in the dirty dog 2. 16v beast
I tink am gonna get some prices to mozza see wot i can sort out
ASny one else got any help at all from conversions???
Phil
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ring liverpool victoria for insurance, apparently they are the best for conversions

u will need special 2l front springs, can get em from various places. yeah, get some 2l brakes before u do teh conversion.
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oh, u will need to modify or change the driveshafts too. and make up engine mounts
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Tink i am alot keener to go for the conversion now!
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As as i know the engine comes wid drive shafts gear box and front breaks from old cav
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the only brakes u should be looking at are the astra gsi ones mate, they'll definately enough for what u need and they bolt straight on. get em from most decent breakers
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dont make up ur own mounts or mod the drive shafts, they will let u down

just buy a PVD fitting kit, sorted
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I tink i am gonna just go for the PVD conversion kit then should B pritty much sorted.....Corsa 4eva!
Burn off the cocky scruffers who keeptrying to bloody race me in a d reg 2.0 ltr pile of crap cav
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yer ull blow them away easy due to the weight difference
STEvieXE
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my dad has a calibra ecotec 2.0 16v i think its 136bhp. hes gettion as good fuel consumption as me in my 1.2 16v and i dont drive like a nut. only thing would be i have a habit of holding the revs out in each gear to say 3000/4000 revs b4 changing up whereas he would change about 2000 rpm.
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well wid da 1 ltr beast i rev it to about 4500 every time and get 2 solid weeks on a tank .... tink tats da only decent tink wid a bloody 1ltr
luca2020
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yer but the engine hes talking about is the 150bhp jobbie innit?
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Dunno, he'd have to check.
philly willy
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so price wise tink its gonna cost about£1200 wid breaks engine labour +fitting kit?
Scott M
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What's the 2.0l From.
Won't the drive shafts that come with it be too long?
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its from a cav so may possibly nweed different drive shafts not sure
what ya tink?
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Havent read the whole thread but use liverpool vic for insurancem they will insure it as a standard car with engine mods (= about £10 increase) and the rest as above, no seam welding needed!

and petrol costs wont be that much as its just a 2L as in every other cav etc, just look at there fuel ecomony, not bad if u ask me....


wouldnt hestitate if i was u!
anz
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liverpool victoria charge a small increase for engine conversions

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