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    Hi there I'm new on here. Don't drive a nova but have a c16se powered astra cesaro mk3. I spotted a set of bike bodies for a c16se on ebay a while back but missed out on them. I believe the user was Northern Irish and had his ebay name which led to me finding his name here (turbo-boy). I'm not sure they sold, anybody on here know as I'm interested? Cheers

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    unless you are prepared to spend about a grand on throttle bodies & a mappable ecu, just slap a 2.0 16v in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mowgli View Post
    unless you are prepared to spend about a grand on throttle bodies & a mappable ecu, just slap a 2.0 16v in.
    Yeah I know you have a point there mate but can't beat a good 8v plus the redtop is heavy.

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    and throttle bodies on an unmodified c16se is worth about 10hp max, with a loss of low end torque... but it sounds cool...

    spend on getting the head done & maybe a decent exhaust & camshaft long before putting bodies on.

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    as above.
    you need standalone management for bodies anyway, so best solution is to use it with std manifold then upgrade and fit ITBs later.

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    there back on again



    Ebay link removed

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    nice, but on their own they won't be worth a thing...its the rest of the injection setup that is going to cost the money.

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    good exhaust, cam, R1 carbs,manifold, fuel pump and megajolt, job done.

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    Looking at easily £2000+ for that^^

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    precisely... its why sticking in a big engine is the obvious choice... 2.5 v6 would be nice..

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