Xe turbo management!!

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Hey guys just wondering as I have been reading about the turbo oil feed mod for the xe block to allow it to be turbo with low comp pistons and head plate, do you have to run some sort of fancy stand alone management or any other management in order to run the xe turbo or can I just use a C20LET loom cut to fit corsa/nova? Also for low comp pistons do the standard C20LET Pistons do well for an xe turbo? Help would be appreciated on this as I'm new to the whole turbo'ing a n/a block

[chris gsi]

As far as I know the c20xe and c20let blocks are the same just the c20xe one does not have the oil return from the turbo,so just put the c20let internals in the xe block drill and tap the block and jobs done and then just get hold of a c20let loom and wire that to the nova

[millworm]

As above, just don't buy a coil pack type xe

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Thanks lads that's good to know I do not need to run a management kit in order to run does anyone know or have a "how to guide" on tapping a turbo oil feed into an xe block?

[turbojolt]

Would it not be easier to drill and tap the sump rather then the block? Like lads do on mx5s etc..

[Andy]

The blocks aside from the oilway are identical.i discovered my 20xe had a let block bizarrely

[millworm]

Would it not be easier to drill and tap the sump rather then the block? Like lads do on mx5s etc..

You could even make an adaptor where the level sensor fits for brownie points

[Vauxhall-Man-Ash]

Would it not be easier to drill and tap the sump rather then the block? Like lads do on mx5s etc..

Would this be more beneficial than tapping into the block and by tapping into the sump I would be guessing a better oil feed mate?

[millworm]

Just easier to tap the sump

[chris gsi]

Would this be more beneficial than tapping into the block and by tapping into the sump I would be guessing a better oil feed mate?

The oil feed comes from the back of the oil pump so it just to return the oil from the turbo