With sorted suspension, it will handle fine.
You might want to consider insurance too, they wont like it when you tell then you've almost doubled the power of your 1400/1600 engine...
With sorted suspension, it will handle fine.
You might want to consider insurance too, they wont like it when you tell then you've almost doubled the power of your 1400/1600 engine...
Old XE track car
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74272
bottlethroddy - what kind of insurance group would a xe be and also what chassis sorting would be ideal im new to the vauxhall side of things and strethening chassis as i havent gone this far before with tuning
Stitch welding the engine bay/ inner wings etc to strengthen it.
And weld cost's basically nothing if you have a mig welder.
Most insurance companes use the original cars insurance group as a guide, so a xe from a cav gsi(group 14 iirc) would be a group 14 in a nova.
Old XE track car
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74272
Normally the insurance is grouped from the donor car, so thats Astra or Cav GSi, but due to it being an engine transplant, youll need specialist insurers such as CIS or Adrian Flux. Give them a bell for a quote, prices will vary due to area / age / no claims / convictions etc.
As for the chassis, stich weld the engine bay, pop a valver in, fit minimum 2.0 ATE front brakes on 256mm discs, and then concentrate on spending some money on suspension, thats the key. Front springs should be 300lb rated, and dont go for budget kits which bounce all over the place. If your doing a lot of trackdays, consider coilovers, but they will shake your teeth out on prolonged road use.
great minds and all that
okaaaay thnks people but would steering still be heavy?
steering gets heavy from fat ass tyres, not XE's
Big tyres, bit rims = Heavy steering
You could always fit EPAS...
i only want a cheap track weapon and i dont like power steering anyway, i like a car when its just the driver doing everything now electrical wizardry
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