The birth, re-birth, death and re birth of the Silver GSI

[Will F]

Shell purchased in 2005 with roll centre cage and 2L Engine fitted



Fully stripped down and repainted. No rust found, so it was a simple rub down and re-paint both exterior and interior. Notice the new GM roofskin to get rid of the sunroof!!

[Will F]

Engine and associated parts sold off (for a profit!! Lol)

1600 16v engine fully rebuilt (for 3rd time!) with new pocketed pistons, rods, bearings etc. SBD 184 kit included (cams etc) was fitted in June 2005




Ran for approx 8 months with a few problems until?

Engine Death!







Decision was made to go 2L power, as the 1600 had been too much of a nightmare!

Started buying bits to convert the 1600 TBs to fit the 2L?.along with an sbd type C manifold and some Pico high flow injectors

[Will F]

Then bought an F28 with an ATB diff in, to swap into the F20 I had. Fitted all new bearings and seals for good measure too?.





Bought a 1988 20XE with an early Coscast head with the larger guides and hand-finished ports.

Then found a John Toovey built ?race? spec engine that was going for a reasonable price that had recently been built, with receipts that would make your eyes bleed! Lol







It was a bare engine, but most of the bits either fitted off the 1600 or were taken from the other XE I had.

[Will F]

Also fitted an alloy bottom pulley and a 5kg flywheel from an Escort XE.

Realised that my SBD manifold would clear the Swindon baffled sump! So had a standard alloy sump baffled from Toovey.







Fitted a Corsa PAS quick rack with a Saxo electric pump




Took a while to mount the 16 row Mocal oil cooler too, but got a hydraulic place to make me up some pipework, so I could squeeze it in, next to the rad.





Most bits fitted and almost ready to go?.

[Will F]

Then it was mapped at Mech Motorsport in Cheltenham, but we couldn?t get it to sit properly on the rollers to get a full power reading?. But it was sitting at 217 bhp @ 6700, and it needed as much fuel at the limiter (8200) as it did at 6700?. So it goes well!





Here she is at Llandow a few weeks later!!

[Jim]

Never realised how much work you actually put into he shell. It's still just another 2.0 16v though

[peester]

i remember you posting about the 1600 knocking through.. but been bit confused since; always looked good - awesome N/A power with the 2.0 xe now..
Indeed shell is a good high spec one. Great work.

[Riggy]

very nice will ,

[Ste L]

nice work will

[Rick Draper]

Very nice, i am looking forward to seeing this at brunters.