vectra gsi at last

[blue_peg_16v]

well after 12month of owning the donor to repair my gsi i finaly have time to do it due to loosing my job so today i started

heres the gsi with its nice seized v6
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/Photo0014.jpg

and its new engine all removed form the £86 ebay bargin
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/Photo0013.jpg

next will be engine out of the gsi new cam belt and water pump on the replacement whilst its out and then bang it in the gsi with the gsi cams fitted, and spud i know its about time lol

[Paul]

downpipe, talk to me

[AlexW]

I nearly got excited, then realised its a phase 2 hatchback :(

Still nice cars.

Crack on.

[novalovingned]

I will own a vectra gsi one day soon. Looking foward to seeing this progress:)

[Mike]

Lovely motors these are :) my brother in law has a facelift V reg in black. K&N & cat back exhausts & it made 208bhp on the rollers :)

That was with a pair of cracked manifolds lol

[blue_peg_16v]

engine was out by 12.30 spent rest of day getting the gsi off the grass its been that wet recently it just kept sinking lol

[blue_peg_16v]

Lovely motors these are :) my brother in law has a facelift V reg in black. K&N & cat back exhausts & it made 208bhp on the rollers :)

That was with a pair of cracked manifolds lol

same as this then its a v plate with a k&n and an exhaust and before anyone says anything about heat soak i know but the v6 with a cone filter sounds awsome, ive missed it over the past year

also forgot the second part of the project will be to fit lpg to it then ill be selling the van

[Spudly]

Well fcuk me sideways with a yardbrush, youve actually started it, so does you not have a big silver gnome in your front garden anymore then bud?

[blue_peg_16v]

its still there keeps sinking and van dosent have enough grunt to drag it out so my dads gonna drag it out on thursday with the jag, gonna strip wiring and get engine ready to come out tomorrow only took 3 hours to get the one out today

[Spudly]

Are the tyres flat, i imagine they will be and im sure i spotted the handbrake on last time i was there so that will probably be stuck on aswell:cry:

[Hobbit]

same as this then its a v plate with a k&n and an exhaust and before anyone says anything about heat soak i know but the v6 with a cone filter sounds awsome, ive missed it over the past year

also forgot the second part of the project will be to fit lpg to it then ill be selling the van

Oh yes :d Even my cheapy Ebay universal jobby sounds great :cool:

[blue_peg_16v]

Are the tyres flat, i imagine they will be and im sure i spotted the handbrake on last time i was there so that will probably be stuck on aswell:cry:

tyres were flat pumped up now and brakes wernt on and all wheels are free and turning its just the ground is so wet and its like plowing with the front drivers wheel and the van just keeps wheel spinning jag should pull it straight off with the rear wheel drive

[Spudly]

Ahh furry muff ya covered the bases then bud, so is this going to see an update tomorrow aswell then bud, if so make sure you hold the camera steady when you take your next lot of pictures haha!

[blue_peg_16v]

sorry spud i not a professional japanees tourist like you lol

[Spudly]

Cheeky **** haha, make sure ya get your steady hand on then :p

[blue_peg_16v]

will try but new phones camera is ****

[novalicous]

when you come to sell the van rich give us a shout :thumb:

[blue_peg_16v]

will do mate

[blue_peg_16v]

the giant garden gnome has moved and its engine is being stripped ready for removal will post pics later

[blue_peg_16v]

one disapearing gnome
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/Photo0016.jpg
seems strange looking out the window and not seeing it
and the engine before i started, inlets and pumps now stripped ready for block to be removed didnt get pic as it was dark but will get some tomorrow
1 completley shaged 2.5
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/Photo0015.jpg

tomorrow the plan is to go get the new belts and pump get the shaged engine out transfer the clutch fly wheel and cams and if light allows start to refit the engine

[blue_peg_16v]

well a quick update no pics sorry was to busy to find camera and the tea monkey had left me grafting on my own

anyway managed to get the engine out of the gsi today have transfered the alternator and all wiring looms to the new engine just got to change the fly wheel in the morning then it can got back in torque converter is off thank sloth for the info, only disaster was i broke the brake master cylinder resovire but luckily that is one of the parts left on the donor most were stripped when i got it lol. on the plus side although i have no idea of milage the new engine is alot cleaner than the old one and it has compression and isnt siezed so bonus and it did sound nice a year ago when i bought it lol

changed the alternator as it was new 2 weeks before it blew and there a pain in the ass to change when the engine is in

[AlexW]

Thought about going for a lighter flywheel if you havnt already changed it?

Good time to do it while its all out.

[blue_peg_16v]

when i lifted it yes lol

but im skint at press with no job so money i do have will go on mot and tax plus its only going to get used for motorway crusing so not realy that bothered have the loon to go fast lol

[Sloth]

dude, fit a flat xe one and its clutch = win

[blue_peg_16v]

i would if i had one

but since i dont and its got to go in tomorrow so i can take the hoist back monday the thing that took a steel foundary 6 months to make judging by the weight will be going back in the car lol

[Sloth]

lol get the grinder out...... lol

[blue_peg_16v]

even a pot type xe clutch is light compaires to the v6 one lol

[blue_peg_16v]

sorry no pics again but the engine is under the bonnet on the gsi not wired up or plumbed but its getting there, these past few day mincing although being fun has reminded me why im an office jokey my backs killing lol

[blue_peg_16v]

well not updated this for a while finished the engine ages since and its now been on the road for about 6 months, running great,but today i had some time on my hands so thought id start the other bigish jobb i had planned for it.

So started fitting the LPG!!!!!!

I bought the kit about 18 month since off ebay but me being my usual lazy self has just left it sat in the garage, but with the price of fuel 132.9 now when lpg is 71.9 thought it was about time i pulled my fingure out.

The kit is a single poinnt mixer kit so works like a carb, it was orrigionaly on an omega v6, so bar a couple of little changes it should be a simple job.

Bolted the tank in
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/0fff1d66.jpg
ran pippes front to rear and to filler (tank all plumbed in just needs wire connecting)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/1169749b.jpg
filler fitted (tidy job considering i didnt have a hole cutter lol)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/9f0c5885.jpg
worked out the wiring
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/477fbd15.jpg
now the problem is the idle control valve the omega runs an icv like an xe so its easy to connect it to gas the vectra dosent so i have 2 options
1 make a plate to fit were the icv bolts on the vectra inlet and ruun an xe icv
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/7dd31a69.jpg
or enclose the standard icv so i can send gas to it
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/62b58473.jpg
not sure which will be best but im leaning towards the first option

ordered the new mixer a few days ago so when that turns up i can fit the vaporiser and selonoid and wire it all up omega runs twin throttle bodys so the origional mixxers are no good.

[saloonwoody]

lpg noooooooo ! we have done three engines over the past few weeks due to lpg !!!

[blue_peg_16v]

v6 are £100 (i made a profit on the last vectra cdx £86 off egay with no interior took engine out weighed shell in and got £109) so if it pops it pops, i know of alot of cars runing it with no problems, its all down to the set up mine will be going to be set up proply once fitted, and if it was so bad vauxhall wouldnt of fitted it. based onn a difference of £0.60 its £36 a tank cheaper thats a win for me its a banger run about not a show stoper, the loon will also be going on to it but will be having sequential injection.

[davidfox280585]

damn rich i was bored today i could have come over and sampled a brew,thought you would have been teaching only thing i had on today was weigh nova in, pick up astra estate for breaking and get window fitted in trany

[blue_peg_16v]

lol i was teaching this morning but didnt have owt on this aft and weather was nice so thought id crack on that new garage of yours will soon be full of crap lol, see you didnt waste anytime getting bits on gaybay free listing to the rescue lol

[davidfox280585]

too right had to take advantage of free listing, put this rack to the side for ya, is there anything you need rich, hoping to get the xe in soon

[blue_peg_16v]

dont think so, ill pop round later in the week mate cheers for keeping the rack for us

[blue_peg_16v]

i now have a 3rd option for idle blank off the icv and wind the screw out on the throttle boddy so it stay slightly open and idles

[blue_peg_16v]

well the mixer arrived today so i can crack on with it as soon as i have some time.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/e74abde3.jpg

[blue_peg_16v]

well today saw the continuation of the franking zilla lpg conversion under the bonnet is finished could do with a new single outlet control to tidy things up a little but just wanna see it working first there is just the live left to connect but i wanted to check the wiring in the pics of the old car i have before i conect that, was worried it wouldnt run again wile i was on with it, splicing the main engine wiring loom but after i finished it runs on petrol still so just check the wiring and connect the live and should be running on gas which at 67p at local gas supplier is a bargin

heres a few pics didnt take many as was fecking busy i know it aint the tidiest conversion but want to check it runs then i can tidy it up and bugger me was it tight to get everything in there

inlets striped to get access to injector loom omega injector loom had a different plug so had to splice the wiring on the vectra one
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/a599e2ac.jpg
vaporiser fitted
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/5587df2e.jpg
omfg were do all the wires and pipes go
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/77c77306.jpg
almost back together
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/04f0a8dd.jpg
wires over wing are for the control unit and tank sut off valve now all run inside the car and the skutle is all replaced, tryed the car and it still runs all be it on petrol as there is no live to the lpg system so cant have fecked the wiring that bad lol

[blue_peg_16v]

well checked the wiring good job too as the tank was wrong, fired it up and it kept dieing when reved then realized that the tank wasnt switched on switched it on and brum brum but wont idle so turned gas up and it ran went a bit to far and got a back fire oops turned it back down and it runs again just got to sort the icv

[blue_peg_16v]

Well the vectra started to run like poo the otherday so thought I'd give it a service (I haven't bothered since changing the engine even the oil was still the same as in the CDC the engine came from

Found the reason for crap runnIng look at what I found in number 1
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/6a7b6e78.jpg

Also plug leads were shagged so all replaced oil changed and new fuel filter fitted runs a dream again

[bazil]

holy fcuk lol, no wonder it ran poo..

[davidfox280585]

about time you lazy fool, it ran ok when you took me to hatfield, does is run a dream now?

[blue_peg_16v]

Dave you should of seen my Hoover bodge to get the crap out before I removed the plug

[davidfox280585]

always a bodge for everyjob

[Damo]

Forgot you had this rich lol.

[MK999]

Dave you should of seen my Hoover bodge to get the crap out before I removed the plug

Bit of vacuum/washer tube taped onto a hoover is the best/easiest way lol

[blue_peg_16v]

I used a pipe same size as matrix hose taped to the Hoover hose worked a treat

[blue_peg_16v]

So did I haven't done feck all to it tbf so my own fault could really do wi changing the cambelt as feck knows how old the one on it is lol