C20XE Vectra SuperTourer

[Spudly]

For those of you who saw my thread about having problems getting my mates vectra running after we did an eco to XE engine swap in it, i thought you might like to see some shots of it as it is now!

It started like this a few months back when we attacked it with a socket set and an XE.....

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/DSC04182.jpg

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After some strippy strippy-ness..

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We had this...

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And as she is now...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Cars/DSC04386.jpg

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[Spudly]

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Any comments welcome, oh and for the record the 16" Speedline Mistrals she is wearing, only cost him £13 from gaybay, he has had them powdercoated and wrapped in new rubber but still, jammy git haha!

[dj_wudgey]

thats nice as f*ck!!

[gazz]

:thumb: :thumb:

[MattBrown]

Thought the MSD veccy was a V6, my mate has a 2.5 one lol

[hendrix]

sweet.
why wasn't it running in the end?? oh and wheres my LET crank sensor?? lol

[Spudly]

Thought the MSD veccy was a V6, my mate has a 2.5 one lol

The 'MSD' veccy is the GSi :roll:

Supertourers are a different beast and were 250 ecowrecks and 250 X25XE's


sweet.
why wasn't it running in the end?? oh and wheres my LET crank sensor?? lol


Andy i shall collar it back from him but its fubar though bud:cry:


Was the wiring loom we were given was fudged, new one and she was off like a good'un!

[MattBrown]

Msd is the supertouring isnt it?

[Spudly]

Msd is the supertouring isnt it?



Nope, the SRi's were given fussier cams, different bumpers and interiors by MSD and became the GSi

[Pistol Pete]

Looks good. The XE looks right at home in that bay!!!

[Pistol Pete]

Thought the MSD veccy was a V6, my mate has a 2.5 one lol

They are. This is/was an ST hence the title...

[Spudly]

Looks good. The XE looks right at home in that bay!!!


His thinking is thats the ST that vauxhall shouldve built, as on a P plate they were still fitting the XE into cars so why didnt the tourer get one?

[Mike]

Looks nice, shame the rear screen stickers & bass box let it down tho :(

And that tow strap needs some velcro strappage too ;)

EDIT: And the rear end needs a proper strip :thumb: an bonnet centre painting like every other Vectra lol lol

[Pistol Pete]

P plate XE'd cars??

EDIT: doh. the Cally!!!

[Spudly]

Well he wants the look but cant be without his tunes tbf Mike, i think its a damned good car, was a bit 'mmm' when he said he was stripping it out but it doesnt work too badly, he has just had the roof 'urban cammo' wrapped and it doesnt look too bad in all fairness, if anyone is going to modded nationals at weekend it will be there if you want a nosey!



And Pete :p

Silly boy, the P plate mars bar as you edited in lol

[Jack]

Ditch the gay stickers, sort out the gash paint on the bumper and fit a 183V6 and it will be better.

Calibra was using ecotec by P plate was it not?

[hendrix]

thats what I thought Jack.
Thought the M reg SE2's were the last of the XE's

[Spudly]

Lol its his car and he likes stickers so meh it be right lol


I think he leaving the XE in there so unless he sells it then possibly a let will be the natural progression, he has had a load of V6 vectras and wanted to do something that noone (apart from Joff) has done, tis the first XE'd SuperTourer anyways!


Edit dunno about the P reg XE'd mars bars ive seen one in a scrappy and the wondows that werent smashed has P reg plates etched on them but they couldve been replaced glass from another car though!

[Andy]

thats what I thought Jack.
Thought the M reg SE2's were the last of the XE's
thats correct

[Andy]

he has just had the roof 'urban cammo' wrapped and it doesnt look too bad in all fairness, if anyone is going to modded nationals at weekend it will be there if you want a nosey!
Was just going to say looks well nice.Then i read that and now think.Ruined:tard:

[Spudly]

Meh i could be wrong then, still agree with him though, they shouldve fitted the XE and not the eco in the 2.0 ones!

[Mike]

Well he wants the look but cant be without his tunes tbf Mike, i think its a damned good car, was a bit 'mmm' when he said he was stripping it out but it doesnt work too badly, he has just had the roof 'urban cammo' wrapped and it doesnt look too bad in all fairness, if anyone is going to modded nationals at weekend it will be there if you want a nosey!



And Pete :p

Silly boy, the P plate mars bar as you edited in lol

Pah, uprated door speakers with a concealed 4 channel amp under passsenger seat.

[blue_peg_16v]

i know of more than just this and joffs but still rare, those mistrals were cheap but if they were 17s they would of ffetched mega money

if memory serves corect the st was a vaux special only realy got the irmy bumper and different wheels from a standard sri

st200 and gsi were msd all were v6 got cams interior exhaust bumbers wheels and in case of the st200 ap 4pots and a few other little bits

[blue_peg_16v]

Pah, uprated door speakers with a concealed 4 channel amp under passsenger seat.

and a sub in the spare wheel well

[Mike]

and a sub in the spare wheel well

I was doing that back in 2004 lol lol

[blue_peg_16v]

used to be my favorite place to put em lol

[Dod]

THATS how they should have been made origionally. NIce work Spud.

[Spudly]

Cheers Dod, took us a lot of work to do it in the end as it was one of those where everything that could go wrong, did lol

Rich got it bang on as he knows more about vecs than i do cheers bud:thumb:

[Dod]

How'd it fit, straight onto the ST's engine mounts?

[blue_peg_16v]

ecorec has same mounting points as xe so you can use the standard mounts

[Spudly]

Yeah mounts were exactly the same, we just had wiring issues as our loom was fooked but we didnt know this, could do with a torque mount welding on as the vectra has one but the XE does not, it clunks when you floor it but we will get to that one eventually lol

[Dod]

Even if it does clunk, its still better than an Ecowreak.

[blue_peg_16v]

is that the damper at the back of the block if so i was a thread were someone fitted a let and had a bracket that bolted to the inlet and that to stop the problem

[Spudly]

Aye lol


There is another lad local to me, he has a vectra B with a let in it, if youve ever seen pics of vectras at the shows his is the green one with white chequred touring car'esque graphics all over it and has looked the same since early 2000's lol

[blue_peg_16v]

nah was a red one i saw

did the loom for the ecu reach the standatd position then above the glove box ?

[Spudly]

nah was a red one i saw

did the loom for the ecu reach the standatd position then above the glove box ?



Ummm, nope cos the vec ecu lives in the scuttle panel under a big rubber boot, there just wasnt quite enough, its nigh on in situ but he has sealed up that section of the scuttle and taped up the vent holes on that side to make sure, yellow tape to keep to the engine bays theme lol

[blue_peg_16v]

thats were i ment its behind the glove box take it out and you will see it matey think id of lengthened the wiring then to get it ou the way of water

[Jack]

if youve ever seen pics of vectras at the shows his is the green one with white chequred touring car'esque graphics all over it and has looked the same since early 2000's lol
I think I have pics of that one somewhere

[Spudly]

This is the let vectra i was on about, another lad i know from local lol


http://www.vectra-sport.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=115 (http://www.vectra-sport.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=115)

[blue_peg_16v]

should there be a pic there?

[Jack]

Yeah, spud failing at pictures :p

[Spudly]

Works for me :p




http://www.vectra-sport.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=115

Hows that one?

[Jack]

You're not linking to an image properly :p

[Dod]

lol

I had a Vectra ST once.....

[Spudly]

Can you not see the pic?

[Jack]

No. lol

[Dod]

No. lol

x2

[blue_peg_16v]

x3

[Spudly]

Here, saved it from the site and threw it in the bucket, the other two pics work fine so youre just shat lol


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Random%20stuff/Richsveclet.jpg

[blue_peg_16v]

ewe

[Dod]

Here, saved it from the site and threw it in the bucket, the other two pics work fine so youre just shat lol


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Random%20stuff/Richsveclet.jpg

Should have left it in the bucket. lol

[blue_peg_16v]

lives upto the chavy rep of hull lol

[Jack]

Yeah thats the one I have seen. Yoikes.

[djbrowney]

cracking car mate !!!

what did you do with the old wheels ????

[Spudly]

cracking car mate !!!

what did you do with the old wheels ????

He has already sold them i think bud.

[dj_wudgey]

ewe

my thoughts exactly lol

[djbrowney]

He has already sold them i think bud.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

i only want 1 :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Spudly]

my thoughts exactly lol



Well of course youre not going to like it, it doesnt look like a 1300 nova:roll:

[blue_peg_16v]

haha + rep mr spud

[robertdevlin69]

looks stunning,looks as if the xe was there from the factory

[Spudly]

looks stunning,looks as if the xe was there from the factory



Cheers bud, that was the aim of the conversion, we wanted it to look as factory as possible with a little brightening up in the yellow/white theme of the Tourer:thumb:

[Saloony]

Well, that is proper.. almost, until i saw the gypo special subs sat in the back.

[dj_wudgey]

Well of course youre not going to like it, it doesnt look like a 1300 nova:roll:

lol i like the st vectra its well nice!! just the other one has been two barryd up for me lol

[Spudly]

In fairness though the other one was a poverty spec 1.8 with steelies and wheeltrims about ten years ago, its not to everyones tastes but apart from the front bumper its just a touring car-esque veccy with a let so its not that barry tbh!

[Dod]

Steels are WIN on some cars though.....