Bike bodies

[Aid/Cesaro]

Hi there I'm new on here. Don't drive a nova but have a c16se powered astra cesaro mk3. I spotted a set of bike bodies for a c16se on ebay a while back but missed out on them. I believe the user was Northern Irish and had his ebay name which led to me finding his name here (turbo-boy). I'm not sure they sold, anybody on here know as I'm interested? Cheers :d

[mowgli]

unless you are prepared to spend about a grand on throttle bodies & a mappable ecu, just slap a 2.0 16v in.

[Aid/Cesaro]

unless you are prepared to spend about a grand on throttle bodies & a mappable ecu, just slap a 2.0 16v in.

Yeah I know you have a point there mate but can't beat a good 8v plus the redtop is heavy.

[mowgli]

and throttle bodies on an unmodified c16se is worth about 10hp max, with a loss of low end torque... but it sounds cool...

spend on getting the head done & maybe a decent exhaust & camshaft long before putting bodies on.

[meritlover]

as above.
you need standalone management for bodies anyway, so best solution is to use it with std manifold then upgrade and fit ITBs later.

[_Jake]

there back on again



Ebay link removed

[mowgli]

nice, but on their own they won't be worth a thing...its the rest of the injection setup that is going to cost the money.

[jonn]

good exhaust, cam, R1 carbs,manifold, fuel pump and megajolt, job done.

[mk1nova_rich]

Looking at easily £2000+ for that^^

[mowgli]

precisely... its why sticking in a big engine is the obvious choice... 2.5 v6 would be nice..

[jonn]

not if you buy smart, i got R1 carbs and fuel pump for €120, megajolt €300, made my own inlet manifold, set of kent cams €200 and all ready had an exhaust.

[mk1nova_rich]

And if you don't come across such bargains, don't already have an exhaust and actually wish to rebuild the engine before hiking the power up...??

Hence why a 2.0 16v would make more sense, especially in an Astra where the big block argument doesnt matter

[jonn]

from the ops post doesn't sound like he wants to throw in a redtop. just giving him some advice.

[mk1nova_rich]

I know mate and fair play...just giving some alternative advuce which I would consider more worthwhile and economical :)

[Aid/Cesaro]

Cheers guys. Hi John, it's drew from Blitz and Griffin, long time no chat. Bought the bodies anyway so ill keep my eyes peeled for some good value management. :)

[turbojolt]

when did tuning become about penny pinching, you guys never spent 60quid on a induction kit to only lose 3 of the 5 hp your car had to begin with and still end up with a smile on your boat because of the added noise lol

[jonn]

well drew ya its been a long time! did you join the new site when it started?

[Aid/Cesaro]

Yeah I joined but lost interest really lad. Wasn't the same in my eyes.

[jonn]

true don't think it was the best move at the time.

[Aid/Cesaro]

Yeah lad to be honest it was a poor enough forum before and still is even with new management. Thats not any knock at the new lads but the interest isnt there to get people going. I much rather the English forums as there's something happening at least.