Xe conversion

[JamieAddison]

Hi there I have a bog standard nova gte, I'm looking to puta xe in it. What is my parts list as in hubs, gear box? Wiring? Radiator? What mounts do I use? Is 60mm springs to much or will 30mm do with weight difference. Cheers

[Marcusgeorge]

You could just buy the whole conversion kit off LMF and the rad is fine maybe a slim line fan.

The gearbox is your choice f16,18,20. And no just lowering springs won't be a sufficient suspension modification. Either a decent set of coilovers or big piston blinstiens.

And bigger brakes will be needed you can get them from a mk2 astra gte or cavalier Sri/ turbos

And the wiring is a peice of piss there is a brilliant guide on here for the wiring it's only like 4 or five wires

[JamieAddison]

Yeah I'm gonna put full suspension kit on the car, what about exhaust? Just had a look at lmf site do you only need one engine mount?

[mk1nova_rich]

Yes just the one bracket for the drivers side, then a spacer for between the gearbox and rear mount. Just modify your existing exhaust to fit the XE manifold

[JamieAddison]

Will the xe engine run fine with current gear box and xe clutch? Shafts? Or will I need to change hubs for 2ltr brakes

[mowgli]

please read this....

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?86668-*HOW-TO*-Fit-a-2.0-8v-16v-into-a-Nova

this subject has been covered endless times on here & doesn't need it again...

ps, you might want to look at fitting a smallblock xe (1600 16v) as it is a load easier to fit, it works well, and with tuning can produce good results, and as gte's are getting rare, it could be easily reversed.

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?129462-*HOW-TO*-fit-a-Smallblock-XE.-(1.4-1.6-16v)