Luke Langtons turbo rebuild

[luke langton]

Some of you will recognise this thread from months back which was in general chat! but as I have made some good progress and have more plans on the way! I thought I move it here where it should be.
So this is where I started for anyone who didnt see the frontend rebuild.

Since my rebuild 2 years ago, I thought the front end needed a little TLC so I took the car off the road and started work! I noticed there was a little rust in the inner arches, front cross member and behind the strut! As much as I didn?t want to start rebuilding the car again! I decided the only way to do it properly was to strip everything out and fix anything that needed to be done. So I am fitting a new front cross member and front panel, fix any rust I come across and fit an engine bay strengthening kit while I am at it!
As the suspension was out I have got them powder coated along with the ARB, hubs, control arms and bought some powerflex bushes too.

While the engines out I thought I might as well do some things I have wanted to do too. But as I have only done about 4000 miles on my rebuilt engine! I am just going to be fitting a big valve head, LSD and some chrome & polished bits!
So here are so progress pics!



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[luke langton]

Here are some pics of it been painted and the suspension fitted along with hubs and discs.

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[luke langton]

once I had the bonnet, wings, grill and front bumper painted it was just a case of getting it back home to refit the engine!

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[luke langton]

In the meantime I was getting some engine bits chrome and polished along with rebuilding my gearbox as my LSD arrived!

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[peester]

nice one luke, long time no hear... looking good, hope to see n hear that turb'd 1600 8v soon

[luke langton]

I started to get the block back together by fitting my cs15 head thanks again craig! I also fitted my new plastic covers, inlet manifold with chrome fuel rail and gave the block and sump a new coat of paint.

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[luke langton]

yeah thanks peester, its really been taking me a long time! but it will all be worth it in the end. I tried to get it to the PV show but I was having some problems and it didnt make it! the engine is now in and running but needs to be set up! I will post up some more up to date pics of the engine in soon.

[peester]

fook.. its stunning it really is..

[craig green]

FU**ING HELL Luke that looks sweet as! You need to get on here more often mate.

Glad its up together. Must be a gorgeous car!

[novait]

i love that engine so far...thats how i wanted mine to look but havnt got the time at the moment...:( keep up the good work

[Mike]

nice!! That engine looks excellent!! Exactly the same thing im doing, albeit im just looking for a spare engine at present so i can start :D

M.

[krobinson]

Looks superb mate, good work!!

Keith

[Adam]

Engine looks awesome, nice work.

Cars looking sweet too, nice to see a nova with a set of 16s/17s? on that aint speedlines or softstars.

[luke langton]

Cheers guys, yeah the engine has taken me a long time just because of all the chrome and hours of polishing! Other wise it would have taken half the time to put it back on the road! But I have always wanted it to look like that so I thought I would take my time and do it properly!

Yeah they are 16s but just look big in those pics! I think it might be because there 195/40/16? Don’t know if I am going to keep them?
Was thinking of getting speedlines but I do like the fact that I haven’t seen these on any other nova! Don’t know if they look a bit chavy tho?

[Adam]

They suit a nova imo.
There like my old wheels.

[Lee]

Are they Fox wheels?

If so I would consider changing them for the weight saving alone. Fox wheels are made of Lead I rekon!

But the car and engine look stunning, credit to you sir!

[Adam]

Quite a few rims look like that.
Kahn RSRs/replicas, Masitaly look quite similar.

[luke langton]

No, there called Atek. That?s exactly why I am thinking of changing them because everyone thinks there fox wheels which we all know are pretty much cheap budget wheels that you see on kitted maxpower style cars!

[rc]

very nice mate! engine looks stunning!

[luke langton]

Heres a few more pics of the engine coming together with my new alternator, oil filter, chrome fse fuel regulator and some red vacuum hoses!

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just getting it strapped up ready to move into the engine bay!

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[Iain]

That engine is beautiful! Very nice work.

[krobinson]

Great work, cant wait to see that in the bay!!

[tom_beverley]

Looks stunning, never really been a massive fan of chrome engines but I think that looks absolutely spot on lots of effort put in there. Car looks really nice and done properly, a job well done. I'm looking forward to seeing that at future shows :thumb:

[luke langton]

I fitted a new clutch kit then decided to bolt the gearbox to the block as one, then lifted the shell over the engine! rather then drop the engine into the bay which I did last time. this was a lot easier and worked out better.

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[BenNova]

that mate is mint how you get your engine that nice i'd love mine to look like that. Always down for a blacked out Nova mate, looks sweet keep it up, cant wait to see it finished.

[luke langton]

Thanks for the comments guys, well it takes a lot of time and patience! lol
just a matter of keeping it like that. but I have decided to take it off the road over the winter which should help! plus then i can get on and do some other bits a want to do!

[luke langton]

Some pics of the engine in the bay!

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finally got the engine bolted in so started to fit the radiator, samco hoses and the turbo!

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[Adam]

Awesome.

Chrome stuff always looks at its best in a black engine bay.

[Nick J]

looks spot on that fella!

[vaughanmc]

Looking good mate -- Don't see many of small-block Turbo's about now

[Lee H]

Looks really nice mate, quite a few tidy black GSi's being built at the moment.

[NovaLad]

Looks a beauty mate .. keep it looking like that !!!

[luke langton]

Looking good mate -- Don't see many of small-block Turbo's about now

Yeah your right, thats why I decided to do the conversion as its something a little different!

[luke langton]

Looks really nice mate, quite a few tidy black GSi's being built at the moment.

Yeah there seems to be quite a few coming back now! There was a stage when I was looking for one and couldnt find one anywhere! They seemed to be quite rare. All I could find were silk violet ones! I thought it was supposed to be the other way round. lol

[luke langton]

Been waiting on some new silicone hoses, so now the intercooler and boost pipes have been fitted!

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also stared on the wiring loom, and fitted the induction kit, wiper motor, bailey header tank.

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[rc]

looks stunning mate!

[Adam]

Looks awesome, nice work.

Whats the engine spec? Courtney type? Spacer plate etc?

[luke langton]

yeah, I had the courtenay turbo conversion done in 2004. along with the engine rebuild which I had bored out to 1650, compression lowered with the spacer plate and two head gaskets, standard cam and cs15 head.

[peester]

would you look at that.. soooo needs to be a T.V feature this.. lol - u gotta join in the fun n games for centenery (sp) next year mate;- dont go hitting no trees/versa virca will ya?!

[craig green]

Nice engine bay.

[luke langton]

would you look at that.. soooo needs to be a T.V feature this.. lol - u gotta join in the fun n games for centenery (sp) next year mate;- dont go hitting no trees/versa virca will ya?!

yeah, I would love to have it featured in T.V sometime! and do some shows next year. as long as I can keep it in one piece, dont worry I will keep a look out for any on coming trees! lol

[Martin]

Wow thats realy nice matey.. needs a custom/chrome exhaust manifold :D

[luke langton]

Wow thats realy nice matey.. needs a custom/chrome exhaust manifold :D

Cheers thanks, yeah I know I think it would finish off the engine bay. I will get one made up eventually but I just want it on the road at the moment. Its something I can change over at a later date!

[S1 RST]

should handle like a dream with the diff fitted it the only thing my 1.6 gsi turbo lacked.

But had a quaiffe lsd diff in current car i got when it had the Group A 1.6 8v in it, totally transformed the way the car handled the more you pushed it the better it got

[Adam]

yeah, I had the courtenay turbo conversion done in 2004. along with the engine rebuild which I had bored out to 1650, compression lowered with the spacer plate and two head gaskets, standard cam and cs15 head.
Where did you get the spacer plate from? To fit 1650cc bore.

[craig green]

Where did you get the spacer plate from? To fit 1650cc bore.

Are the head gaskets any different for a 1650?

If they are you could simply have the spacer laser cut like Courtenay do. Prolly get a handfull for the minimum cost.

[luke langton]

should handle like a dream with the diff fitted it the only thing my 1.6 gsi turbo lacked.

But had a quaiffe lsd diff in current car i got when it had the Group A 1.6 8v in it, totally transformed the way the car handled the more you pushed it the better it got

Yeah, I cant wait to see how it handles with the diff fitted! I think it should really help with putting the power down! it seems a bit of a waste not fitting lsd if you have a turbo.

[luke langton]

I got the spacer plate from Courtenay with the conversion and the head gaskets aren't any different!

[luke langton]

While it was up on axle stands I fitted the exhaust, the rest of the silicone hoses and I thought I would take some pics!


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I finally sorted out my brake problem after trying two different servos and buying a new master cylinder which I later found out was faulty! So I gave my v6 calipers a new coat of paint and fitted my braided brake lines.

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[krobinson]

Must say i'm mega impressed. I'm guessing its dry use only now after all this cleaning! Good work!! Cant wait to see it at some shows.

Keith

[Nick J]

Must say i'm mega impressed. I'm guessing its dry use only now after all this cleaning! Good work!! Cant wait to see it at some shows.

Keith

Agreed! will be nice to see it next year at a few shows.

[luke langton]

Yeah, after all this work it will only be driven in dry weather! I might take it to some shows this year if there are they left?

[Mike]

fcuking nice that is!!

TRAX is quite soon?

[luke langton]

I have never been to Trax so I don?t know if that?s the type of show I would take it to, it?s all full of body kits and ice installs isn't it? That?s what I have heard!

[Martin]

ive never been to trax either and i shall be missin it this year aswell.. but ive heard its full of chavs and distorting music...

btw i've been looking thru my pics and i've found a few of yours from you Feature lol it looked mint back then..

[craig green]

TRAX was less chavvy last year by all accounts.

Its not too bad anyway, you just have to ignore what you dont like.

Majority of the cars there are big money stuff, its just not all tastefull.

Lots of Skylines & Imprezas though.

[toby.d]

that is absolutely stunning, isit a turbo kit you can buy for the 1.6 or isit a custom job, it looks proper mint m8!!! thumbs up to you

[peester]

I have never been to Trax so I don?t know if that?s the type of show I would take it to, it?s all full of body kits and ice installs isn't it? That?s what I have heard!

trust me, its one of the best ones...

do it do it

[GRUNT 16V]

nice!!!!!

[luke langton]

that is absolutely stunning, isit a turbo kit you can buy for the 1.6 or isit a custom job, it looks proper mint m8!!! thumbs up to you

Thanks mate, It?s a Courtenay turbo conversion its one of the last ones they did! They don?t do the conversions anymore, they are concentrating on the new VXR stuff.

[kevster]

nice nova :)

[gazz]

very impressed with this one mate..
keep up the good work.:thumb:

[draper]

:cool: engine bay

:cool: ramp in the very first pic

[opel2000]

WOW! very very impressed with that, absolutely stunning.
Whoever polished the inlet manifold was bloody good at his job.

[luke langton]

Thanks for the comments guys, yeah the inlet manifold was the hardest job! No one wanted to touch it so I did it myself, now I know why! lol I must have spent over 50 hours just sanding and polishing it smooth! Then took it some where to get the final polish.

[peester]

Thanks for the comments guys, yeah the inlet manifold was the hardest job! No one wanted to touch it so I did it myself, now I know why! lol I must have spent over 50 hours just sanding and polishing it smooth! Then took it some where to get the final polish.

indeed - very under-estimated is; peoples ability to clean, lol..
I did this to my old E16SE years ago with degreaser and wire brush drill bit..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/DCk29yfc02.jpg

But luke yours is on another level; i didn't spend 50 hours on the whole bay; let alone just the inlet..
Bet its value has gone rocketing.. - the most expensive E16SE inlet ever..??

[luke langton]

Yeah that?s clean engine bay you had there! It?s amazing what you can achieve with a bit of elbow grease and some basic tools.
It can save you lot of money too, one metal polishers said he would have charged my over ?1000 to polish that manifold just because of the amount of hours it would take!

[BenNova]

like i said erlier looks mint, so jelous mate.

[conad]

iv found that the best polish to use is the 'meguires bare metal polish' it costs about ?8 but is more that worth it, i use a felt polishing tip on a dremel muti-tool too..... magic! HAPPY CLEANING lol

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[benny f gsi,n it]

all very nice engine bays i love them, hopefully aiming along these lines for mine.
benny

[BenNova]

got any more pics mate of it finished. One day mine will look like yours, i'm inspired mate.

[luke langton]

Yeah got a few more pics, I managed to get hold of a spec-r washer bottle which I think really finishes off the engine bay! the plastic one would have just looked out of place.

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It still hasnt got the strut brace on yet because I was messing around with the ecu but I will put it on soon along with the anti roll bars.

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[peester]

wow, its still the summer where you are!
Looking spankin dude.

[Martin]

Needs a chrome brake ressy cover

[Mike]

^ what he says, and some different wheels :thumb:

[craig green]

I'd go Rat look! lol

Looks great Luke, when do I get a look at it?

[krobinson]

Awesome mate, looks stunning"!

[novacabrio]

fantastic mate

[greg1.4]

wow,this is stunning.. i really like your car, i remember looking at in the features years ago and thinking it was really cool..

i am very impressed with it mate.

get some more pics up asap!

Greg

[luke langton]

Needs a chrome brake ressy cover

I did think about one of those, I might still get one but I think some of them look a bit tacky! I dont really like covers because it looks like your trying to hide something.

[luke langton]

Cheers thanks for the comments guys will try and get some more pics up once I get on and do some more work!

Craig let me know when your free and we can meet up sometime! I remember when you took me out in yours which convinced me to do this rebuild so I will return the favour by taking you for a spin so you can feel some turbo power again.:)

[GRUNT 16V]

looks luverly!!!! ooooo suits you !! (like this one alot)

[b,r,m]

mmmmmmmmmmm chromey

[craig green]

Craig let me know when your free and we can meet up sometime! I remember when you took me out in yours which convinced me to do this rebuild so I will return the favour by taking you for a spin so you can feel some turbo power again.:)

I'd book a day off to have a spin in that! lol

Leave it until the spring yeah? :thumb:

[luke langton]

Yeah thats good with me becuase I dont think I will be driving it much longer now anyway! want to take it off the road in the winter months!
plus yours would be up and running by then too?

[ade]

just read this through - stunning mate - absolutely stunning!

Hope to GOD you only take her out in the dry.

Wish I had one of them hydraulic portable car lifters!

Ade

[Martin]

customsoultions do a great one,and they do a lid cover..

bit pricey tho

[RJM25R]

I think it looks excellent EXCEPT the wheels. They just don't do it any justice mate!!!!!

[luke langton]

I think it looks excellent EXCEPT the wheels. They just don't do it any justice mate!!!!!

Yeah I know what you mean, I have been undecided on the wheels for a long time. everyone tells me to change them!
I want to keep 16s but there is'nt many wheels I like, except speedines which everyone has! but there must be a reason for that ;) .

[craig green]

Yeah they fit without grinding, are good quality & suit the lines of the car really well.

I agree, it would be hard to pick a wheel thats classy enough for your car & isnt 'done to death'. Maybe the Corsa exclusive wheels Nick Caro was selling could look good?

[luke langton]

which ones are those? anyone got a pic.

[Martin]

http://www.customsolutions.me.uk/vauxhall%20items.html

[craig green]

I took a pic of his car with them on.... doesnt show them very well.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/Billing07/BILLING077.jpg

[craig green]

For sale thread here;

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87551&highlight=corsa

[luke langton]

http://www.customsolutions.me.uk/vauxhall%20items.html

There is some good stuff on there I quite like that brake res cover! I might have to get one of those. cheers

As for the wheels I dont really think there what I am looking for but thanks for the suggestion!

[craig green]

How about the Corsa C SRi 5 spokes? I'll get a pic one day....

[luke langton]

Dont know, I do like 5 spoke designs so it would have to be something similar to what I have got!

[Rickyb]

i think your daft if you change them it looks spot-on brill work.
well done :thumb:

[krobinson]

I'd go for some Softstars.

[twin40s]

That engine is pure sex love the inlet manofold.

[BenNova]

i've said it to you before, this car is a front cover car mate, quality.

[luke langton]

I'd go for some Softstars.

Yeah I have thought about those before, I dont know yet I will make my mind up soon and try and get a different set next year hopefully before pvs! I will try and get it there this year lol.

[luke langton]

That engine is pure sex love the inlet manofold.

Cheers mate, the inlet manifold was hard work but really makes the engine and is one of my favourite features!


i've said it to you before, this car is a front cover car mate, quality.

Thanks again, would love to have it featured in TV one day when its finished and how I want it! I dont know about a front cover car but that would be the ultimate goal for any car enthusiast!

[duick]

Great detail work!!!!

Just a question: does someone know, who is the manufacturer of this car lifter??


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[DTR-DEVIL]

Stunning Car, IMO keep the wheels! Got a set on mine. Although im selling mine. I think its something different that the norm. Very Unique Engine u got there! Dont think ive seen a minter one!

[luke langton]

That pic is at my uncles bodyshop so I can try and find out what manufacturer it is for you.

[luke langton]

Stunning Car, IMO keep the wheels! Got a set on mine. Although im selling mine. I think its something different that the norm. Very Unique Engine u got there! Dont think ive seen a minter one!

cheers mate, yeah I know what you mean I still like them because I have never seen them on another nova before! which makes it a little different, but trying to be different dosent always turn out good. lol

[duick]

That pic is at my uncles bodyshop so I can try and find out what manufacturer it is for you.

I would really appreciate that, thx in advance :thumb::thumb:

[*Dave*]

i dont like that engine coz im soooooooooooooo jelous!!!

LOL

great stuff!

[luke langton]

Sorry, its taken so long but had problems with my internet! but i did find out some information about that lift its a COIPE lift and it had this on the side = 65128 pescara italy via raiale 293. hope that helps.;)

[duick]

Thx a lot

[krobinson]

How's things now Luke? Will we be seeing this at PV?

Keith

[luke langton]

That?s funny you should say that as I was just thinking about the PV show this year! How quick does it come around? I remember when I was trying to get it running for last year.

I said to my self that it would definitely be ready with lots of new stuff done to it for this year. But I haven?t done half the things I had planned! It?s been really slow over the winter but as long as it?s running then I will take it even if it?s not how I want it. Other wise it seems like I will never get it there.

Looks like you are making some good progress with your project! Will that be ready of PVS?

[craig green]

Get in touch nearer to PV Luke. We will have a convoy from SW no doubt.

Whats left to do?

Maybe see you at Castle Combe as usual no doubt?

[luke langton]

Yeah Craig I will get it touch in the next few months to sort out a convoy up to PV!

Well the engine runs fine but when it?s on boost and comes up to 6 rpm the engine management light comes on and it seems to not pull as hard! So I need to try and sort that out as soon as possible.
I did take it to a rolling road to have it checked and they said it was the octane sensor but I bought a new one and it hasn?t changed!

Plus I really wanted to have the interior retrimmed, change the seats and possible change the wheels before I took it to PV.
Well I still got some time but I don?t think I will do any of that.
If I can get the engine problem sorted by PV then I will be happy!

[craig green]

Seems an odd problem. Not sure on the diagnosis but what do I know...

I recall my EML came on once or twice but it never altered the power output in any way at all. Just at really high revs.

Atleast it goes anyway.

[peester]

high 5

[Mike.]

stunning car.

[Adam]

Luke-What boost are you running? Does the engine have a lambda?

Maybe the afm reading is going out of range and causing the ecu to bring the fault lamp on.......

[luke langton]

I am running about 7-8 psi and my engine doesnt have the lambda.
i did think it might have something to do with the afm, i am going to check the wiring to see if there is anything wrong.

[Adam]

Flash the fault code out

[craig green]

AFM was one of my thoughts...

Few spare ones here if you want to try some.

[edit] How does it feel with the CS15 head I sold you?

[luke langton]

Well I got a few ideas I am going to try, I will keep you posted as I will probably need some more advice.

yeah the head is good, but as I have change quite a lot of stuff since I put it on plus the EML comes on I don?t really know how much of a difference it has made!

[Rickyb]

is this project still going? i love this car

[krobinson]

Think this was at PV? How's it looking now?

[Rickyb]

would this be before or not?
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/viewfeaturecar.php?ref=774

[craig green]

would this be before or not?
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/viewfeaturecar.php?ref=774

Before!

This is probably the cleanest Nova I've ever seen. Absolute credit to Lukes dedication. I just need to get him out & blow him away with my shed!

[luke langton]

Yeah this project is still going on but I haven’t done anything on it since the PV show! It’s off the road at the moment as the winter is coming! Well it’s already here. lol

Yeah that was my old gsi! Which was a real shame that was really clean.
But if that didn’t happen then I wouldn’t have done this project! So every thing happens of a reason I guess.

That sounds like a challenge Craig! Hows your rebuild going? I still haven’t seen your new project?

[craig green]

It's finished (well nearly) but has been on the road for about a month.

Lots of niggles to sort out but otherwise running fine.

[edi] look at the weston thread in South West regional forum for pics from Yesterday.

[Pistol Pete]

Just had a read through this. Looks very clean indeed! And some serious work has gone into this build aswell.

[luke langton]

Well done craig nice to see it out on the road! it looks great :thumb:, i will have to have a closer look sometime.
maybe when mine goes back on the road i can see it?
i should have gone to that meet as its only up the road from me! lol
but i havent been on here for a while.

[let_nova]

hi there do you still have the atek wheels? p.s good work!!!

[nova_niek]

Luke, hats off to you sir. In the past I've done my share of polishing bike bits, and it's always been a royal pain in the ar$e. Dirt flying everywhere! :-P

Anyways reading through this here thread hasn't told me if you finally got her running smooth. If you have, what caused the engine management light to come on? And how did you sort it? Just wondering.

Cheers,
Niek

[luke langton]

hi there do you still have the atek wheels? p.s good work!!!

yeah i still have the atek wheels! i keeping meaning to change them but havent really found anything else i like! plus i dont really have the money for new wheels at the moment :(.

[luke langton]

Luke, hats off to you sir. In the past I've done my share of polishing bike bits, and it's always been a royal pain in the ar$e. Dirt flying everywhere! :-P

Anyways reading through this here thread hasn't told me if you finally got her running smooth. If you have, what caused the engine management light to come on? And how did you sort it? Just wondering.

Cheers,
Niek

Cheers thanks mate, yeah as you well know then all that polishing wasn’t easy by any means! especially keeping that way once it’s been used! It would be ok if you never used it! lol

Well I still have the problem of the light coming on every so often but it runs nice and smooth, so I still can’t put my finger on it!
I will keep on looking into it when I get the time, then I will let you know what happens.

[let_nova]

yeah i still have the atek wheels! i keeping meaning to change them but havent really found anything else i like! plus i dont really have the money for new wheels at the moment :(.

i have 3 of them buckled 1 when i crashed :( dont suppose you have a spare that you would sell do you?:thumb:

[luke langton]

No sorry mate, i dont have a spare! can you still buy them new?

[luke langton]

Unfortunately I have been thinking about selling this so if anyone is interested pm me, will put it in the for sale section soon!

[peester]

oh dude! - hope someone handy buys it...
wheres craig green lol

[krobinson]

Craig needs to buy this!

[luke langton]

yeah i did offer it to craig but hes got this own project on the go!

[craig green]

Craig needs to buy this!

Being unemployed for the last 4 months will put an end to those ideas... ;)

[-Luke-]

Hi mate great thread. I have just two questions to ask you. Have you left the standard ecu and how much bhp do you think it's going to give now? I think a standard one gives out 100bhp. Thanks

[Bainy_Boy_Sri]

mate just read the whole thread motor looks mint bud

[luke langton]

its got the standard ecu with a micro switch, i had it on a rolling road when i rebuilt the engine running low boost about 4psi which made 140bhp but i now its about 8psi and has cs15 head so should hit 150bhp.