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matthew172
18-10-07, 09:26 PM
any1 fancy doing the first coversion?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-CORSA-VXR-1-6-TURBO-ENGINE-196bhp_W0QQitemZ110181280166QQihZ001QQcategoryZ104 04QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

hendrix
18-10-07, 09:29 PM
awesome, wonder what happened to the corsa though??
Are they based on the x16xe?

novacabrio
18-10-07, 09:30 PM
not as simple as good old XE conversion! bloomin wiring!

matthew172
18-10-07, 09:32 PM
you need the cd player to make it run, wtf lol

Lee
18-10-07, 09:33 PM
you need the cd player to make it run, wtf lol

Figures lol.

Probably be easier to graft EVERYTHING from a corsa VXR into a nova shell. Dash and all!

Mike
18-10-07, 09:34 PM
lol prolly a stolen engine :thumb:

EDIT : Engine covered 900 but the alloys have only covered 800....

krobinson
18-10-07, 09:41 PM
Easy, buy it and run it on something like MBE.

Keith

John
18-10-07, 09:42 PM
hmm, i wouldn't like to declare the engine no on my log book.

Mike
18-10-07, 09:44 PM
Easy, buy it and run it on something like MBE.

Keith

If theres even a loom been developed to counter act the VXR spackery ECU/Iginition wiring setup yet lol

novacabrio
18-10-07, 09:44 PM
Corsa C would be a ideal project, anyone got a corsa c keith?

Lee
18-10-07, 09:45 PM
Easy, buy it and run it on something like MBE.

Keith

Youd need some sort of inlet as its all fly by wire crapola lol, but yes, thats true, you could bin all the gubbins and run it on standalone.

euro sbd
18-10-07, 09:50 PM
lucky to who ever get that, you need a log book to get hold of a new vxr lump

Mike
18-10-07, 09:51 PM
lucky to who ever get that, you need a log book to get hold of a new vxr lump

Not if your mates work for Vauxhall you dont lol :D