Paul
20-11-07, 10:00 PM
Glen Cant get on line at the moment and has asked me to put his beloved GTE Turbo up for sale. He sent me a load of pictures to put up, but my phone wont let me post them? so I only have one of the conversion in progress. There are some more on here of the bodywork on another thread. If you require more please contact him on 07877941627.
About the car:-
Glen got this car and it was a complete rottern bucket of s**t to put it bluntly. We painstakingly restored it with complete new sills, arches and full re-paint in factory gloss black. Im pleased to say the car is now completely rust free and shiney!!!
After the cars re-spray, it was time to make it go nice. So we dropped a 2.0 NE in to improve pefromance. It didnt make it any faster then the 1.8i so we converted it to turbo!! We did this by makng our own manifold and lowering the compression slightly from 9.0:1 (same as standard LET!) to ?.?:1 with a twin gasket. We also added a large front mount intercooler, dump valve, FSE adjustable fuel regulator and external waste gate (awsome). The result is amazing! A lot of people said it wouldnt work but believe me it does! Proving itself down santa pod with a 15.4qtr mile! It runs perfect with no smoke or rattles and has covered over 2000 miles since being converted. The turbo is a T4 and it is very laggey, but when it does come on boost it pins you in the back of the seat! You could change this set up for a smaller T3 etc, but I think it suits the cars era of 80's turbo (all lag and boost). It has a screamer pipe that comes out of the front bumper, this makes it sound like a rally car!
Please contact Glen if you are intrested and he can sort you out with a lot more up to date pictures and info on the car. He in the southend Essex area and wants around ?1500ono.
Glen 07877941627
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/Kevread/Glensturboastra1.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/22082007016.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1406.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1410.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1409.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1408.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1407.jpg
About the car:-
Glen got this car and it was a complete rottern bucket of s**t to put it bluntly. We painstakingly restored it with complete new sills, arches and full re-paint in factory gloss black. Im pleased to say the car is now completely rust free and shiney!!!
After the cars re-spray, it was time to make it go nice. So we dropped a 2.0 NE in to improve pefromance. It didnt make it any faster then the 1.8i so we converted it to turbo!! We did this by makng our own manifold and lowering the compression slightly from 9.0:1 (same as standard LET!) to ?.?:1 with a twin gasket. We also added a large front mount intercooler, dump valve, FSE adjustable fuel regulator and external waste gate (awsome). The result is amazing! A lot of people said it wouldnt work but believe me it does! Proving itself down santa pod with a 15.4qtr mile! It runs perfect with no smoke or rattles and has covered over 2000 miles since being converted. The turbo is a T4 and it is very laggey, but when it does come on boost it pins you in the back of the seat! You could change this set up for a smaller T3 etc, but I think it suits the cars era of 80's turbo (all lag and boost). It has a screamer pipe that comes out of the front bumper, this makes it sound like a rally car!
Please contact Glen if you are intrested and he can sort you out with a lot more up to date pictures and info on the car. He in the southend Essex area and wants around ?1500ono.
Glen 07877941627
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/Kevread/Glensturboastra1.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/22082007016.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1406.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1410.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1409.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1408.jpg
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb313/p8wle/14-11-07_1407.jpg