good choice buddy ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
good choice buddy ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Lol, only just seen this, no disrespect felt keith! I love what dave has done with it. I'm really really glad it went to a good home!Quote:
Originally Posted by krobinson
So have you deffo decided on a 1.8 dave? spill the beanslol .
thanks guys..
Its just funds really john,.. the t.b kit is for deffo(from Martin Bowyer) but yeah the plan is to buy a 1.8.. i just dont know if to buy a whole car or just the engine, then which one? Z18XE or X18XE1..? and when,.. lol.
Ive got an idea of prices n that so it should be ok..
Then it would be our only first ever engine conversion. eeck.
No better way to learn then jump in at the deep end old bean :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Some good plans there dude :) I'll have to come round and have a nose at the unit..
Hey Dave glad your still alive lol
Well there was a lad on here who kept on about the 1800 16v's i think it was x18xe1 that he said was best? not sure could try find it, think it was in baxters big v small block thread?
Good plans though dude, and glad to here you got a unit, i could do with one! hows your work situation going?
Scott
cheers scott , lucky with the unit really,.. my best advice to anyone looking is to get talking to people/in with the right crowd, if poss.. just keep asking everyone lol. Word of mouth.
The lad on here you meant was dave franczak (sp) he suggests the X18XE1 if you need the o.e tb/inlet and management , which i dont..
Work well, tbh its ok - low £££ takings is the only change really, and although the company have made one or redundancies per store im well established, was on the way up -kinda level so im safe.. Just the 'on the way up' will be a bit on hold, lol. But no, can't complain. All well so far.
ah ha, cheers adam.
yh is a really nice car that bud love the polished slab's
*Update.
We have an engine!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/SP_A1478.jpg
Looks like it made it in one piece, a 2001 vectra sri's Z18XE engine with 61K. Ive got 2 months to fit it and find out if it works before warrenty period is up.
£299.00 delivered it was.
Now on the hunt for an F15CR 'box and service bits for the engine.
Still waiting on Martin for a full n final price on the t.b kit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/SP_A1476.jpg
Heres the pic, finally, of the compbrake rose-jointed trackrod ends - other than the conversion of the 1.8 ive also got the front suspension / steering as an on going project to sort out the issues i had from last year i was using it.
So slowly the bits are filtering through. Hopefully next week the engine will be on a stand at our unit where we can start prepping it for the conversion.
Like i say; 8 weeks to go and counting..
Excellent :D
Will make the car even cooler with such a rarely seen conversion :)
TBH you will be better off buying just the inlet from Bowyer and then sourcing everything else yourself, cutting out the middle men.
Get the engine unpackaged, check the timing marks are aligned, and give it a few turn overs by hand to make sure all is well. Are you doing a mini rebuild (hg etc etc), or just putting it in, as is?
Looking forward to seeing this going in
Could maybe have a bit of a mids meet at your unit sometime to see how its going? :)