Nicks x18xe1 build (PBpatched)

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Originally Posted by Southie

Title changed, nice looking project so far ;)

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Cheers cant wait to drive it, but on the other hand I dont want to rush it either. :d

hey nick - whats the score with the vss on these ? .. do you just snip the original wire going to the hub sensor, and link it to a 6 pulse gearbox sensor ?

Erm if your talking about the speed sensor on the gearbox I won't be using one, I'll be using an early gearbox that the Speedo cable on the nova will plug into. If that's not what you ment then I'm not sure sorry.

between the cable and the box i mean.

like this :

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...2.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...1/DSC00982.jpg

a fair amount of people have done the conversion into various vauxhalls.

but theres next to no info regarding the ecu's speed signal, and im not quite sure how its done myself.
im just assuming it can be done this way, like the 1.4 and 1.6 engines, but im not entirely sure if it uses the same type of system.

without it wired in, the engine will probably stall when the car comes to a stop.

This should be a decent wee motor when it's done, any thoughts on the final drive ratio?

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Originally Posted by tom reid

This should be a decent wee motor when it's done, any thoughts on the final drive ratio?

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Im hoping to get an early f15 cr, I dont know the ratios off the top of my head but it should work well for what i need, plus im cetain with an early gearbox i wont need to use a speed sensor.

Hopefully ill have an update soon

You'll need the speed sensor due to the car needing a signal sending to know the speed, other wise when you come to a stop and dip the clutch these engines have a tendency to stall.

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Originally Posted by Southie

You'll need the speed sensor due to the car needing a signal sending to know the speed, other wise when you come to a stop and dip the clutch these engines have a tendency to stall.

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thanks for the advice, ill look into it, looks like anther item to add to the wanted list

well there has been a few who have done the x16xe conversion someone must be sure what is needed???

Well good news I've been doing some research and it turns out that because my car was a late 1.2 injection model it already has a vss that should be fine to use with the x18xe1

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...4.jpg~original[/IMG]

Happy days, I hope.