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[VX Matt]

Haven't been on here for a while, just logged on to put my Dad's Milltek exhaust up for sale..I'm pretty bored so gonna put some pics of my car up

Sooo, it started off as a standard 1.8 SRi, over the course of a year and a half I did some stuff to the engine and when it got mapped it made just under 170bhp, not bad seeing as standard they're only 125bhp. Still wasn't fast enought though

Here's how it looked before the Z20LET conversion started



Before I'd even bought an engine I started gathering bits up for the conversion...ECU set up, conversion hubs, new wheel bearings and a pre-cat pipe



Then bought a front mount intercooler kit with enlarged top hat and 63mm boost pipes. Also got a thermal inlet gasket, crossover removal kit and a lightened billet flywheel.









Started removing bits from the 1.8



Then came across some brand Astra VXR injectors and a brand new 80mm afm for bargain prices



Also got a mint VXR turbo from the same guy

[VX Matt]

So then this turned up...wonder what it is



My new engine from a VX220 Turbo with only 7500 miles!



Then the fun stuff began!







Gearbox off and fitting new flywheel







Nearly ready to go in



Wiring

[VX Matt]

All mounted up with some boost pipes fitted



Intercooler mounted





Random pic of engine



The car itself all back together with the freshly refurbed wheels in Arden blue



Getting an exhaust made up, no cats and one silencer!



VXR brakes



Fitted a collins -31 cosworth actuator, also has the rocker cover painted arden blue

[VX Matt]

And how she stands today!















It's been mapped to EDS Phase 3.5, in addition to the bits I've said about above it also has an X20XEV inlet cam should be around 280bhp if not more

Thanks for reading

[fred666]

Seen this over on astra owners club! Love it mate.

[Ben NA]

Wow, looks like a fair chunk of money, time and effort went into that Corsa! I bet it's fast though. How does that chassis handle all that power through the front wheels...or doesn't it?

[VX Matt]

Seen this over on astra owners club! Love it mate.

Cheers

Wow, looks like a fair chunk of money, time and effort went into that Corsa! I bet it's fast though. How does that chassis handle all that power through the front wheels...or doesn't it?

Handles it quite well tbh, wheelspin can be an issue in first and second but yeah it's not too bad needs an LSD for coming out of the corners really but can't afford it now

[JohnTurbo]

Nice. Well done. Of course what would have been better is if that engine had stayed in the vx220T!

[VXT Tim]

Great job. Not keen on the wheel colour though.

[The Batman]

got to be one of the tidiest corsas i have ever seen, would have kept the wheels silver though, just to make it look even more standard

[soupdragon]

Very nicely done I find the suspension is make or brake on big engine Corsa's Always used Bilstein Sprint kits modified for the extra weight and got great results

[chrisgold]

I am a big fan of your Corsa! Nice work! Im all for engine swapping (what you got it insured as? haha) My turbo started life as a 2.2 N/A, now its a lovely stage 2.5 Z20LET and booked in for the stage 4.

Edited by chrisgold, 23 August 2010 - 01:10 AM.

[Duncan VXR]

Fair play doing the conversion yourself - as it is the LET not LEH engine did you remove the balancer shafts also? Def worth while on the vx if the engine is out especially. What diameter exhaust did you go for? Can be a restricting factor on the vx above 280ish bhp Not sold on the inlet cam swap fully myself but Regal love to sell it I think it would have looked better oe mirrors and wheel colour but that just my view My R5 turbo with 1.8 20V turbo vag engine / box transplant was running about 270bhp and even with a diff had a hard time - before the diff it was just a waste of power lol - def money well spent though Keep up the good work DG

[Winstar]

got to be one of the tidiest corsas i have ever seen, would have kept the wheels silver though, just to make it look even more standard

Looks great, but not sure about the blue wheels

[VX Matt]

I am a big fan of your Corsa! Nice work! Im all for engine swapping (what you got it insured as? haha)

My turbo started life as a 2.2 N/A, now its a lovely stage 2.5 Z20LET and booked in for the stage 4.

Cheers

It's insured properly with Flux as a 2L Turbo and everything declared, not worth doing it any other way imo

Fair play doing the conversion yourself - as it is the LET not LEH engine did you remove the balancer shafts also? Def worth while on the vx if the engine is out especially.

What diameter exhaust did you go for? Can be a restricting factor on the vx above 280ish bhp

Not sold on the inlet cam swap fully myself but Regal love to sell it

I think it would have looked better oe mirrors and wheel colour but that just my view

My R5 turbo with 1.8 20V turbo vag engine / box transplant was running about 270bhp and even with a diff had a hard time - before the diff it was just a waste of power lol - def money well spent though

Keep up the good work

DG

I was originally going to but Courtenay were having trouble getting the parts so I didn't bother

I wanted a 3 inch exhaust but everywhere I went refused to do it, so had to settle for 2.5 inch

The mirrors are OEM SRi's come with them as standard...they're not crappy M3 mirrors!

Thanks

got to be one of the tidiest corsas i have ever seen, would have kept the wheels silver though, just to make it look even more standard

Looks great, but not sure about the blue wheels

Yeah didn't think many people would be makes it stand out from the crowd though

[Duncan VXR]

LOL ok take it back about mirror stalks - what do I know Suprised nobody would do the exhaust for you DG

[dtrvx]

I had the Sri mirrors on my corsa before I got my vx220 must of spend 20 grand on it and only sold it for 6 on a 56 plate. My mirrors were stolen 3 times the Sri ones are £400 and rare. I like the wheels but am only 23 lol.

[RobNA]

Get a cage, or dont use harnesses and bucket seats. Seriously.

must of spend 20 grand on it and only sold it for 6 on a 56 plate

[TheRealVXed]

What's wrong with harnesses and bucket seats without a cage? As long as they are mounted to strong points with weight spreading plates should be fine. Or is it just a visual thing?

[RobNA]

Car rolls, roof comes in, you cant bend out of the way = bad id say