FAO Chip And All other vauxhall boys.... (and anyone else with an opinion)
Funnily enough I was with one last night (mate of tank mike's, its on Mtec V4), fits in quite well, slight bulge in the bonnet but thats no big deal.
As for getting it running, personally I'd use standalone on any track car anyway, so much easier to tune.
But if you wanted to use the standard management everyone manages it in other engines they put zetecs in so I dont see why you couldnt.
As for getting it running, personally I'd use standalone on any track car anyway, so much easier to tune.
But if you wanted to use the standard management everyone manages it in other engines they put zetecs in so I dont see why you couldnt.
Custom drivers side engine mount (can be made or bought cheaply online) use standard gearbox and shafts, cut slam panel to fit the cam cover casing
Chestersport cars do a complete off the shelf bike carb conversion and megajolt management for the Zetec engines the map is a very good base map
And the kit is Ł750 which is cheap considering you can take a standard 2.0 Zetec with this setup and a decent exhaust manifold and get 170bhp from it add cams and head work and you will be nearer 185-190bhp
This is route I have taken on my 1.7 puma engined Ka and once I've added some cams I'm aiming for 165-170bhp and everything else can remain stock as they are an all alloy engine with steel crank and rods and very cheap to buy 2nd hand if I blow it up
Chestersport cars do a complete off the shelf bike carb conversion and megajolt management for the Zetec engines the map is a very good base map
And the kit is Ł750 which is cheap considering you can take a standard 2.0 Zetec with this setup and a decent exhaust manifold and get 170bhp from it add cams and head work and you will be nearer 185-190bhp
This is route I have taken on my 1.7 puma engined Ka and once I've added some cams I'm aiming for 165-170bhp and everything else can remain stock as they are an all alloy engine with steel crank and rods and very cheap to buy 2nd hand if I blow it up
I had a standard and pretty ropey 1999 Ka a few years back and the handling was superb, one of the few cars that I could pretty much drive the country road home without lifting my foot off the floor.
Cheers,
Grant
Best bet is to contact Matt about the Mtech V4, he'll be able to give you a current price and probably recomend a tuner near you too.
Was about 500+VAT though IIRC
Pretty good value considering the 2 year warranty ETC I reckon.
Was about 500+VAT though IIRC
Pretty good value considering the 2 year warranty ETC I reckon.
I've been over the moon with the one on my Clio although its a basic N/A engine so doesnt really use all the features available anyway, it but works really well, is well made, and the tuner software (which I think I had to pay about 30 quid to upgrade to the full version) is amazingly well featured.
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I've been over the moon with the one on my Clio although its a basic N/A engine so doesnt really use all the features available anyway, it but works really well, is well made, and the tuner software (which I think I had to pay about 30 quid to upgrade to the full version) is amazingly well featured.
I'd never thought of a puma engine in one!!!!
The way that Tank Mike from Michael Woodford motorsport does it (he does more drive in drive out type conversions than I do as mine are normally on my car or my mates cars where we tend to just rewire everything on the whole car anyway, where as he is doing it for a living) is that he leaves the standard ECU in place for the immobiliser and the fuel cut on the pump when the engine stalls in an accident and to run the standard clocks with etc, and then just uses the Omex (his ecu of choice) to operate the injectors and coils.
Takes him and Jack around 2-3 hours to have most cars up and running on aftermarket doing it like that.
Takes him and Jack around 2-3 hours to have most cars up and running on aftermarket doing it like that.
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Remember years ago before I bought my ERST looking at yellow, Q plate Nova Turbo lovely car think it been in a few mags didnt buy went with the ford in the end, always had a soft spot for Nova when I was 17 wnated a Nova SR
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The way that Tank Mike from Michael Woodford motorsport does it (he does more drive in drive out type conversions than I do as mine are normally on my car or my mates cars where we tend to just rewire everything on the whole car anyway, where as he is doing it for a living) is that he leaves the standard ECU in place for the immobiliser and the fuel cut on the pump when the engine stalls in an accident and to run the standard clocks with etc, and then just uses the Omex (his ecu of choice) to operate the injectors and coils.
Takes him and Jack around 2-3 hours to have most cars up and running on aftermarket doing it like that.
Takes him and Jack around 2-3 hours to have most cars up and running on aftermarket doing it like that.
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you fucking cock russ! lol shit it my arse! you chat some shit
nova was mine ran 259.7 at 8psi,
wish i'd joined alot earlier so this thread was still relevant, i love how people slate f20's for let's etc when they've probably never had one lol
vaux has been my life for the last 8 years and through at least 10 engine converted cars....
im in the focus st 225 club now there's a nipper on the way lol
shame its fucked after 3 weeks of owning it tho eh
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iv had around 7 nova's and built 2 2lt 16v's and their allot of fun, run 14.1 quarter mile and that was only 156bhp at the wheels, then took it apart and put a cossie engine in and 4wd as wanted more power and grip 
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