grant_xr

Here's mine





Grant

ZetecSX

loose the bonnet raisers and would look mean

bencossie

Hi mate how long u owned that car i had a chance of buying it 3/4 years ago

QplateRST!

Grant xr that mark 2 looks mint!!!! Looks well on those rims!

zetec-Sam

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Can people stop quoting every fucking picture

massivewangers

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Some really cool cars on this thread I must say

Amusing though, how you all dig into this Fred chap, when his points are totally valid. The fact it doesn't say turbo on the log book is irrelevant. If the car is registered as a 1.3 by the DVLA, yet is a 1.6, regardless of turbo or not, it's registered wrong, and you are driving without a valid tax disk, and therefore without valid insurance, as most insurance policies will dictate that a car must be showing a valid tax disk...valid being the key word there.

Yes, perhaps the point being made hasn't added anything to the thread, and it might be a pain in the arse getting the DVLA to sort it out for you, but I'd sooner go through some hassle there than get in bother for driving without tax/insurance, or have the fun of being told you're not insured if you accidently crash into a brand new Merc, then getting to go to court for the money.

No doubt I'll be labelled with Fred Elliott, but oh well, don't really think you can call someone a cunt for giving truthful information to be honest, no matter how much you don't like the cut of it

rigdoctor

bloody love this

155lee

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which 1?theres 3.i bought the reddish nova standard from cheshire and built it myself then sold it,last seen festering in glasgow,bought the cab from blackpool standard and built it myself,still up my way so doubt its that and the silver saloon was bought as it is from durham and is still up my way.i sold them all more than 4 years ago so doubt you would have been buying from me.if you didnt buy any of them you missed out as they were all awesome cars.the worst thing i did to the a reg car waqs fit a cage and buckets.it ruined the sleeper look.

WongRS

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Mates astra GSi, not a major sleeper as its a sporty model anyway, and the cooler kind of gives it away a little, but from behind its unasuming enough.....





Even if its not a proper sleeper, most people dont expect it to have 380 bhp and be capable of 12 second 1/4's!

Only pic i have of my mates old Corsa C turbo (that was around 2002, one of, if not THE first one to have a turbo in) running eds 3.5, 300ish bhp, standard looking SRi, very sleeperish back when it was built!

RSandy

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the difference between your comment and that of fred, is that you didnt seem to be going out of your way to do vehicle checks on people u do not know and will probably never even meet, let alone crash into. that single act of his got peoples backs out

personally, as soon as i converted my car i sent my logbook off with the engine cc and engine numbers changed. but i still stand by my opnion that the dvla system is fundamentally flawed. anybody who hasnt registered the engine swap n then has issues with the plod, albeit a crash or simply a stop check, can just use the old 'iv sent the logbook off and im waiting for it to be sorted...'. i had to do this for like 3 months as the DVLA could not be arsed to do the logbook changes right. if i send it off with the changes, and shout til im blue in the face and throw cash at them, its still up to them to sort.

i got several producers during this time period, and i openly admitted to the conversion and explained the situation, and in the eyes of the law i had done eveything possible.

so the DVLA made this obvious loophole, i wont judge any1 for using it

xtrmjks

That's me! I live in Hinckley..I'l keep my eye out..

xrmalin

Ausome i thought it was i work down on dodwells road at the vulcan to the sky so give me a pap when you go past next

Mark.

COCHYN

In regards to the DVLA and insurance.

Its very simple, even a monkey can set it all up. You simply inform the DVLA of the change of capacity, most likely an engineers report is needed, but not always.

Inform your insurance of the changes, declare everything and it'll coincide with the engine number you supplied the DVLA.

~nomad~

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here is mine and a mates, built from a Ł99 ebay car and parts we had kicking about. its a 1.8zetec with various 2ltr bits, launch control etc, ran a 7.08 0-60 and has since had nitrous fitted.











my fav pic, taken at top of Brunters runway

crumpet

wong rs, whats done to that gsi to have 380?

WongRS

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Headwork, evo tubular manifold and turbo (cant remember what it is off the top of my head, off one of the FQ's, twin scroll thing) forged pistons, stud and nut kit, vxr injectors, phas e4 chip, apexi avc-r running it at 1.7 bar of boost, big cooler with 3" pipe work ETC.
RR figure was 371 with a cracked exhaust manifold.

It threw a rod not so long ago, so now its having a new lump built with rods, pistons, lightened balanced and another head with more work, management and a gt30 is the plan too.

this is with the old kkk, so a lot less power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AaPP04noSM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xged...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/user/domc207#p/f/0/yrLfsqjXXus

bencossie

I was referring to the escort cab it must be one virtually the same i had a sapph cossie and the bloke was from scotland and i was going to do a part ex with him but in end someone bought my cossie for cash

bencossie

Look pal calm down ok if people want to quote and ask questions they have a right if u dont like dont look

woolford

zetec-Sam

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When did I say you couldn't ask questions? That's right I didn't. No one wants to look at the same picture over and over again because some dick was too lazy/stupid/both to delete irrelevant ones from their quotes. Just clogs the thread up!

It's also pretty hard not to look at something when scrolling through

bencossie

i understand where your coming from just hate it when people criticise other people for doing something that they dont mean etc we are all on here for same reason anyway mate dont wanna argue

B19 JUB

my friend had that engine in her mk4 escort.then my mates brother bought engine n put it into that car.quick car with big poss power

PETEDUDE007

love or lose?? I say lose or burn!

B19 JUB

not sure if mines classed as a sleeper as its kind of a 'performance' car already but does look like a tatty xr2i,the loud chatter catches people though lol.stage 2 turbo conversion t3,beiges,cossie fuel pump.ofab loom conversion with ofab ecu n stage 2 chip,-31 actuator,pace series 2 i/c.
heres some pics

e30cossie

I was going to show my car but with people like this is the reason I do not bother.


http://www.fronteraowners.co.uk/wiki....php/Main_Page Are you also on here fred elliot ? a much more sensible group of people for you.

mk1trb

since when is having no tax make your insurance invalid, if your car has been sitting tucked up for say 2 years, its insured but has no rent or ticket on it and you have to drive it to a mot station, your saying that cause it has no tax your driving with no insurance to the mot station. None of any of my insurance papers have said that??? Dont get me wrong though the points are valid but most people do insure them as turbos/zetec etc........ its a minority that keep them under the original details. Though one of my old nova's was registered with the dvla as a 1.8 but still showed on the insurnace's systems as a 1.3sr, another of my cars came up as a cavalier 4x4 turbo when it was just a sri, sometimes no matter what you do its still wrong


@ grant xr: that is one sweet looking xrt you have there fella

cossie4i+

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Thanks mate

Steve

P_is_for_Paul

Thats what im planning for mine, though ZLET instead of the CLET. For the money it costs to convert its great! Theres some newer videos on youtube of z20let corsas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uzLJAuEY4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9bBxFIZOOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYk69XwgLHY

dojj

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the tax don't mean for shit is if it's the same bracket

and most escorts won't be done on emisions will they so that won't matter either

as long as youhave done the paperwork then that's fine and dandy ebcause you will have proof of it being done, if the dvla monekys fuck it up then that's not your fault is it

BRIGSPORT

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That 2i is quality!

RS Grant

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Out of interest, what sort of cost is involved in doing a z20let conversion into a Corsa C mate?? Who will custom map something like this up here?? Do they not shite gearboxes all over the shop when you're running decent power (c300bhp) through them??


Cheers,
Grant

P_is_for_Paul

It varies so much depending on what you wanna do and if your gonna do it yourself.

If you want someone to supply and fit a standard ZLET its about 3.5k (this is priced from corsa-c forum guys, who have done a lot of these conversions and can knock them out in 2/3 days - in fact, its the two guys in the videos i posted above)

If you want the likes of Regal, Courtenay etc to do it your talking 5-6k

Me on the other hand, will be doing it myself/with help. Fitting the engine is simple using OEM vaux mounts from different cars. Its the wiring thats the hard part, but it is provided from the corsa-c guys FOC! I will most likely buy a rotten/scrap astra GSi or astra coupe zlet for about Ł1800-2k and steal all the bits off it. Whilst doing it ill replace timing belt, water pump etc and add a few upgrades (crossover removal pipe, vxr injectors, vxr turbo) which will maybe put me back up to the Ł3.5k, but itll be better spec'd and Ill know its had a good going over before its in.

Astra GSi brakes & rear disc beam has cost me Ł500 so far, KW coilovers are gonna cost me Ł800, then ill start buying the mounts so its all ready when i buy an engine.

Im spending a bit more than i need to, but its because Ill prob keep it a while and wanna know its done right. I think you could knock a ZLET in a corsa c for Ł2500 if you wanted to. Though its maybe cheaper just buying one, seen a few for Ł3-3.5k the past few months!

Oh, and as for mapping, Thorney Motorsport do the different stages depending on your spec. Ill be using the Z20LET ecu. Dont know what the F23 box can handle power wise, but its only 100bhp up on standard at 300bhp.

RS Grant

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Sounds like a decent way into a pretty useful track toy actually... not bad amount of cash for something which will really shift once up and rolling.


Cheers,
Grant

COCHYN

In regards to what Fred Elliot has said....he's right at the end of the day. But hasn't been very diplomatic about it

To do things "right", DVLA need to be informed of the engine change along with the relevent block number and capacity. Then the insurance should be informed of the same info, which also entails any ancilliaries that come with that engine.

The more standard parts come with the engine, the cheaper it will be, but not always. Its the insurance company's preference of how they want to state it on the paper work.

MOT time comes around, the emissions will be tested according to what info comes from the DVLA.

ford racing

Here is my sleeper over from Norway

155lee

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i think he means love!as shit as novas are theres nothing ford you could build for the same money and get the same results,156 bhp redtop running gear is about Ł350-400 all in,shafts Ł80,brakes Ł50,car,well i paid Ł350 for the a reg saloon with 36k on the clock 7 years ago,suspension Ł200.wheels were about Ł80 so for Ł1100 i had something that was mega reliable,unassuming and gave big smiles all day long,think i paid Ł1200 for the v6 and had it for a year,didnt cost me a penny and sold it for the same.its actually still on the go with the same engine,looks well scruffy now but that adds to the sleeper image!

RSNUT!

i reckon u boys..who aint declared mods to dvla and insurance should... as i reckon ole billy no mates (fred elliot) is goin for his good samartans medal and has probably reported you to whoever.... i think that really is a sad thing to do, check out if people are insured then front them about finding out... Q, who does that? A, Billys....

edit nice sleepers by the way.....

xr4x4rs

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not really a sleeper but most people didnt know what engine was in until they saw the bonnet popped as most thought it was just an xr

muz

Yeah it was a real fun little car when it was running properly. It's a shame though who ever built it cut so many corners and didn't do it properly. Was loooooads of things wrong with it when I stripped it down. 22PSI with a standard intercooler and fiesta rs turbo fuel pump...

STAFFY OWNER

It's nostalgia time for me, that XR2 looks stunning mate, reminds me of my old black XR2. Agree with the bonnet raisers comment though, would look much better fully shut IMO.