Hello from South Africa

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Hello from South Africa

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Hi there!

Andre here. Live in Johannesburg in sunny South Africa. Came across this forum while looking at some Corsa B builds.

I have had a couple of Vaux's before, probably the most interesting one being a Corsa B pickup with a C20LET in it.

I am currently busy building meself a track car. Will post some details 8)
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Welcome! Get some pics up, especially the c20 pickup :P

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Welcome buddy and ur project build looks intresting
If it ain't green and black send it back :D
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Some pics of my little sleeper lorry coming up

Still had the 130i sticker on the back too lol



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Those trumpets <3

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Yeah that was just a test fit... They do look uber-cool though :twisted:

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Was it hard to install the carbs? What effect dis they have?

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Those are individual throttle bodies - basically a fuel injected version of side draughts

They basically allow you to get air into the combustion chamber more effectively, but you need some serious cams to get the most out of them. I never ran those on my pickup as it was too much work involved running itb's and turbo

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Ahh i see. I hope to get a 1.6 8v into my corsa next year and would love trumpets. Can they be bought as a bolt on kit or is it all custom made?

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stanc3w0rks wrote:Ahh i see. I hope to get a 1.6 8v into my corsa next year and would love trumpets. Can they be bought as a bolt on kit or is it all custom made?

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1.4 16v is cheaper tax for near the same power, if the 8v hasn't been rebuilt the 1.4 might cough out more bhp
If it doesn't fit,
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway :thumbs:
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That will probably have to be all custom. The trick is always going to be to get small enough throttles for the 8v to be effective - too big and the air speed is too slow. You will probably need throttles in the region of 35mm, about a 286 deg cam, adaptor plate, management etc etc etc

You can get about the same power for less cash by doing 1800 16v

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johnny wrote:
stanc3w0rks wrote:Ahh i see. I hope to get a 1.6 8v into my corsa next year and would love trumpets. Can they be bought as a bolt on kit or is it all custom made?

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1.4 16v is cheaper tax for near the same power, if the 8v hasn't been rebuilt the 1.4 might cough out more bhp
Not being funny but it will be taxed and insured as a 1.2,

And Dodging, the 1.6 is a much easier swap i would love 1.8

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I found an old thread on my van! Tells most ofthe story

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/members/ ... cenoajax=1

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