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Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:43 pm
by Dodging
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
Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 9:12 pm
by stanc3w0rks
Welcome! Get some pics up, especially the c20 pickup
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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 9:38 pm
by andy w
Welcome buddy and ur project build looks intresting
Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 10:50 pm
by Dodging
Some pics of my little sleeper lorry coming up
Still had the 130i sticker on the back too lol
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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 10:53 pm
by Dodging
Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 11:01 pm
by stanc3w0rks
Those trumpets <3
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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 11:36 pm
by Dodging
Yeah that was just a test fit... They do look uber-cool though :twisted:
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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 11:42 pm
by stanc3w0rks
Was it hard to install the carbs? What effect dis they have?
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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 11:52 pm
by Dodging
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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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 12:04 am
by stanc3w0rks
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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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 3:02 am
by johnny
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
Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 5:06 am
by Dodging
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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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 7:48 am
by stanc3w0rks
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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Re: Hello from South Africa
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 5:17 pm
by Dodging
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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