STEvieXE
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hey everyone was wondering about would an ecotec xev from an omega be alot of work to fit to a corsa b??? have the chance of a very gd condition xev for cheapish money n was thinkin of maybe purchasing. would their be much differences in the engine being mounted differently for rwd. i know obviously id need a nother gearbox, wot one would i use?? n wot other parts would i need to buy that i wouldnt for a normal xev????
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myke
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the engine itself should be exactly the same as a cav or vectra one.
the inlet may point in a different direction, and the exhaust would obviously go the wrong way.
wiring loom is probably a bit longer, diff engine mounts but you'd change them anyway.
possibly the sump and pickup, but any fwd 2ltr one's should go on.
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Nic Barnes
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gearbox wont work either, unless you wanna make it rwd, in which case, rock on
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ainsley_brader
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as myke says tbh by the time you found all the bits it wouldnt work out cheap
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Robin
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X30XE is better anyway, and go with muppetsports plan of rwd, but with the X30.....
do it
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STEvieXE
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its not a plan as of yet. was just thinkin of buying this engine n keeping it for another corsa at some stage. for the simple reason is i know its a1 nick. my old boss owned the car, engine was removed by my m8 when the car was scrapped, they had robbed it of so many parts and eventually cut the b pillars out of it for a limo. (the guy whos owned the car manufactures limos) got a genuine 70k and i know all history, was only driven a mile up the road to work n back each day by the guy. was the company car. just thought it could make a cheap conversion... obviously not then
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STEvieXE
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wot gearbox could u use to put theis in a fwd corsa???
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Jonny P
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f20 or would it not work?
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corsacalvin
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f20 wud wrk,or get gearbox outa of a 20xev vectra or cally,or y not put the f28 six speed in?
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STEvieXE
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so basically the main differences would be the mountings and id need a new box... worth considering then. wot us think???
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corsacalvin
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yup def consider it i got mine goin in after xmas,gona run a f20 for a bit the nget a 6 speeder hopefully,jus need 2 get new engine mounts if doin it mate
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corsacalvin
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oh n driveshafts
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Ren
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieN.I.
its not a plan as of yet. was just thinkin of buying this engine n keeping it for another corsa at some stage. for the simple reason is i know its a1 nick. my old boss owned the car, engine was removed by my m8 when the car was scrapped, they had robbed it of so many parts and eventually cut the b pillars out of it for a limo. (the guy whos owned the car manufactures limos) got a genuine 70k and i know all history, was only driven a mile up the road to work n back each day by the guy. was the company car. just thought it could make a cheap conversion... obviously not then
Is that a good thing though? It just mean it ran it for two miles a day while the engine was cold 
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STEvieXE
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well i know for def the car never got ne abuse. the od time maybe into town etc for parts etc. think the engine would def be a gd buy
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STEvieXE
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neone add nething more? heard something about sumps r something...
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by corsacalvin
f20 wud wrk,or get gearbox outa of a 20xev vectra or cally,or y not put the f28 six speed in?
Because the gear ratios would be COMPLETELY wrong and performance would suffer greatly.
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ed
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Anyhow. You can get an X20XEV fitting kit from M-Tec. You need an FWD sump. You can get a steel on from a 2.0 8v enigne, an alloy one from any 16v big block or a new one from Vauxhall for £120.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
quote:
Originally posted by corsacalvin
f20 wud wrk,or get gearbox outa of a 20xev vectra or cally,or y not put the f28 six speed in?
Because the gear ratios would be COMPLETELY wrong and performance would suffer greatly.
Oh also, if you used a gearbox from an XEV'd vaux the clutch would be hydraulic.
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schoey
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sump is different, and i believe, you cant fit the vectra xev sump over the omega one because the pick up is different.
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