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jrdn7
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28th Jun 12 at 21:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh dear. He was poking around the forum today & somehow came across a pic of Beardy's old 3 litre V6 Corsa, the mental looking wide body thing. And now he wants to have a go at putting a V6 in a Corsa.

So, two questions. One being, what's involved in putting a 3 litre V6 in a Corsa and second, how much am I looking to pay for such an engine.
AndyCorsaSport
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28th Jun 12 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Direct your dad towards some porn sites, he'll soon forget about it
jrdn7
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28th Jun 12 at 21:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Direct your dad towards some porn sites, he'll soon forget about it


Oh christ no I'd rather not do that! He doesn't like corsa's too, and yet wants to put a V6 in one!
SetH
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28th Jun 12 at 21:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is he under the illusion it will
Be an epic weapon or something
jrdn7
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
Is he under the illusion it will
Be an epic weapon or something


Don't think so mate, just something that sounds good & goes fairly quick (not C20LET quick tho).
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28th Jun 12 at 22:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Pain in the ass, not as quick as a LET, barely even faster than an XE, fouls the rack, can't get to anything to work on it, not one to pursue if you're currently on the fence.

Engines themselves are very cheap indeed, probably cheaper than 2 litre I would say, but it's not a nice job at all.
Corsa_Sport21
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29th Jun 12 at 06:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
A 3.0 V6 with an F20 gearbox, in a Corsa, would be quite a bit quicker than an XE Corsa.

My old, heavier, Mk3 Astra Gsi, with a C25XE and F20, used to pull on XE Corsa's effortlessly.
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29th Jun 12 at 06:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depends on who xe pal
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29th Jun 12 at 06:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yes, goes without saying.

Im just assuming he means like for like, standard for standard.
Jed D
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too see a good V6 in a corsa you need various bits from different V6 engines

griffin autosport do the mounts and shafts etc... find a lad called david dixon, top bloke. had the white nova 3.0l v6 running gas at pv, getting 12.1's all day long...

also an issue you'll need to address is the back manifold and down pipes. iv heard you can do a few mods to a front manifold and it'll fit however the normal back ones can be made to fit like mine. its a squeeze but it does go in there
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quote:
Originally posted by possy
Depends on who xe pal


Bit of a daft response really? A tb'd XE was never a part of the equation!
Mieran
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29th Jun 12 at 13:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
loads of people who don't know much about cars think just because the engine displacement is big its going to be rapid
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29th Jun 12 at 13:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mid life crisis?
Whittie
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29th Jun 12 at 13:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^ There was some dude who signed up on here a few years back, after a corsa turbo beat his monaro vxr, so he came on here asking who it was and bought a corsa turbo for a laugh

That's a proper midlife crisis, he was 50 odd iirc, nice guy

Edit: Here's the thread

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=501208&page=1

[Edited on 29-06-2012 by Whittie]
sc0ott
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29th Jun 12 at 13:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Speaking of old guys and corsa turbos, i seen an old guy driving a corsa vxr this morning. He looked to be in his late 50s / early 60s.

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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
^ There was some dude who signed up on here a few years back, after a corsa turbo beat his monaro vxr, so he came on here asking who it was and bought a corsa turbo for a laugh

That's a proper midlife crisis, he was 50 odd iirc, nice guy

Edit: Here's the thread

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=501208&page=1

[Edited on 29-06-2012 by Whittie]


I see Davey never returned to reply after the guy came on himself
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29th Jun 12 at 15:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Mid life crisis?


Don't think so, just a bit bored whilst there's no work. I was thinking about dropping an XE into a corsa for a laugh, after the diesel project is done. Thanks be to fuck the petrol prices are coming down!
jrdn7
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29th Jun 12 at 15:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jed D
too see a good V6 in a corsa you need various bits from different V6 engines

griffin autosport do the mounts and shafts etc... find a lad called david dixon, top bloke. had the white nova 3.0l v6 running gas at pv, getting 12.1's all day long...

also an issue you'll need to address is the back manifold and down pipes. iv heard you can do a few mods to a front manifold and it'll fit however the normal back ones can be made to fit like mine. its a squeeze but it does go in there


Cheers mate, most helpful one here so far! How did you go about modifying the back manifold in your car to clear the rack?
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29th Jun 12 at 16:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd love to do this, make such a great noise.
Mertin
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29th Jun 12 at 23:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Maybe be better off with a mk3 astra? How much more do they weigh than corsas's?
Mates got an astra gsi with a vectra x25xe and got a long term project of fitting a c25xe into a pink (nearly white!) flame red 5 door shell. Sound is amazing right enough, really addictive
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29th Jun 12 at 23:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If I had a MK3 Astra I wouldn't waste time on a V6, I would go Saab B204 route
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30th Jun 12 at 09:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
^ There was some dude who signed up on here a few years back, after a corsa turbo beat his monaro vxr, so he came on here asking who it was and bought a corsa turbo for a laugh

That's a proper midlife crisis, he was 50 odd iirc, nice guy

Edit: Here's the thread

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=501208&page=1

[Edited on 29-06-2012 by Whittie]


Guy lives round the corner from me
Fro
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30th Jun 12 at 13:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jrdn7
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Mid life crisis?


Don't think so, just a bit bored whilst there's no work. I was thinking about dropping an XE into a corsa for a laugh, after the diesel project is done. Thanks be to fuck the petrol prices are coming down!


They won't stay down unfortunately.
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30th Jun 12 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Always something appealing about a big engine in a small car
Gaz
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Introduce him to bike engined mini's :-)

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