sxi16vjoe
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Can I touch your pistons Fad. 
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Fad
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yes but ollie will prolly get in there first with his ock
willay yeah going to do a few road trips to bed her in so will deffo give u a wee tinker bell 
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willay
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good good, still got my number?
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Mistamist
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Looks even better in the metal  just out of shot is my new XE sitting on an engine stand waiting to be played with a bit , Martin is a top geeza from first impressions and i also think his knowledge of XE's is second to none. I think i would like to move into one of his garages
Ollie and Joe join the queue as fads brown derrier is mine first 
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Fear
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So is £900 the going rate for a re-build then!
As i may be stupid and that but if i do a XE conversion i want one that is a good runner and they all have a few miles on them now!
Can lee sort this during the conversion?
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antscorsa
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look superb fad very ncie
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myke
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looks awesome now. 
not entirely sure on the paint on the block. looks a bit too glossy to me, but the whole thing is pretty spanking.
out of curiosity, what's the benefit of the LET lifters?
and would it not be beneficial to fit higher lift cams now to help make use of the oversized pistons?
what's the new displacement?
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Mistamist
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2100cc approx displacement, i believe high lift cams and a mappable ecu will be on the agenda soon.
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dave17
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shineyyyyyyyyy
[Edited on 17-09-2004 by Dave17]
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Fad
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now got pics of my sprayed g/box and inlet
[Edited on 17-09-2004 by fadscorsa]
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lee mitchell
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mrre like 2050 displacement
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
looks awesome now.
not entirely sure on the paint on the block. looks a bit too glossy to me, but the whole thing is pretty spanking.
out of curiosity, what's the benefit of the LET lifters?
and would it not be beneficial to fit higher lift cams now to help make use of the oversized pistons?
what's the new displacement?
the new displacment is 2050cc as it leave room for a reborre if anything goes wrong
not fiting cams yet as i am getting a costcast head thats been ported and flowed with new valves, uprated springs, brand new lifter and high degree cams
the let lifters are solid i belive and the std cams are jst temporaru as my old ones were scorred
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by CheekyCorsa
So is £900 the going rate for a re-build then!
As i may be stupid and that but if i do a XE conversion i want one that is a good runner and they all have a few miles on them now!
Can lee sort this during the conversion?
not sure if this is the going rate as a lot of the bits was sorted out for me by a mate and rebult by him too
but if the engines out of the car it shouldnt be much more than that
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myke
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quote:
Originally posted by fadscorsa
the new displacment is 2050cc as it leave room for a reborre if anything goes wrong
not fiting cams yet as i am getting a costcast head thats been ported and flowed with new valves, uprated springs, brand new lifter and high degree cams
the let lifters are solid i belive and the std cams are jst temporaru as my old ones were scorred
sounds like your spending quite a bit on it then.
will be a beast when it's finished.
what pistons you got? 87mm?
you could probably get exchange pistons reprofiled and give them back the scored ones.
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Fad
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hopefully a beats maybe TB's depends if i get the turbo bug or not
pistons are 87mm but if i went up to 2.1 if i fucked the pistons the block would be deems dead so leaves room for error
still got to pay out for all my new CV's doh 
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LukeGSi
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How much would this guy charge to fully rebuild an XE then? I've been quoted 1k but the guy is a genius!
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Fad
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you are looking at the thick end of 1K to 1K for a standard rebuild i managed to get some goodies too my 900 includes the 100 labour of taking the engine out and puttin it back in too and thankfully Mr mitchell resprayed my engine bay for me as i was too hungover 
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jr
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very very nice fad, sorry again
martins done a top job there, credit to him, how his astra btw 
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by fadscorsa
you are looking at the thick end of 1K to 1K for a standard rebuild i managed to get some goodies too my 900 includes the 100 labour of taking the engine out and puttin it back in too and thankfully Mr mitchell resprayed my engine bay for me as i was too hungover
we love mitchy
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Fad
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yes so do my brother and his mate
his astra...well still the same(ish) think he's got a suprise for everyone when its done his quote was" i can go faster into corners than in a stright line"
wtf in a 450bhp astra 
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by fadscorsa
yes so do my brother and his mate
his astra...well still the same(ish) think he's got a suprise for everyone when its done his quote was" i can go faster into corners than in a stright line"
wtf in a 450bhp astra
tell me tell me
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Mistamist
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Phase 5.5 now thats just taking the piss!!
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bradfincham
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OO yes i heard that he is sorting something special with eds!!
fad i must say, engine looks nearly as sexy as your hairy arse!
Worthwhile and at least you know everything is mint to that engine now dont ya!
Have to pop upto uni and see me now!
No more driving after 2moro for 3 months!!
what colour is the head and block?
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goldfish
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Originally posted by fadscorsa
spread the love
more like spread your cheeks
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
OO yes i heard that he is sorting something special with eds!!
fad i must say, engine looks nearly as sexy as your hairy arse!
Worthwhile and at least you know everything is mint to that engine now dont ya!
Have to pop upto uni and see me now!
No more driving after 2moro for 3 months!!
what colour is the head and block?
you respect the black hairy ass
will deffo pop up one weekend when i am off...imay drag james along too miss uni soo bad
block is red as you can see...hammerit,e and the head its just the std ally silver brusheed back
hope to see you soon finchy boy 
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