J100RSA
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Originally posted by miles
Why does a leaking sump and oil pump mean a rebuild?
Depends what you want. If you do the tb's you'll be spending a fair bit of money for an ok bit of power, and that will be pretty much all you can get out of it for reasonable money.
Its more of a lazy power than the tb's.
LMFAO @ Corsabubbles hints.
Both is pointless and expensive.
A turbo rebuild shouldn't be that more expensive that an tb'd XE rebuild, only the cost of the turbo to to add....
Well i say rebuild if i got to take sump off i may as well fit some arp bolts and some new bearings engine done 90k ish and my car only done 42k so i always planed on rebuild so i may as well get it all sorted in 1 go
[Edited on 30-01-2004 by J100RSA]
[Edited on 30-01-2004 by J100RSA]
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J100RSA
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also looked @ a e30 m3 today very nice so will just have to see what money is like wants 5k for it and its a uk car
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Daimo B
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Wont be a UK M3 LHD (the one u mentioned the other day). ??
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miles
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Originally posted by Daimo B
Yeah, and u need to rag the tits off them to get that power.
Turbo unit u can be bogging along, puit ur foot down and it'll jsut pickup and go. Throttle bodied 2.0 wont do this as well.
Tb'd cars have a bigger power band which is smoother, a straight power line at about 45 degree's, no real peaks( obviously cam dependant). A let will have a obvious peak.
My car has excellent pick up and throttle response, a turbo will have a bit of lag but more power down the rev range. You dont race at low RPM though do you!
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Daimo B
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Oh no, i totally agree, but hten you dont race when plodding through town either. 
Agreed about the power band, but u can't beat torque (i like torque, not fussed about peak power  ). Turbo u can just put ur foot down at any rpm and it'll go. Tb, although still good, its never gonna be like a turbo and needs a gearchange up to make up for the lack of torque.
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miles
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Any RPM as long as its above 3k....
Dont you mean a gearchange down?
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Daimo B
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cunt, thats the one, up down, round and round, hey its friday man, i've been thinking all week at work
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miles
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J100RSA
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Originally posted by Daimo B
Wont be a UK M3 LHD (the one u mentioned the other day). ??
YUP thats the 1 they made a handfull of uk spec cars but still lhd uk spec had
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big eck
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LET LET LET LET LET LET.
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J da Silva
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bore the xe out, TB's' do loadsa engine mods like cams, lift compression etc
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Joff
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Get TBs and have a play with the engine.
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Rileysport
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give me the xe and chuck a LET in ! 
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X 60RSA
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I'm glad someone did this, i'm wondering what to do myself, was 110% gona go for the LET, now i'm deffo not, tb's all the way!
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miles
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A year down the line and my opinions are pretty much the same. Having owned a fairly high powered LET (Although in a 4wd Calibra) for 8 months, I appriciate what they are like. If modded well, or in good nick as standard they shouldn't pose many problems, as long as you are prepared for things like the turbo needing a recon if over 100k old.
Basically, a LET Corsa would be great on the motorway, but the TB'd XE better for drivability and fun.
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Karen
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Buy that yellow TT 
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RobHayes
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quote:
Originally posted by X 60RSA
I'm glad someone did this, i'm wondering what to do myself, was 110% gona go for the LET, now i'm deffo not, tb's all the way!
copyer 
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J100RSA
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Originally posted by foxy lady
Buy that yellow TT
u should buy that fto we looked @ or that s2000
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Karen
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Originally posted by J100RSA
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Originally posted by foxy lady
Buy that yellow TT
u should buy that fto we looked @ or that s2000
I wanted that fto. Ur bad for making me think about buying a new car 
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Originally posted by foxy lady
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Originally posted by J100RSA
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Originally posted by foxy lady
Buy that yellow TT
u should buy that fto we looked @ or that s2000
I wanted that fto. Ur bad for making me think about buying a new car
S2000 all the way! so much better then the FTO by far!
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Dragon_R34
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just curious - how much would it cost for a 2.0 TB with Turbo?
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J100RSA
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the s2000 was £3100 and the fto went for £1440
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