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Graham88

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22nd Jul 07 at 10:46

What's the difference in the 2 engines as standard?

Is it a noticeable difference when you put your foot down?

How much can you pick up XE or LET's for?

Does having a LET instead of XE make the conversion more expensive/harder?

How much roughly would all the bits for the conversion be?

Thankyou

Little Vik

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22nd Jul 07 at 11:07

My opinion the LETs a harder conversion as theres more bits to cram in, more bits to go wrong. But you do get the difference when you put your foot down.
I did my conversion about 3 or 4 years ago so my prices are way out.

Nic Barnes

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22nd Jul 07 at 13:44

physically its pretty much the same apart from some boost pipes and an intercooler. id say personally its no harder to do a let than an xe just a couple hours more on the pipes etc.

thegsi

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22nd Jul 07 at 13:54

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
physically its pretty much the same apart from some boost pipes and an intercooler. id say personally its no harder to do a let than an xe just a couple hours more on the pipes etc.

thats interesting

Nic Barnes

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22nd Jul 07 at 14:03

quote:
Originally posted by thegsi

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
physically its pretty much the same apart from some boost pipes and an intercooler. id say personally its no harder to do a let than an xe just a couple hours more on the pipes etc.

thats interesting

how so?

thegsi

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22nd Jul 07 at 14:06

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport

quote:
Originally posted by thegsi

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
physically its pretty much the same apart from some boost pipes and an intercooler. id say personally its no harder to do a let than an xe just a couple hours more on the pipes etc.

thats interesting

how so?

would of thought a LET conv. would of involved much more work and time is all

Nic Barnes

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22nd Jul 07 at 14:08

its basically the same engine, just one has more pipes

thegsi

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22nd Jul 07 at 14:10

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
its basically the same engine, just one has more pipes

got ya. did u do your's? im looking into a conversion you see around december time.

Nic Barnes

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22nd Jul 07 at 14:11

quote:
Originally posted by thegsi

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
its basically the same engine, just one has more pipes

got ya. did u do your's? im looking into a conversion you see around december time.

yeah me and a mate did it in an evening

thegsi

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22nd Jul 07 at 14:16

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport

quote:
Originally posted by thegsi

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
its basically the same engine, just one has more pipes

got ya. did u do your's? im looking into a conversion you see around december time.

yeah me and a mate did it in an evening

never

SAL

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22nd Jul 07 at 14:43

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What's the difference in the 2 engines as standard?

: xe is n/a let has a turbo

Is it a noticeable difference when you put your foot down?

: depends which engine you have but yes

How much can you pick up XE or LET's for?

: xe can be brought from 200-600, lets for 1200-1500

Does having a LET instead of XE make the conversion more expensive/harder?

: not really, as muppet said more pipe work due to the intercooler

How much roughly would all the bits for the conversion be?

depends on how much you can source the parts/engine for, if you can fit it your self or if you no people that can fit it

: xe could be done on a tight £1000 which would not include much re-build work

: let could be done on about £2000 which is scrapping the barrel on costs

Thankyou

: welcome

Graham88

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22nd Jul 07 at 18:10

Thanks Stavs.

SAL

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23rd Jul 07 at 00:11

please note, i no feck all about the subject, they were all sensible guesses

Graham88

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23rd Jul 07 at 02:57

Ah.

I know someone who can do the conversion and he is a real Vauxhall head, I'll ask him.

SAL

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23rd Jul 07 at 09:18

lee mitchell is a conversion god, he can make mounts from bits of the dartford bridge, he can make engines work without a key, the list could go on...loads of people on here have used him inc me, if there is something that he doesnt no, it aint worth knowing ! drop him a u2u on sourcing and fitting...

Graham88

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23rd Jul 07 at 12:17

Already u2u'd

Fro

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23rd Jul 07 at 13:29

quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
lee mitchell is a conversion god, he can make mounts from bits of the dartford bridge, he can make engines work without a key, the list could go on...loads of people on here have used him inc me, if there is something that he doesnt no, it aint worth knowing ! drop him a u2u on sourcing and fitting...

Agree with this, he is a Vauxhall god, very very higly recommend him

Superlite Ltd.

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23rd Jul 07 at 13:32

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
its basically the same engine, just one has more pipes

but what about the gearboxs

f20 is FWD and f28 is 4WD

Nic Barnes

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23rd Jul 07 at 17:59

quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
its basically the same engine, just one has more pipes

but what about the gearboxs

f20 is FWD and f28 is 4WD

fit an f20?

or fit the f20 seal to the f28 and hey presto.......

Superlite Ltd.

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23rd Jul 07 at 18:01

oh...

not as hard as i thought then

Nic Barnes

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23rd Jul 07 at 18:49

quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.
oh...

not as hard as i thought then

although you have to shorten a part of the linkage, and swap speedo drive cogs on the diff to make the speedo read abut right, still not that much harder. and worth doing to fit a turbo engine.

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