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Adrian Ablett

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18th Oct 03 at 18:50

hi there mad lads!!

Im soon going to treat my corsa B GSI to a SFI 20L 16v red top,ive got a conversion kit from pvd and in their kit they suppy a power cap to replace the black plastic box on top of the inlet manifold,they instuct you to cut away part of the bilkhead to allow for this power cap,is this cut away really needed or cud an rubber inlet pipe off sum other engine be used to save cutting the bulkhead and instead of putting this power cap on surely pipe straight in is better for air flow?

and-m

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18th Oct 03 at 18:51

Id avoid the powercap as you have to chop the bulkhead. The pipe you mention is from a x20xe Vectra and you need an adaptor plate too.

[Edited on 18-10-2003 by and-m]

Adrian Ablett

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18th Oct 03 at 18:53

Yeap i want to avoid this but need to put summot their need sum sujestions!!

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18th Oct 03 at 18:59

v tuning plate and vectra inlet pipe

Adrian Ablett

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18th Oct 03 at 19:01

quote:
Originally posted by and-m
Id avoid the powercap as you have to chop the bulkhead. The pipe you mention is from a x20xe Vectra and you need an adaptor plate too.

[Edited on 18-10-2003 by and-m]

Top quality mate,these adoptor plates r they available from anywere or the same engine?

Adrian Ablett

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18th Oct 03 at 19:03

quote:
Originally posted by jr
v tuning plate and vectra inlet pipe

Cheers mate!
V tuning plate? What an were r they from?
Any vectra?

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18th Oct 03 at 19:11

nt sure what vectra the pipe is off, vtuning.com or sumthing like that

AdamF

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18th Oct 03 at 19:16

the pipe can be found on any vauxhall ecotec engine in astras, vectras etc

heres the linkl for the adaption plate

http://www.v-tuning.com/Air%20Intake.htm

and-m

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19th Oct 03 at 01:11

also topgear do the plate for about £30, got one here looks fine, www.topgear2.com Burnley.

The Guru

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19th Oct 03 at 10:20

the pipes look pants! Get a power cap you tight fcuker!

Looks far better if you do it right!

AdamF

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19th Oct 03 at 14:00

might look good but dont like the idea of cutting a fuck off big hole ing the bulkhead its there for a reason you no

Adrian Ablett

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19th Oct 03 at 15:21

quote:
Originally posted by The Guru
the pipes look pants! Get a power cap you tight fcuker!

Looks far better if you do it right!

HI mate agree it luks better,have you do the conversion yaself then?

The Guru

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19th Oct 03 at 15:52

My brother and I!

Adrian Ablett

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19th Oct 03 at 15:58

quote:
Originally posted by The Guru
My brother and I!

O cool,so r u mechanics?
How much did it cost you,were you get engine from,how was wiring?
Like the eye candy on rokker/power cap!!

and-m

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19th Oct 03 at 18:49

no thanks, id rather avoid chopping the bulkhead.

big eck

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19th Oct 03 at 18:52

Fuk cuttin a big hole in the bulkhead when you can use the pipe off the ecotec, does the exact same job but alot less hassle.

Fad

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19th Oct 03 at 19:47

the SFi box is like a torque chamber and i am looking to mod one and fit it to my 2ltr as i seen someone on here do that (sinkboy) as with both the powecap and ecotec pipe u loose a significant amount of tourque

and-m

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19th Oct 03 at 21:08

jesus bigeck - the size of that throttle cable!

The Guru

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20th Oct 03 at 09:18

quote:
Originally posted by and-m
jesus bigeck - the size of that throttle cable!

Yeah, whats the cable off??

The Guru

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20th Oct 03 at 09:22

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Originally posted by big eck

Look at the difference!

So is that what everyone means when they tell me to give it more throttle!?

and-m

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20th Oct 03 at 11:07

btw the guru, what paint etc did you use on the box?

cheers.

Daimo B

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20th Oct 03 at 11:43

The Guru, but he hasn't had his engine cover painted.

PErsonnally, i'd rather keep my torque than gaining a few extra bhp and loosing lots of torque.

And as for engine bays, well, i'll show you in 2004 how good a Corsa enigne bay without powercap can be

watch this space