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Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:17 pm

Plunge and posted a deposit off for this little baby, http://www.clubstylus.be/templates/b300 ... rberus.jpg should pick it up in a week or two, i've also just picked up a 180bhp vauxhall lump with weber alpha throttle bodies and ECU etc, so i might drop that straight in and see what happens.

Phil

kevp · Post by **kevp** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:28 pm

Wow. ..
It looks ready to run now. What engine is in it?

Kev

stylussprinter · Post by **stylussprinter** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:29 pm

That's it Phil , your bitten now , soon you'll be changing this and that to suit your own style .

Rob.

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:40 pm

kevp wrote:Wow. ..
It looks ready to run now. What engine is in it?

Kev

Hi Kev, yes its ready, MOTed it just needs rent then its totally driveable, engine is ahem 1.8 opel manta running twin 40's terribly slow hence the purchase of the vauxhall lump(will bolt straight in), so i now have a week or two sleepless nights til i pick it up.

Phil

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:45 pm

stylussprinter wrote:That's it Phil , your bitten now , soon you'll be changing this and that to suit your own style .

Rob.

Hi Rob, i know what you mean already sourcing ally hubs wilwoods etc to take weight out of it, spoke to nathan and he has taken as much weight out of the body work as he can so the rest should be quite easy

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Phil

stylussprinter · Post by **stylussprinter** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:23 pm

Cerberus wrote:
stylussprinter wrote:That's it Phil , your bitten now , soon you'll be changing this and that to suit your own style .

Rob.

Hi Rob, i know what you mean already sourcing ally hubs wilwoods etc to take weight out of it, spoke to nathan and he has taken as much weight out of the body work as he can so the rest should be quite easy .

Phil

Yep --- it's only money

Post by **Werner Van Loock** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:56 am

Damn that looks fine. Let me know your details and stuff so I can put you up on the website.

I also put the picture on the server and changed it in your post so it doesn't link to the advert popup website image hosting thingy (or whatever).

My progress so far is the start of stripping the engine. Found out i miss some deep sockets and big torx bits so I'm already stuck

stylussprinter · Post by **stylussprinter** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:25 am

Yes Werner , that's exactly where I came to a halt on my first engine(now Matt's)so had to go and buy a set in socket form -- never needed them since building the second , all new engine in 2000 .

Rob.

gnalist · Post by **gnalist** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:09 pm

Glad to see you did it.....Looks very nice fella!

You can come and join the 'Yellow Perils' if you like..... basically me and my cuz in his Chimaera!

Once I'm back on the road that is!

Best of luck with the engine swap and well done!

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:13 pm

gnalist wrote:Glad to see you did it.....Looks very nice fella!

You can come and join the 'Yellow Perils' if you like..... basically me and my cuz in his Chimaera!

Once I'm back on the road that is!

Best of luck with the engine swap and well done!

I'm sure yellow ones are faster

plasticfantastic · Post by **plasticfantastic** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:23 pm

she will be greatly missed!

se7ensport · Post by **se7ensport** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:00 pm

Brilliant to hear you've bought it!

have fun with the engine swap

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:45 pm

Picked up my engine today, 2.0l VX ecotec would have preferd a red top but this came with a lovely weber alpha gold kit, 45mm throttle bodies and different cams, rolling road report says 185bhp 164 ft/lbs, so not only will it drop on to the manta box it will have twice the power of the old engine, i have spoken to weber and they said i can use these TB's on a duratec just needs a remap and inlet manifold, so i am a happy chappie at the moment.

Phil

Schrodinger · Post by **Schrodinger** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:20 am

Phil
Did they tell you how much for the remap though ?

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:53 am

Schrodinger wrote:Phil
Did they tell you how much for the remap though ?

Yes they did, £300 including manifold which i thought was reasonable, when you consider a new set of TB's is knocking on for 2K

Phil

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