advice please c20xe

[rab10000]

been offered a swap how does this sound

Fully rebuilt c20xe "redtop" engine fitted, crank was reground to 0.25 and bores honed, genuine mahle big and small end bearings, genuine mahle piston rings.
Genuine erling bottom end gaskets and seals fitted, genuine erling head gasket and seals fitted to head, valves cleaned and reseated genuine gm water pump all stretch bolts replaced with genuine gm bolts.
Gates timing belt and genuine gm roller and tensioner fitted.
Brand new LUK clutch kit fitted

dont really make that much sense to me tbh but its in a mk 3 astra

[scooby-KILLER]

swap for what?

[rab10000]

my vectra sri its on gumtree ad number 95138294 gives u full spec of the astra was seriously thinkin about goin to look at it tomorro

[scooby-KILLER]

end of the day mate you can only take the guys word for the work that has been said is done unless he has proof, and if he does its realy down to you weather you want to swap it or not?

[rab10000]

he reckons he has receipts for most of the parts but i guess that still means jack not really sure tbh like the sound of it tbh and been ages since ive had any decent redtop but part of me says no lol

[rab10000]

heres the full ad must say he has pics of the engine fully stripped down and split


Still logged as a 1.6!

1998 80000 miles but this will rise mot 24th march / tax 28/02/12
Electric windows, central locking and all electrics work.
Both wishbones and lower ball joints replaced last week, tie rod ends where done around 2 months ago along with tracking.

Apex sport shocks and 40mm springs around 1 year old, 2l brakes on the front and gsi rear disk brakes on the rear, gsi rear anti roll bar and omp upper rear anti roll bar, ph2 gsi rear spoiler, dezent 16" deep dish alloy wheels in white all good tread tyres.

Fully rebuilt c20xe "redtop" engine fitted, crank was reground to 0.25 and bores honed, genuine mahle big and small end bearings, genuine mahle piston rings.
Genuine erling bottom end gaskets and seals fitted, genuine erling head gasket and seals fitted to head, valves cleaned and reseated genuine gm water pump all stretch bolts replaced with genuine gm bolts.
Gates timing belt and genuine gm roller and tensioner fitted.
Brand new LUK clutch kit fitted
I still have the receipts for most of these parts!

The engine has now done around 8000 miles the sump gasket leaks a little like all redtops do, i have tightend it to the SBD motor sport recomended torque setting of 11 LB/FT but i wont tighten it any further as the sump will crack as i found out before i rebuilt it.

I did try reconditiong the tappets but they are still noisey from cold start for a few minutes common on xe's
Apart from this it is a good strong xe engine pulls well threw all the f16's close ratio gears.
It has a full stainless exhaust system big magnex 4 into 1 manifold 2.5 " gives it a nice growling noise and noticeable torque, magnex decat, powerflow 2 + quarter " center section to a scorpion twin imola back box.

The astra its self could do with some tlc extrenaly, it has had a scrape against something before i had it on the passenger rear quarter panel, rust buble on passenger door, couple on boot and both rear arches are rusting but are ssolid and saveable.

Could do with new rear disk pads and hand brake shoes.

Slight problem with the camber at the front, it likes to pull slightly to the right, i have checked everything and its all tight, i also took it into mchonecys in ayr they agreed its down to it being lowerd and camber.

[scooby-KILLER]

not sure tbh with you mate maybe best taking some one you trust with good knowlage/experiance with car/s mech's in general and getting him to give it a looking over then let him give you his opinion then maybe it will be easier to decide if you want to swap it or not?,

hope this helps?

[rab10000]

yeah kinda was more looking at the rebuild if u kinda know what ah mean can check the rest of the car myself no probs just not sure if its quality parts used in the rebuild or not that was all

[scooby-KILLER]

just swap it mate plenty folk on here that can/will help if it fails? lol

[rab10000]

cheers think that was the push i was looking for lol take it the car will be slightly quicker than the calibra and cavvy gsi i had with same engine

[scooby-KILLER]

depends on how well said car have been looked after etc and you will never get 2 standared xe's to put out the same power imo quite fancy a cav my self

[rab10000]

i loved my cavvy gsi years ago was an old g reg i had absolutely loved it

[scooby-KILLER]

yeah i have a soft spot/ich for a decent cav of some sort but to many cars atm to justify it

[rab10000]

mind u was gutted as i thought i was in for a p/x with a neighbours 2.6 v6 vectra b yesterday as he was looking for something cheaper to run it had the msd v6 in it which apparently is a beast of a machine lol

[scooby-KILLER]

slap the bitch and tell him your taking it and he can have your car as a tokin/jesgure of your kindness lol

[rab10000]

i woulda had the swap but he had it for sale and once someone offered the cash it was away lol he had the cheek to try by my motor off me

[scooby-KILLER]

should have doubled the price , get your astra and start a wip thread on it plenty help out there and if you do a little digging you might not need to ask as much as you would think lol