My 1.8 (z18xe) Corsa C on Jenvey throttle bodies

[peester]

Ouch! I think I must have been a mixture of lucky and persistent, I managed to get mine done within a few weeks and that was with him adding an alternator bracket mounting point. He is a really nice guy though, just a shame he has absolutely no sense of urgency lmao

Hopefully you'll get it soon mate, keep your chin up, will be worth it in the end. Do what Peester did and use the time well by polishing/painting etc...

lol this martin again?
i finally managed to weirdly get through to him today tho Joy answered bless her, sounded like theyve had problems lately, not been there much.. mind you they do say a lot.

what do these alternator brackets look like? anyone?

btw - top thread this ha

[MikeITB]

lol this martin again?
i finally managed to weirdly get through to him today tho Joy answered bless her, sounded like theyve had problems lately, not been there much.. mind you they do say a lot.

what do these alternator brackets look like? anyone?

btw - top thread this ha

Lol, yup of course. Epic workshop he has there, like an alladin's cave of motorsport parts lmao

Ah yes Joy, I've spoken to her a few times, never filled me with confidence that the message would get through but I think it did, lol

My alternator bracket looks like 2 OEM brackets welded together and painted black to be honest, want a pic?

Thanks, lol. Like I say it's nice to find some other people with similar set ups.

[MikeITB]

Just picked this up last night:



Om nom nom nom

[peester]

wowawee.. be a long time before i see something like that with my name on it..

[Gary_808]

i wish i could be thinking about dif's

got through to him friday, says he's picked my inlet up ring him on monday, tuesday, wednesday all day to pay, he's dissappeared again :|

[peester]

^^ martin bowyer is missing??

[MikeITB]

At least you know you will get your stuff eventually, he does take forever to do things but he's not a con man. HAs absolutely no concept of urgency, lol. I hope you get your stuff soon

[Gary_808]

oh no i wasn't saying owt bad about him, just a very hard to get hold of man most of the time lol!!

[MikeITB]

Oh i know you wasn't mate, that was me just saying "It's damn annoying but it could be worse"

[peester]

he is being a bit of an arse mate, tho they have issues with health over there at the mo so they say theyre not in very often but not sure how true that is.
Joy told me on tuesday last that hes trying to sort a hayabusa engine all busy last minute.com at the moment. But as said he could also be busy messing with a tractor engine to that end too

[Tom Clark]

Hi mate, love the car and i also have the Z18xe but in the astra coupe. Im all for moding the Z18xe iv seen some reach 200bhp+ without forced induction, do you know the best place to buy cams from, id just like fast road cams. And also it would be great if you could upload some more photos of your engine bay.

cheers, Tom.

[MikeITB]

Hi mate, love the car and i also have the Z18xe but in the astra coupe. Im all for moding the Z18xe iv seen some reach 200bhp+ without forced induction, do you know the best place to buy cams from, id just like fast road cams. And also it would be great if you could upload some more photos of your engine bay.

cheers, Tom.

Hello mate, thanks for the comments My cams are from Piper and I can vouch for thier consistent high quality. Give them a call and see what they think would be best to match your plans.

I'm picking up my modified rocker cover, alloy catch tank and decat pipe this weekend, I've also got an alloy header tank being sent to me. Once that's all in I'll get some pics, should look mint!

[peester]

Hi mate, love the car and i also have the Z18xe but in the astra coupe. Im all for moding the Z18xe iv seen some reach 200bhp+ without forced induction, do you know the best place to buy cams from, id just like fast road cams. And also it would be great if you could upload some more photos of your engine bay.

cheers, Tom.

if you want 200bhp+ tho the piper cams, like most , using o.e pistons arent going to cut the mustard. Earlier in the thread was discussed that the nature of the engine only allows mild cams to be fitted , cut-out/pocketed pistons are a must if you want anywhere near 200bhp..

[MikeITB]

if you want 200bhp+ tho the piper cams, like most , using o.e pistons arent going to cut the mustard. Earlier in the thread was discussed that the nature of the engine only allows mild cams to be fitted , cut-out/pocketed pistons are a must if you want anywhere near 200bhp..

Further to this, PEC/Wossner are currently developing a set of rod and pistons for the Z18XE and will be available by about the end of August. They will be priced at £887.

Personally I wouldn't have standard pistons pocketed as I've heard bad things and scry stories. Ask Warren about his z18

[Tom Clark]

Where did you get the rocker cover from/made, it looks alot better then the standard horrible plastic one. Im not aiming for 200bhp+, pockets arnt that deep. Anything from 160-175 ill be happy with i think.

[peester]

Anything from 160-175 ill be happy with i think.

same here, i agree - the bp270 piper cams discussed, with t.b's and exhaust manifold decent pumps and injectors should be fine.

[Tom Clark]

same here, i agree - the bp270 piper cams discussed, with t.b's and exhaust manifold decent pumps and injectors should be fine.

This may be quite an obvious question but whats the advantage of t.b's over a decent inlet manifold and derestricted airbox with a veccy c intake?

[peester]

when i say t.b's - im mean the whole kit and kaboodle: multiple (x2 twin)- 40 or 45mm bodies with uprated injectors, inlet and programmable engine management (MBE, DTA etc)
for starters the x4 throttle bodies , or one-per-cylinder or one-per injector is gonna get through way more air and fuel than one governed o.e throttle body.
Also the prog. management bins all the basic, over-sensor'ed o.e vauxhall mangement with its limited parameters for a limit-less, performance-orientated management system that you can alter/control.
But i bought them mainly for the noise

[Tom Clark]

Oh right, so in that sort of set up you wouldnt have to have an air filter? And also whats a rough cost for all this kit? cheaper then a dbilas intake manifold. (around £1000)

Thanks for the info!

[peester]

well you do, but not exactly..
its a completely different type of setup.. clicky here n get reading lol.
SBD Motorsport
you pay from £1700.

[cambridge]

when i say t.b's - im mean the whole kit and kaboodle: multiple (x2 twin)- 40 or 45mm bodies with uprated injectors, inlet and programmable engine management (MBE, DTA etc)
for starters the x4 throttle bodies , or one-per-cylinder or one-per injector is gonna get through way more air and fuel than one governed o.e throttle body.
Also the prog. management bins all the basic, over-sensor'ed o.e vauxhall mangement with its limited parameters for a limit-less, performance-orientated management system that you can alter/control.
But i bought them mainly for the noise

I'd say it was the otherway round.... OEM ECU's are pretty much limitless but to the average monkey tuner they are heavily restricted, where as the Aftermarket stuff tends to be technology from about 10-15years ago but with full access

[peester]

full access, yeah - thats a better word.
Limited access on o.e.m management= limited gains to be had nevertheless.

the chap asking seems a bit new to it all..

[MikeITB]

Where did you get the rocker cover from/made, it looks alot better then the standard horrible plastic one. Im not aiming for 200bhp+, pockets arnt that deep. Anything from 160-175 ill be happy with i think.

If you want one send me a PM, I can get them made up and sent out to you. It's a friend of mine that makes them

Oh right, so in that sort of set up you wouldnt have to have an air filter? And also whats a rough cost for all this kit? cheaper then a dbilas intake manifold. (around £1000)

Thanks for the info!

Stay away from the dbilas inlet manifold, lots of money to lose mid range torque and push all the power up to the top of the rev band, I know because I had one.

[Gary_808]

Further to this, PEC/Wossner are currently developing a set of rod and pistons for the Z18XE and will be available by about the end of August. They will be priced at £887.

Personally I wouldn't have standard pistons pocketed as I've heard bad things and scry stories. Ask Warren about his z18

this a deffo??

as if so i'll stick my engine build on hold for these lol,

but heard before they were going to a while back and nothing came of it

[MikeITB]

this a deffo??

as if so i'll stick my engine build on hold for these lol,

but heard before they were going to a while back and nothing came of it

As far as I'm aware yes, I spoke to the PEC guys at Performance Vauxhall Show and they seemed very confident. Give them a call if you like, let us know how you get on