Looks good what you doing with the 1.4? lol

 

it will be for sale mate on here as soon as it comes out...

 

awesome send me a pm of the price and delivery (if you can deliver) when u know how much you want. could be interested.
Daz.

 

yh ok mate will do as soon as i get it out

 

Nice, about time people started using the Ecotecs i reckon.

 

yh i think its an underrated engine tbh, more people should start using them considering how easy they are to get hold of....

 

good to see
my X20XEV corsa was great fun

 

did you build yours? if so i might be asking a few questions lmao

 

yeah I did - pretty much as per an XE, you just have the added complication of the transponder - but if yours has one anyway, which being an N it should, you should be ok.

 

yes it has but kept the transponder and key chips when i removed the vectra ecu so hopefully should be ok (fingers crossed)

 

got some more work done 2day on the car, i got the driveshafts off then got the engine off its mountings, i took the radiator off aswell as i didnt want it too get damaged, the engine is almost ready to come out now, i just got to get the exhaust off the car as its in the way because i dont have a engine hoist so the engine has to be dropped out the bottom

hopefully it should be put at some point tomorrow and this other part of the conversion mount should be here aswell....

 

finally got the engine out after struggling for ages with the exhaust, i was really starting too loose my temper with it :lol:

just gotta get the car up a bit higher so i can drag the engine out from underneath, then i can start cleaning up the engine bay a bit

so thats it so far

 

been a while since ive updated

i managed to drag the engine out, had to put my axle stands on breeze blocks to get the car up high enough :lol: but once it was up the engine was straight out

then i lowered the car again and made a start at cleaning the engine bay a bit, but didnt get any pics

im still waiting on the other piece to the engine mounting, its been nearly a week now since i paid for it, i hope its here soon as its the only thing stoping me putting the new engine in

also got the old wiring loom off, ecu and transponder

also took the starting and charging loom off so i could start tidying it up a bit as it had bits of old insulating tape hanging off it, so im going to rewrap it and install it too the new engine, but gotta take the inlet manifold off again to do it

had to do a bit of modifying to the xev ecu aswell as it wouldnt quite fit in the space where the ols one was, so i cut the mounting brackets off it with my trusty hack saw now it just about fits but still quite tight
before

after

cheers

 

How long are you now then mate, your on coilovers yehh mate. Got any pictures side on to see how it sits mate. Cant wait to see the progress with this now, it will then make me go the same route haa.

 

cheers mate, its not on coilovers, its 60mm front 90mm back but got some coilovers lined up for it so gonna go lower will get a pic to show you how low it is at the back

liam

 

cheers mate, its not on coilovers, its 60mm front 90mm back but got some coilovers lined up for it so gonna go lower will get a pic to show you how low it is at the back

liam

Thank you mate. Get it up asap will be nice to see it sitting low haa. Im still yet to fit my 60mm springs and lowered shocks so keeping the suspence haa.

 

this is what it was like with 60 front 60 back

and this is what the back is like now with 90mm springs and shortened shocks

will be lower when on coilovers

 

Thats pretty low mate. You know in the first picture where its 60/60 is that just springs or with shortened shocks too mate ??


Liam

 

that first picture of it 60/60 was with standard shocks, would sit slightly lower on uprated shocks

 

good project.. nout wrong with eco's

 

cheers mate, your right!! there good motors dont know why more people dont put them in corsa's

 

yh true but there still good in my eyes, when its in the car there may be a few tweeks anyways to up the power a bit

 

just make sure that it doesnt have a massive heavy flywheel for starters... some do, some dont

 

yh this one does its got the bloody pot type on it which is quite heavy but will get changed at some point for a flat type if i can find one for a decent price

 

Excellent project mate.

I am going to do an X20XEV conversion when i return to the UK.

keep up the good work. Subscribed!

 

What is the difference in weight then between the pot and flat flywheel. What engines do the flats come in, will be much better getting a lighter flywheel it will pick up a lot lot quicker mate.

 

Did a x18xe on my car a year ago these ecotec motors is a dream still running strong

 

thanks for the nice comments,

liam1805- the flat type flywheel come on the 2 litre 8 valve engines and its a few kilo's difference in weight between the two i think
balsak- yh i saw your project log a while back and enjoyed the read, it made me want to do mine
johnhara1- cheers mate