Engine drop- enlisting knowledge

[thehunterooo]

SOD IT!!
from next week im stripping my engine down!
that way i can sell parts of the engine and also get it out my engine bay and have it ready for the vxr engine when i get it! mwahaha mwahahah!!
umm where do i start LOOL!!!

im not to experienced in this field..
so um would it be better to sell my engine part by part?
or as the entire lump?

please help...

do you have any custom parts on the engine? i might be interested in some things maybe

[M33EVL]

umm not really. ive just sprayed things to make them look nicer and changed the piping...
ive got a this air thing.. i forgot what its called.. LOOLL i sound like a div now ahaha!
it suposidly forces more air in the car.. i have an auto and it smoothed out my shifts and made it smoother on the way up to the redline.. worked well in my opinion.. then i brought one of those fan supercharger things for like £195 dont ask.. i didnt read up first...
i thought id have the dump valve working.. guess not!!
thats it really...
and the thunder cats battery cover..
but im keeping that
i lvoe it. its too cool.. gona have a red led glow behind it when i do the vxr swap!

[serega12]

The V6 3.0 we supposedly can swap in is from Cadillac Catera (Opel Omega in Europe). It should be the same motor mounts...

[M33EVL]

your very resourcefull loll.. your like a aveo wikipedia loooll
you know everything
btw i mean that in a really nice complemantary way..

thanks forr the info btw..

never thought a v6 could even fit in there :S seems so tinny and crammpped!!

MMM IMAGINE A V10 IN THERE!!! loll now id be asking to die tho.. lol

hmmm, just had a read about that v6 in the omega... loll id rather have the 4 cylinder astra vxr.. its more mpg has more tourq not by much but stil, and the 0-60 comparin the omega and astra... astra wins even though there is a 400kg weight diff... lool which is a LOOTT!!
but would that actually knock off 2 seconds on a 0-60 time.. hmm actually i think it would..
but then the issue of after market parts appears... il be back on the same boat as the kalos.. no engine parts...
and the omega has a 5 speed gearbox anyway.. eww! loll could bolt up another tranny tho i guess..

dont seem to be that many omega engines around... hmpf..!

[serega12]

If anyone would be called an Aveo encyclopedia (or an automotive guru for that matter) - it should be petrified.rabbit. I've learned quite a few things from him in the last few months I was on this forum.

[Scotland]

I'd forget the V6 Vectra or Omega engines. Even VXR engines are still pricey.

Go scan the scrapyards for a smashed up Astra SRI or Astra GSI. Other possibilities in the UK are the Astra MK5 2.0 tubo, Insignia 1.6 turbo (same as Corsa VXR) or go for something a bit older and find a Corsa C 1.8 SRI and when you have more money take it to Courtney and get it turbo'd. Another option is the old Cavalier/Calibra turbo.

I'm in the same boat as you but I have checked my Aveo against a friends Corsa D and the mounts are the same. Vauxhall has plenty options.

[M33EVL]

I'd forget the V6 Vectra or Omega engines. Even VXR engines are still pricey.

Go scan the scrapyards for a smashed up Astra SRI or Astra GSI. Other possibilities in the UK are the Astra MK5 2.0 tubo, Insignia 1.6 turbo (same as Corsa VXR) or go for something a bit older and find a Corsa C 1.8 SRI and when you have more money take it to Courtney and get it turbo'd. Another option is the old Cavalier/Calibra turbo.

I'm in the same boat as you but I have checked my Aveo against a friends Corsa D and the mounts are the same. Vauxhall has plenty options.

ive seen loads of vxr engines with gearbox looms and ecu all for around 3k...
id see that as reasonable... my issue is reliability so i dont want to buy an old engine with high millage. i would feel comfy id end up taking it somewere and getting it refurbished.. anything with more than 20k on the clock im not even bothering with.

i want as much punch as i can possibly get... so from what ive found the vectra being one of the heaviest has the 2.8 v6 which gives it a 0-60 in 6.5 in a car thats almost 1 and a half times the wieght of my car stock. and im doing alot of weight shedding as well..

so from what little knowledg i have i assume that would be an ideal swap and with about another few hundred on bolt ons get it near enough the 0-60 5 second mark if its not already there usull stuf, cranks, pulleys cams light weight flywheel ignition packs obv ect ect....

plus im planning to have it twin turboed. small and a large 1, 1 for low and 1 for higher end revs 2 reduce the turbo lag and get decent dump valves adjusted properly to reduce the turbo spool time as well so it doesnt have to start spooling from a stand still all the way bak up.. and as an exampl spool from say 3all the way up instead of starting from 0 giving it a head start.

if theres anything better engine wise guys please let me know pref easy swaps as im planning to do it myself and wil be first ever swap...

[serega12]

Those are some big plans you got there... I'm with you on newer engine if you're gonna do a swap anyways... it's either pay more now, or pay more later trying to fix the old one... but everyone has their own opinion. I'm not sure about twin-turboing it that way... The only twin-turbos I've seen were the same size... Then again, my turbo experience is very limited altogether (except for cooling turbines that are used for air conditioning on military jets, I've installed and removed plenty of those )

[M33EVL]

Those are some big plans you got there... I'm with you on newer engine if you're gonna do a swap anyways... it's either pay more now, or pay more later trying to fix the old one... but everyone has their own opinion. I'm not sure about twin-turboing it that way... The only twin-turbos I've seen were the same size... Then again, my turbo experience is very limited altogether (except for cooling turbines that are used for air conditioning on military jets, I've installed and removed plenty of those )

loll.. there not thaaat big of plans LOLL... some of my mates go nutts on their cars.. but then again their cars are woow r34's supras' 200sx's crx's ect ect i envy them..

by the way that turbo set up is actually kinda common... from what i knw.. i fink its refferd 2 as a sequential turbo set up.. frm what i remember the twin turbo supra uses same set up.. were 1 turbo is used for lower rpm then other turbo only activates when higher rpm range is hit and other turbo may or may not shut off depending on set up... looooads of racers i knw use tht set up. n then some fine tune their dump valvs as well to help with the spooling time ect ect...

some ppl even use similar size turbos for those set ups and then have 1 active and the over ready spooling to hit off once a set rpm or speed is reached..

[serega12]

Like I said I don't know much about turboing cars, but that sounds like a logical explanation. But in my case I'd probably go with cobalt swap if my current engine died on me and I had money for it more support since it's domestic for us.