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by Danny Boy
Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:25 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: 1600 16v Lanos Turbo
Replies: 5
Views: 1673

well bud this is not my car, its a mate car.

In my car i only have one gauge in my car... its the only one thats required. Boost gauge at that!
by Danny Boy
Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:16 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: 1600 16v Lanos Turbo
Replies: 5
Views: 1673

thanks for the comments guys.

Well we went with the yellow cause we wanted a colour that would match the cars colour...

Yeah the car was in the Faster magazine.

On both these cars we working on bigger cams and changing some other stuff
by Danny Boy
Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:42 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: 1600 16v Lanos Turbo
Replies: 5
Views: 1673

1600 16v Lanos Turbo

Hey guys i am back here again. I thought i would just show u pics of the other Opel Corsa with a Daewoo Lanos 16v head on and ofcourse a nice hair dryer motor. The car produces 200kw and around 320nm of torque on da wheels http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/dj_avalon18/acid1.jpg http://i18.photo...
by Danny Boy
Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:12 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

Well thanks for the help guys!! Well the guy that helped me build the motor did something with the manifold and runners cant remember exactly but i think it works still! Well looks like i will be getting a set of forged pistons into the car and the end of the month and we shall see how things go mig...
by Danny Boy
Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:35 pm
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

360... there are no superbosses that have 6 spd!! The superboss was 5 spd only... U thinking about a Opel Kadett/Astra TS cause those are 2.0 turbo with a 6spd! A mint one of those which is hard to find goes from R70 000 to R85 000!! Erfinder@PrecisionBoost my current rev limiter is the standard lim...
by Danny Boy
Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:17 am
Forum: Detailing/Exterior/Suspension
Topic: vavle cover - powdercoated
Replies: 6
Views: 629

looks good dont worry i know those things are difficult to spray and clever me goes and divides cover into 3 so i can spray a german flag on the thing! Although only thing is i never sent mine in for powder coating. i did that myself at home with normal automotive paint, primer, thinners, clear and ...
by Danny Boy
Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:12 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

The car got a F18 gearbox which is off the 2.0 Opels and has 2.0 Opel Superboss brakes in the front. I dropped the car 40mm and added a boost gauge and thats all i have done to the car. when i take the car apart to put the other odds in i am gonna pull my gearbox out and have a copper clutch made. C...
by Danny Boy
Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:09 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

well the internals of the motor are standard!! pistons, rods everything! i lowered the compression by having a gasket made 2mm thick out of hard drawn aliminuim, then put a head gasket on the block, the spacer on top of the head gasket and the head straight onto the spacer! Well currently the car ru...
by Danny Boy
Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:55 pm
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

that fine it will work cause my bore is only 79mm!
by Danny Boy
Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:20 pm
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

didnt get it anywhere unfortuntely i had to make that manifold myself!

bought the flange that goes against the head, steam tube t pieces and 90 bends and welded that myself. the had it heat stressed to avoid it warping later once hot and the face skimmed and put on the car!
by Danny Boy
Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:56 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

what size is ur bore?
by Danny Boy
Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:41 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

MMamdouh wrote:very very nice car man... got pics for the head swap job??

MMamdouh
no bud sorry i dont have the pics of that, but its a straight bolt on from daewoo to opel... only thing u need to do is get the complete head with pulleys and everything cause then things differ there with the pulleys!
by Danny Boy
Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:25 am
Forum: Member's Cars and specs
Topic: New guy from SA
Replies: 24
Views: 4747

New guy from SA

Hey Guys how u doing? Well i am from South Africa and stubbled upon this site! I own a Opel Corsa GSi which is 1600 8v... i took the Daewoo Lanos 1600 16v head and bolted onto my Opel block and then turbo'd my car The car produces 205 kw's and 324nm's of torque on the wheels! Here some pics of my ca...