Stripped/Caged XE Corsa

Saytan · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:22

How quick in a line? actual numbers...

had a good natured putter with one just now, up to about 60 or so. it didnt hang about, though i wasnt giving it ten tenths cos my mate was in the car

Sin_Chase · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:38

Uhm. What's to say it's stock running gear/engine? Chances are if it's stripped and caged it might have extra work elsewhere.

Gtiracer · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:39

Fairly quick I should imagine - however a corner? Then I would worry.

I would hazard a guess at 7 secs to 60 and a 14-15 sec 1/4 mile

Saytan · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:47

Sin_Chase said:
Uhm. What's to say it's stock running gear/engine? Chances are if it's stripped and caged it might have extra work elsewhere.

i asked the guy at the next lights. it was XE'd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C20XE

Liampope · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:12

But there's XEs and there's XEs. Is this one stock or a 280bhp beast?

Disco Boy · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:14

Liampope said:
But there's XEs and there's XEs. Is this one stock or a 280bhp beast?

Since when can you get 280bhp from an XE? Or do you mean a LET?

233 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:15

can be good fun an XE'd corsa

had a few when i was younger albeit in novas, very easy conversion to do as well. if you have the mounts and shafts you can do it in a day easily, so plenty of them around.

bear in mind stripped and caged a corsa will be almost anorexic in comparison to your BMW. i've seen them down as low 750kg before driver for some track toys. and a stock XE will put out 150/156 bhp allow for the most likely mods and you'd be up against an easy 200-220 bhp/ton

MagicBoy · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:18

My Nova handled badly enough with just 45bhp, can't imagine one with 150+... :eek:

andy_mk3 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:18

Disco Boy said:
Since when can you get 280bhp from an XE? Or do you mean a LET?

There's a handful of XE's about running 250bhp+

233 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:19

Disco Boy said:
Since when can you get 280bhp from an XE? Or do you mean a LET?

and 280 bhp is hardly a beast of a LET. quite a few north of 400 bhp

and yes these can be found in corsas and novas too

a XE will generally be anything from 150 stock to 175 with cams and breathing mods, you can start pushing 200 bhp going for carbs/Throttle Bodys and a few nutters do, but most opt to go for a C20LET for over 200 bhp

i've been lucky enough to have driven a 300 BHP nova and believe me its a bloody handful but stupidly quick, and by stupidly quick i mean its up there baiting cars that cost 6 figure prices (well in a straight line anyway )

andy_mk3 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:20

Some 1/4 mile times found from here: http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/car-talk/223679-1-4-mile-times-again.html

Car:corsa sri 2.0 16v redtop

Year:1996

Power (at flywheel, state otherwise):162bhp - 147lb torque

1/4 Mile Time/Terminal Speed:15.1 and think it was 88 or 98

Your Name:valvercorsa

Excuses:little 14" wheels and loads of wheel spin

also first time on strip

Car: Vauxhall corsa 2.0xe

Year: 1993

Power (at flywheel, state otherwise): 155 ish

1/4 Mile Time/Terminal Speed: 14.76 @ 94.8mph

Your Name: Tom

Car: corsa c20xe

Year:95 N

Power (at flywheel, state otherwise): 150ish

1/4 Mile Time/Terminal Speed: 14.69 @ 96mph

Your Name:tiberius jones

Car: Corsa GTE

Year: 94/93

Power (at flywheel, state otherwise): 150bhp (never been on RR so standard C20XE)

1/4 Mile Time/Terminal Speed: 15.693 @ 88.2MPH

Your Name: Frazer "Fraz"...

Liampope · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:29

Disco Boy said:
Since when can you get 280bhp from an XE? Or do you mean a LET?

Just give SBD or the like plenty of money - simples

. I'd be surprised if anybody would put an XE of that standard into a Corsa though

Nvidiot · 12 Apr 2011 at 23:53

Disco Boy said:
Since when can you get 280bhp from an XE? Or do you mean a LET?

http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Taper Kits/N... kits 6th upgrade/2.0L TP kit 6th upgrade.htm

Not a turbo insight.

233 · 13 Apr 2011 at 10:39

Nvidiot said:
http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Taper Kits/N... kits 6th upgrade/2.0L TP kit 6th upgrade.htm

Not a turbo insight.

but it costs £13000

Saytan · 13 Apr 2011 at 11:20

i believe the cavalier touring car engines were hyped-up XEs

it's a good lump, and represents a lot of cheap fun in a corsa if that's your bag

it's fun to run with petrolheads, however they achieve their speed.

Matt82 · 13 Apr 2011 at 23:39

the vauxhall xe is one of the best 16v lumps to grace a road car... and thats coming from a vee dub nut

jfp · 14 Apr 2011 at 00:02

those conversions are epic, a friend of mine has the C20LET in his corsa C, has had some minor head work and remap to get 300bhp out of it, best thing is it looks stock from the outside and inside, even has a tape player fitted. Reason people do it is for the sleeper effect, its so much fun beating chavs and young rich kids in 6 figure cars, that look of disbelief is soo worth it!

russ0r · 14 Apr 2011 at 08:40

jfp said:
those conversions are epic, a friend of mine has the C20LET in his corsa C, has had some minor head work and remap to get 300bhp out of it, best thing is it looks stock from the outside and inside, even has a tape player fitted. Reason people do it is for the sleeper effect, its so much fun beating chavs and young rich kids in 6 figure cars, that look of disbelief is soo worth it!

Haha I love this. I saw a Corsa C badged as a 1.2 on the way down to Manchester a few months ago. It was all over the arse of a 335i up the M62. I thought it had nitrous at the time but thinking about it it was probably a C20LET.
Guy in the bimmer looked somewhat miffed.

MOOGLEYS · 14 Apr 2011 at 09:12

I had a Jenvey throttle bodied Astra Gte it made 202hp on the Rollers and made a stonking noise. I still have the engine and one day I might revive it in a manta or something similar. I built a few Xe Nova's and a couple of let's in nova's and Astra's. They are serious fun for not a lot of money. A let in a Nova will out pull a lot of high performance cars on the road its just the cornering that becomes the fun bit..