Should I fit a C20LET to my GTE ?

[Tom]

What you reckon fellas, shall I go down the turbo route ? Been offered a complete LET with all the bits needed for the conversion, Just cant make my mind up. :( :confused:

[Steve Heley]

yeh.. why not... I always fancied at Champion with a LET...

[Rob_S]

yeah, good for a laugh

[GTE16v]

I d say go for it but..........What do your front tyres think of the idea!!!!

[Brett]

yeah, MK2 LETs are great fun, Ganders is stupidly quick.

Im going to go down that route:D

[Kris]

Im considering it as well and getting mine re-sprayed in the Merit poo colour and some Merit badges .
Sleepers have never been so much fun lol

[Jon S]

if you decide not to go let , gimme a price lol

i like the sleeper idea merit boy. that should be well funny.
will have people scratching there heads.

[Tom]

Think its defo gonna be happening chaps, watch this space ;)

[Rob_S]

cool. dont forget the pics and commentary ;)

[Gander]

Do it!
You'll never look back! probably because you'll be too busy looking forwards!

Mines been off the road for so long, I've nearly forgotten what it was like but I know that it involved buttock clenching and high performance car embarrasing:D

[Allen Mead]

yeh, do it, do it (starsky and hutch styley)

Besides, there's plenty of knowledge on here should you have any queries :cool:

[Tom]

yeh, do it, do it (starsky and hutch styley)

Besides, there's plenty of knowledge on here should you have any queries :cool:Thanks fella :) , btw anyone know were i can get/got the two piece O/S drive shaft of a Cav/Cali ?

[Tom]

Picked up the engine today :D



http://www.byebyegti.com/uploadgarage/albums/userpics/10032/LET2.jpg
http://www.byebyegti.com/uploadgarage/albums/userpics/10032/LET1.jpg

[Steve Heley]

Good stuff :)

[astrasteve23]

i seen a 2 piece (equal legnth) drive shafts on a cally in a scrappy near me today. brett used to have a calibra 2.0 16v XE with euqal legnth drive shafts, apparently they are ment to help stop torque steer!? well it didn't work! he had et49 wheels with correct pressure and his cally when i drove it, it torque steered a lot more than his GTE does! brett would probably agree! his GTE has normal shafts with et49 wheels.

[Tom]

i seen a 2 piece (equal legnth) drive shafts on a cally in a scrappy near me today. brett used to have a calibra 2.0 16v XE with euqal legnth drive shafts, apparently they are ment to help stop torque steer!? well it didn't work! he had et49 wheels with correct pressure and his cally when i drove it, it torque steered a lot more than his GTE does! brett would probably agree! his GTE has normal shafts with et49 wheels.Hmmm, still its worth just tryin it anyway, not like its a big job to do.

[astrasteve23]

ask brett about the drive shaft, i think he has the number of banwell scrappy and goes there more often than me and could possibly get it for you!?

[johnH]

I would have a cloth down thT INLET m8 all turbo owners will know what i mean drop something down there and its bye bye turbo, keep up the good work m8 there are not that many mkii turbos around another is well welcome

[REMUS]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did that set you back?

[Tom]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did that set you back?£650 for the engine, loom, ecu, rad,fan, standard intercooler.

[Rob_S]

bargain, nice job :cool:

[REMUS]

holy crap I thought it would cost ALOT more than that, where did you get that from?

I was going to tune my xe when it comes but if I buy a set of forged pistons and a cam I will of spent more than that!

Is there any reason appart from insurance that I should stick to a xe?

[Tom]

holy crap I thought it would cost ALOT more than that, where did you get that from?

I was going to tune my xe when it comes but if I buy a set of forged pistons and a cam I will of spent more than that!

Is there any reason appart from insurance that I should stick to a xe?So did I LOL ! I got it of a friend of a fella I know through Migweb, local to me so I did`nt have to go far for it either :) .

As for sticking to the XE is just personal preference IMO, as quick as the XE is , I`ll get a bigger gain out of the LET for less money, I mean how much would it cost to get an extra 50bhp/ 50 lbs/ft roughly from an XE ?

[REMUS]

well over £1k really :/

[_SBD16v]

i thought that my equal length drive shafts made a diff with them and the quaife diff i get no tq steer at all

[REMUS]

How much would a new turbo cost (just the turbo on its own, i know of an engine without a turbo), or where should I start looking to buy an engine, mig, cavweb... etc first of course, are there any other places I should look?

[Jon S]

try calibra websites too