Nice project. What Bilsteins do you have? I only ask because B12 is the name of a kit, not a damper. The B12 kit comes shipped with B8 dampers (bright yellow things) and Eibach Pro-Kit lowering springs. B6s are black iirc.
Advertised as b12, look like b6's to me to be honest.
Never mind hey, on a plus note the loom and ecu are done and it started first time
Went for a drive in the car today for the first time , it's good and only on 10psi at the minute, the only problem I have is that I can not get 6th gear!
Not really sure why but il have a look at the unit tonight also got to fit boost gauge and switable boost button . Il get some pictures if anybody wants any ?
Ads wrote:good progress mate, I used to have a sri/let, and boy that was some car, 280 bhp and 345lbs or torque through front wheel drive, torque steer was interesting and boy could it move, and lets just say it lively the wet, looking forward to seeing the finished project, the B204 is not as pretty as the let, but from what ive heard are more tuneable than the let, I think if the let in my cav turbo ever goes pop, a B204 might be getting dropped in, Ads
the let is a fantastic engine and when you bin the kkk blower and replace with a decent one it becomes awesome..
i only changed because i wanted to be a little different, also will be fitting a lsd when the big turbo gets fitted, but i really want a saloon cav so may up end buying one of them and doing a b234 swap
I think it was the b234 that my brother mentioned. An immense engine
Ads wrote:good progress mate, I used to have a sri/let, and boy that was some car, 280 bhp and 345lbs or torque through front wheel drive, torque steer was interesting and boy could it move, and lets just say it lively the wet, looking forward to seeing the finished project, the B204 is not as pretty as the let, but from what ive heard are more tuneable than the let, I think if the let in my cav turbo ever goes pop, a B204 might be getting dropped in, Ads
the let is a fantastic engine and when you bin the kkk blower and replace with a decent one it becomes awesome..
i only changed because i wanted to be a little different, also will be fitting a lsd when the big turbo gets fitted, but i really want a saloon cav so may up end buying one of them and doing a b234 swap
I think it was the b234 that my brother mentioned. An immense engine
B234 and B235R engines are fitted to Aero 9-5s etc (I have one in mine). They will produce 250bhp out of the box, and they can eat 300bhp with a map, but these lumps are engineered for the power that they deliver in their dedicated applications. Tuning them is a bit like the Vauxhall V6 - you can't really go anywhere without gutting them, and they won't mate up to the Vauxhall range of gearboxes iirc. An expensive route to take when the B207R and B204R are at your disposal for peanuts.
My mum had a 900S auto, that had a 2.3 liter 4 pot engine, don;t know what code, but when I drove it once, (legally) It scared the shit out of me when I hit kickdown... Considering the weight of the car...
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right ive had finished the first stage of the conversion and have been for a drive, ive turned the boost up to 1.5bar and to be fair its got some serious grunt, power delivery is hard and low in the rev range. fitted my mocal boost gauge . still need help with the gear selector as i can not get 6th gear ?
took these quick pics before i went to Manchester xmas shopping !!!
The paint work is still dull and flat but cant have it detailed before it has the arches done .
also the wheels need doing too but not sure if i like these or the astra sri ones ?
treated the old girl for xmas, ordered a full set of new bilstien b6 shocks, new lower arms, poly bush kit, new track rod ends, drop links, ball joints.. then trying to gather info for doing a 308mm brake upgrade
