VTR engine mods

[AlexBp]

id rather spunk that 300 on making the car stop and turn than accelerate faster (as the best way to go fast is carry corner speed better)

decent matched fixed damping suspension kit (spax or apex are the 2 i liked out of what ive had apex being my favorite) and they go for about 200 quid new

and then got a bit you could spend on some 1144s and a set of decent discs

[EAG]

Originally Posted by AlexB

id rather spunk that 300 on making the car stop and turn than accelerate faster (as the best way to go fast is carry corner speed better)

decent matched fixed damping suspension kit (spax or apex are the 2 i liked out of what ive had apex being my favorite) and they go for about 200 quid new

and then got a bit you could spend on some 1144s and a set of decent discs

I didnt explain myself very well my budjet for engine mods would be about £300.

[Jo3fish]

Originally Posted by EAG

The only way ill buy a vtr/vts is if its white, am not really a huge French fan am into my Vauxhalls really but couple of my friends have 106 gti's vts's vtr's and all say they a good cars fun to drive and cheap parts couple say there also good for the track if your prepared to spend money on them, so iv decided i want a white vtr with white vts wheels, doesn’t need to have vts wheels for me to buy it.

White with white wheels will look "too" white imo. With black wheels is the typical approach.

Hope youve got plenty of cleaning gear aswell, their a cu*t to keep clean.

[AlexBp]

Originally Posted by EAG

I didnt explain myself very well my budjet for engine mods would be about £300.

fair enough then

in that case
decent panel filter
decent exhaust
manifold

and theres youe 300 gone
over and above that as said a mild cam that doesnt need a remap is about all you could do

and dependant on the use of the car an s2 rallye heat exchanger for the oil cooling so it can take a bit more before your oil starts to get a bit warm

[EAG]

Originally Posted by sm02_saxo

White with white wheels will look "too" white imo. With black wheels is the typical approach.

Hope youve got plenty of cleaning gear aswell, their a cu*t to keep clean.

I have plenty of detailing products, white on white is too white in your opinion not in mine i also like Nurburg vxr's they look

[dodgy1980]

your a vauxhall man nice i got rid of my vectra sri cos i wanted a vtr but now i`m in the process of selling it and getting a vectra sri again just cant get used to a little car again

[EAG]

Originally Posted by dodgy1980

your a vauxhall man nice i got rid of my vectra sri cos i wanted a vtr but now i`m in the process of selling it and getting a vectra sri again just cant get used to a little car again

Good to hear, what colour was your vtr ?

[gixer7]

ive got my gold VTR great fun ,but ive also kept my Volvo C70 T5 coupe black with black alloys also great fun

[dodgy1980]

my vtr was black with white wheels didnt look to bad but i like the feel and power of the sri

[EAG]

So i take it there isnt a big tuning scene for the 8v engine never really heard of them making good power figures maybe its for this reason.

[dodgy1980]

there is i suppose i just miss my old 2.5 sri as some one said before for your 300 pounds id sort suspension and brakes out or go sri i love the vtr before any one gets humpy with the sri comment

[EAG]

Originally Posted by dodgy1980

there is i suppose i just miss my old 2.5 sri as some one said before for your 300 pounds id sort suspension and brakes out or go sri i love the vtr before any one gets humpy with the sri comment

I like vectra but there not my thing, theres a corsa down my street with the 3.0 msd v6 with cailbra turbo wheels been in total vauxhall you would love it. im just going to wait intell a white saxo comes up if anyone see's one just send me a private message.

[AlexBp]

Originally Posted by EAG

So i take it there isnt a big tuning scene for the 8v engine never really heard of them making good power figures maybe its for this reason.

not really no

most put a 16v in there

but they can see up to about 170hp in n/a spec if highly tuned

or boost is more popular on them

but tbh not many do tune them

[EAG]

Originally Posted by AlexB

not really no

most put a 16v in there

but they can see up to about 170hp in n/a spec if highly tuned

or boost is more popular on them

but tbh not many do tune them

Fair play.

[AlexBp]

im in the middle of doing a project with a vtr and im spending on everything but the engine (but not massively expensive stuff) and i think ill have a pretty fun and quick car but literally 100% standard engine even standard aribox and exhaust with a cat in there

its not haveing 130 hp ect that matters when you drive the car properly imo

hence my origonal post saying i would spend elsewere

[lukee_VTR]

Originally Posted by EAG

So i take it there isnt a big tuning scene for the 8v engine never really heard of them making good power figures maybe its for this reason.

lol, i wouldnt expect a 'big tuning scene for the 8v's' if your budget is 300 quid. And there is a very big tuning scene for the VTR's mate.

[EAG]

Originally Posted by AlexB

im in the middle of doing a project with a vtr and im spending on everything but the engine (but not massively expensive stuff) and i think ill have a pretty fun and quick car but literally 100% standard engine even standard aribox and exhaust with a cat in there

its not haveing 130 hp ect that matters when you drive the car properly imo

hence my origonal post saying i would spend elsewere

Building a car in such a way must be getting put onto a track? give me your spec on the project.

[EAG]

Originally Posted by lukee_VTR

lol, i wouldnt expect a 'big tuning scene for the 8v's' if your budget is 300 quid. And there is a very big tuning scene for the VTR's mate.

I didnt say i was going to build a 10 seccond car with £300 my plan isnt to build a quick car else id buy a c20let and buy some phase 2 software and through it in my corsa tomorrow. I was just woundering why not meny people tune them. And for the "expect big tuning scene from 8v's" 8v's can make good power not saying vtr engines can becuase i dont no much about them.

[lukee_VTR]

Ok fella, not quite sure what u mean by bringing up the 2.0 vauxhall engines all the time isn't going to help anything. - And alot of people tune VTR's, im one of them, and im sure theres hundreds more people who are tuning up their VTR whether its for the 3-5bhp gains on the induction or boosting it up you know?

[AlexBp]

Originally Posted by EAG

Building a car in such a way must be getting put onto a track? give me your spec on the project.

long term plan is track yea

so far the cars been back to a bare shell pretty much the main idea was to save weight but not look heavily stripped ect
interior refitted minus all sound deadening and rear seatbelts cant use rear seats due to fixed lotus elise front seats harness on the drivers (yes its an mot fail i remove the seats for the mot though lol) removing as much weight as i can (even cut most of the pacel shelf out and trimmed over it so you cant see) battery in the boot with a kill switch in the passenger footwell ect so weight distribution is better and genally things moved around/removed here and there

the actual mods to the car are
98hp vtr motor
1.4 106 xsi gearbox
valeo clutch
b&m short shift
23mm master cylender
wilwood 285mm 4 pot front brakes
goodridge braided lines
15" compomotive wheels
yokohama prada spec 2 tyres
apex 50mm suspension kit
powerflex front wishbone mounts
powerflex front arb mounts
vts front arb
pugsport group n rear wishone mounts
pugsport group n topmounts
poly race rear beam bushes
pugsport group A semi rigid engine mounts

probably a few other bits ive forgot