2.0 redtop conversion help please :]

[Corsa_Tom]

Heyy looking for some help.. interested in 2.0 conversion for my 1999 1.6 sport whats gotta be done other than the engine? and what sorta prices i am looking at? any help would be great cheers! :]

[Chrex]

well getting an SR20 into a corsa is gonna be a challenge (and something that i will achieve some day), but i would say a C20XE (aka 'XE') would be a better bet.

You will need mounts, driveshaft adaptations, chassis strengthening plates welded in and then the suspension and brake upgrades. Thats just the main things. There is also the exhaust system to be played with, and if you want to keep it, spacers for the front arb. You may also have to cut out some of the bulkhead, especially if you want a power cap.

[Baker]

Sorry to steal your thread but.. You mentioned brakes Chrex... Im upgrading mine, Im sure ones from an astra fit but do the calipers, pads and discs fit off a calibra? Or Cavalier?

[PRICER]

yea all vauxhall 2.0 calipers and v6 calipers are a direct fit, but you must have larger than 15" rims for 2.0l calipers, and for the v6 calipers larger than 15" but they only fit with removing the wheel weights because they run that close to the outside of wheel.

[Chrex]

you can get 2.0 brakes behind 14" GSi wheels...its the v6 ones that are the pain for room.

[mradz]

288mm v6 brakes will fit behind 15" vauxhall wheels, as this is the set up i had on mine! iirc the 308mm v6 brakes (as fitted to the later 2.6 models) require 16" wheels.