2.0L 8V turbo C20GET Lemans

Slammed · Post by **Slammed** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:08 am

Thats real cool

This is the drive train that can be dropped into a lanos right??

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:16 pm

does the turbo mani from this C20GET bolt onto a 1.5 SOHC? as far as "looks" goes both heads are identical so i thing this could be a good resource for turbo manifolds for out little engines.

this brings another question... what kinda turbo is that? and will it be too big to fit on a 1.5 SOHC??

MMamdouh

Post by **Efratech** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:56 pm

mmamdouh... remember that its a 2.0... a bigger block and head than the 1.5/1.6

Post by **Efratech** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:56 pm

Slammed wrote:Thats real cool

This is the drive train that can be dropped into a lanos right??

Yes.

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:39 pm

Technically this is an "old" Lanos.... the drivetrain mounts and engine bay are identical.

So yes... this engine fits just fine

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:03 am

Did some work on the car today....

Here is where I have removed the fenders, bumper, supports and passenger side inner fender well....... then I removed the entire front cross member by grinding welds and air chisling the joints.

While looking over the car I noticed that an entire section of the front inner fender had been replaced ( new piece lap welded over the old one )

Here is a picture from underneath.... where I have removed the undercoating is where the seam between panels were welded together.

Since I had a fair bit of deformation I figured that it might be wise to remove the front section at the joint between the new and old panels.

I have a donor Lemans in the back of my shop (technically I have two parts cars to pick from as of today.... the donor for this project will come from Tom's old chassis that we picked up out of storage today )

After all this hard work I decided that we needed to have a little fun so we took the car out to the front of my shop and made a quick video of a turbo GSi smoke show...

Unfortunatly the video is 6MB and it's fairly dark (since it's nearly 11pm and I have no headlights )

I will post it once I get a chance.... right now I'm at work so I don't have access to my FTP program. (yes... I know I'm a bastard.... at least I admit it)

Post by **Efratech** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:43 pm

Chris!

turn it into this:

me wants one

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:23 pm

can you say intercooler!

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:30 pm

I'm buying the intercooler and related parts from Tom since he's going to a 2.0L 16V turbo.

I have been looking at similar (if not nicer) body kits.... Tom thinks I should do a Astra MKIII conversion.... I also like the widebody kits... but they are super expensive.

Looks like the late night smoke show video is a bust.... I tried to lighten it up but it still didn't turn out

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:33 pm

make a new one!

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:59 am

Absolutely.... without a doubt.... there will be several smoke shows in the future.

We've had great weather so far..... but now it's going to snow... so the smoke show will have to wait until next week (hopefully it warms back up)

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:11 am

chris@PrecisionBoost wrote:Absolutely.... without a doubt.... there will be several smoke shows in the future.

We've had great weather so far..... but now it's going to snow... so the smoke show will have to wait until next week (hopefully it warms back up)

i know the weather here has been the best winter ever.... only snowed a few times and its going to snow again... and get back into the negitives

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:41 pm

I managed to get the donor Lemans ( thanks to Tom ) into my shop today.... cut off the entire front end as a one piece unit..... it will be transplanted onto my Optima Turbo and TIG welded into place..... I will also be welding a number of other areas in the engine bay to stiffen up the chassis.

Here are some pics of the donor car after I spent an hour cutting off the front end with a reciprocating saw.

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:12 am

I've been able to work on my car for a few hours each day this weekend !!
(most of you are probably going to think I'm crazy for being excited that I have a couple hours a day.... but for me.... this is more time than I've had in the last 6 months )

So.... I cut out everything.... did some adjustments with a grinder, hammer and reciprocating saw..... and it's turning out fairly decently.

I lined up the front end (not welded in yet) and installed the outer fenders to get the correct alignment.

As you can see.... after at least two fairly significant accidents (possibly more)..... there are some significant gaps in the alignment of the frame sections.

None of the gaps are that bad.... most are around 1/8" with a few up into the 1/4" range.... for the larger ones I will fill the gap with sheet metal and then perform a 1/2" wide TIG welded joint...... then the joint will be ground down so that it's smooth.

If I can't line up the frame sections the way I like..... I should be able to adjust it with a long bar and a hydraulic jack (spread the frame sections)

Stefan · Post by **Stefan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:03 pm

Nice work Chris

I've always thought the GET engine looks right at home in the Mk2 Astra engine bay!

Stef