Engines & engine mods

[Matt Preece]

Do vauxhall use the same engines in their different models, for example the c20let, would they bang that in a Astra & a Vectra as well? reason I'm asking is I've got the 2.2 vectra, but there is bugger all stuff for it, eg samco kit. But if there was a 2.2 Astra engine that was the same code as the Vectra, in theory I should be able to cross parts over???

Thanks

Matt

[Adz]

They did in the MK4 so best to look that direction

[Matt Preece]

I know they never put the 2.2 engine in the Astra mate!

Mk4's lol. Because I was looking at doing an engine swap when I first got my Astra But the insurance wouldn't cover it. Cheers Adz

[Jay-GSi]

They made a 2.2 sri mk4 astra.. They also made a non turbo gsi 2.0 16v mk4 but they were made to order.. Never seen one

[mickeyvx]

Yeah best bet is for a 2.2 Sri astra mk4
funny you saying about the non turbo gsi I went to buy one over Cannock way a silver gsi and didn't have a z20let in it and the woman had it from new

[Matt Preece]

Can you recommend any sites for me, looked at demon tweeks, thorney, regal, courtenay & can't find naff all, can find a few things for a z22se but thats vectra B, not sure if its the same code for a vectra c

[mickeyvx]

I think it is the same code z22se on the earlier ones there is also a z22yh I would just ring your dealer for a code to be on the safe side

[Rob]

Depends on the age of the vec c, the early one was the z22se, later ones were y22se( I think) for non direct and z22yh for the direct engine. The z22se has its own dedicated forum www.z22se.co.uk, you can supercharge that engine and it gives good figures

If its a direct z22yh, best person to speak to is scotty84 as he did a fair bit on his yh including finally getting it mapped after a lot of hassle with people refusing to touch it

[Astra08sri]

They made a 2.2 sri mk4 astra.. They also made a non turbo gsi 2.0 16v mk4 but they were made to order.. Never seen one

if i ever seen one of these i would think it was a diy job

[Rob]

I think I've seen one a long time ago, was basically an Sri with the gsi extras