help wanted

[philip1]

I am participating in Autocross events also known as gymkanah or slalom racing. Unfortunately here in the US there is precious little availible suspension wise for these cars. I am therefore calling on all UK and European Vectra owners. If you are changing springs take a pic of your struts and how they mount, if you are adding stiffer anti roll bars take a pic of them and how they mount, any suspension mods take a pic. If you are breaking a car due to a shunt and it has uprated shocks sways or springs let me know.
I am trying to show these yank owners that a Vectra no matter what badge is on it is a force to be reconed with.

 

[dodger]

Good Luck in you Autocross event.

BTW i have made this a sticky which will run for a week to help people notice this topic

 

[vocky]

I've fitted a set of Bilstein B8 shocks with koni -35mm springs

 

[Matt]

Vocky, have we actually seen any pictures of this beast of yours??

 

[vocky]

Hmmm, NO rofl..

here's an old pic, the Irmscher fuel cap has now been removed, new suspension and the factory xenon headlight system have since been fitted

I bought it when it was a year old, done 35k from new, owes me £15k

 

[JohnnyN]

Why was the front bumper changed on the later models like yours??

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[JohnnyN]

P.S.

Looks bloody nice too!!

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[vocky]

that was my very first mod

had the car less than a week and fitted the 'V6 + 2.2 Dti' front bumper, it aids engine cooling and is the best vec B bumper

 

[JohnnyN]

I've often wondered about why they were different. I've seen them fitted to 1.8 SRi 130's too.

:wink:

 

[philip1]

Vocky do you have a part# for those shocks? Have you found any anti roll bars for our cars out there?

 

[Matt]

That looks like a right sleeper vocky

 

[vocky]

Vocky do you have a part# for those shocks? Have you found any anti roll bars for our cars out there?

Bilstein part numbers are:

front = F4-VE3-4296-HO, F4-VE3-4297-HO
rear = F4-BE3-2552-HO (x2)

there are some uprated anti-roll bars available, but it's cheaper to find a 2000> 2.2dti at the breakers and remove them as they are the thickest available - doesn't help you though

but in europe there's about 5 or 6 different thicknesses of anti-roll bar, I was lucky as mine has uprated items as standard, but not quite as good as the 2.2 dti items

 

[vocky]

That looks like a right sleeper vocky

same as all my cars, standard on the outside, tweaked under the bonnet

exhaust gives the game away, it sounds very beefed up, even got twin boxes in the centre section, nothing I can do without dropping power

I had a 93 corsa 1.4 8v sri in 1995, before engine swaps were the norm, bog standard on the outside BUT I put an astra sport 1.8 16v engine and box under the bonnet, now that was a sleeper rofl..

 

[Matt]

feck me, I bet that shifted!!!

 

[philip1]

would anyone be willing to help out a veccy owner trapped in the US. Stuck where the cars are so watered down they no longer even look good. Wait till you see what they have planned for the corsa here it's criminal.

BTW: my last autocross foray I did well but worn tyres and stock suspension kept me mid pack and last in class. The good news is folks are starting to look forward to seeing the big black estate.



P.S. I'll pay to post them just let me know how much

 

[vocky]

plenty of stuff on ebay.co.uk, search under vectra

 

[philip1]

no luck on Ebay....
anyone willing to help me out here? I need anti roll bars the thicker the better.