Cortina Mk2 – 2.0L XE Herbert Burrell’s Mk2 Cortina with a Vauxhall 2.0L 16v engine fitted using our bits. He started the conversion in 2002 and finished in 2005. He sent us the pictures in 2006 and it has done about 2000 miles.
Vauxhall Astra, 2.0L XE Letter received from Andy in October 2005: It started life as a 1.6 16v sport which I paid £150 for, due to engine damage. I had a 2.0 litre 16v in the car we were selling with the SBD 208 kit fitted, so I swapped it into the sport. It stayed […]
Westfield – 1.6L Vauxhall Email received from Mark, 2004: 164 Kit installed and all working well for 2004 – now looking forward to next upgrade of cams, pistons and rods for 2005 season. The car has run exceptionally well for the few events competed in 2004. On a personal level, the power and its delivery […]
Astra – 2.0L XE Darren’s comments: I’ve run the Astra for several weeks successfully now, and attended a rolling road event at Gerald Dale Motorsport Saturday 12th March. I was pleased to find that the setup was making good power, and the early run in the morning made 189bhp at 6333rpm with peak torque of […]
Caterham 7 – 2.0L XE E-mail & photos below shown from 2003/4 season. The car was built during the winter of 1998/99 and first registered in April 1999. Primarily it was intended as a road car which could double up as a trackday / speed event machine as required. The initial specification included a Ford […]
Vauxhall Nova – 2.0L XE E-mail received July 2003 from Nick after he had brought his Nova to SBD: Just a quick note…. Thank you very much for sorting the car out on Thurs / Fri, definitely well worth the trip! The drive home was brill 🙂 everything about the car is better. I […]
Toyota Castrol Racing We went Denmark in 2003 for Toyota Castrol Racing. The cars were Toyota Corolla T-Sports, the engines were built in the UK and the MBE electronics were supplied by SBD. Steve & Kim travelled to Denmark to prepare for a round of the Danish Touring Championship. Various tests were carried out and […]
Nova – 1.6L 16v Vauxhall Specification: Engine: Corsa 1.6 16 valve. Tapered throttle bodies, SBD airbox. Pocketed std pistons. H/duty big end bolts. Ported cylinder head SBD hydraulic profile cams and vernier wheels. Modified titanium valve caps,valve springs and spring seats modified in head. Tony law 4 branch manifold, homemade 2.5” exhaust system. MBE ecu […]
Fiesta Hot Rod – 2.0L XE Richard Hawken chose a Vauxhall 2.0 16V XE for his Fiesta Hot Rod he runs on the oval and sprint circuits. Last update October 2001 The series allows about 4 2.0 16V variations including Ford, Vauxhall, Peugeot and Volkswagen. After some investigation the Vauxhall unit seemed to have […]
Caterham, 1.6L Vauxhall Letter received from Andy S at end of 1999 season: My brother was the first to start competing in cars in our family, he started with an 8 valve Astra GTE and progressed onto 16 valve 2 litre engines. To get a bit more poke from these he used kits supplied by […]
