Track & Race Car June 2005 BUDGET HORSEPOWER Vauxhall C20XE and LN engine It's been out of production for over ten years, but Vauxhall's C20 XE/LN motor is a tuneable classic, as SBD Motorsport's Steve Broughton explained to Peter Knivett. Photography: Peter Knivett Last month TRC showcased a brace of powerplants well suited to […]
Total Kit Car Spring 2005 Engine Masters In the first of a new series we start a tour of the UK's best-known engine tuners and specialists. We kick-off with a visit to SB DEVELOPMENTS, a company familiar to kitcar owners using Vauxhall engines, although more lately Duratec and various bike engines have joined XE and […]
Classic Ford, August 2005 ENGINE TECH – VAUXHALL XE It might be a General Motors unit, but this little beauty is capable of pumping out 200+bhp and has become a popular performance addition to many a classic Ford. Words and photos: Jon Hill HMM, VAUXHALL. DON'T MOAN, IT'S A GREAT UNIT AND MORE THAN […]
PPC, December 2005 Our TP208 kit Walker’s Workshop Vauxhall XE Words & pics by Dave Walker I never could understand the mentality that requires the messenger with bad news to be shot. I sometimes do power runs for people with competition cars and when they don’t make the power they’re supposed to it’s somehow […]
Total Vauxhall, August 2004 Lucky Numbers. It’s taken 13 years to refine and perfect this slick 16v Nova – and that’s 13 years well spent we reckon Words: Jason Simms, Photography: Max Earey If patience is a virtue then Nick Caro is a saint. Most of us start loosing our cool and even our […]
Fast Ford, November 2003 Starting Blocks So, what's Ford's latest engine really capable of? FF dishes the dirt on the Duratec. Words and photos: Jon Hill As you probably know, there's a brand-new four cylinder Ford engine in town. Currently powering the Mondeo and soon the all-new Focus, the Duratec is the engine of […]
Retro Cars, July 2003 If outright power is what you crave from your classic, then only a Cosworth YB will do. Welcome to the mad, mad world of retro performance. Words Phil White & Photos David Wigmore Shunning the turbo in favour of throttle bodies, Matt’s moody Mk1 Escort dances to the sound of […]
CCC, September 2002 Rob Barksfield – PCD Saxon, Suzuki Simon McBeath catches up with the progress of the motorcycle motivated PCD Saxon hillclimber – probably the lightest racing car on the planet PHOTOGRAPHY: MALCOLM GRIFFITHS We profiled the lightweight carbon composite PCD 'Saxon' (1100cc racing car class) hillclimber in the July 2001 Tech Focus […]
Classic Ford, August 2002 When it comes to building a rally car, this guy knows what works and how to get noticed thanks to that mad coat of Mango orange paint. Sunglasses, anyone? Words:Simon Cooke & Photos:Michael Whitestone Lucky Bugger. How would you like to be paid to drive new cars as fast as […]
CCC, February 2002 – SBD Westfield SBD is reowned as one of the UK’s top Vauxhall tuners. 150bhp/litre and lusty torque from a 1.6 Ecotec sounds tops to us. Simon McBeath investigates…… Steve Broughton’s SB Developments concern down in deepest Surrey will be familiar to may CCC readers, buts it’s been a while since […]
