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[Ripley]

Hello, I've just joined the forum because I'm interested in finding out what I can do to tease a bit more sauce out of my standard lump. I drive a 1986 Bedford CF2 van. Its the 2.0 CIH petrol engine that was also used in the Manta GTE... and for that reason alone I am (possibly naively) convinced I could get a bit more power out of the engine.

I have considered an engine swap too, but I can't afford the risk of swapping an engine and finding out how much else has to be changed to make it work, and then 5000 miles later the engine chews the transmission up, or the transmission throws the drive shaft into a ditch.

So I'm here to learn a bit more about all of the things I 'think' I know about, but don't really.

= )

 

[T9 man]

Greetings and Welcome to our TorqueCars car Forum

Feel free to have a look around the website, there are many varied and interesting articles to read on all manner of car modifying subjects.
Also, you may find our members project threads and photo gallery very useful as a source of inspirational ideas towards your own very special project!

If you would like to post a specific question in the Vauxhall section of the forum, you should be able to get answers much quicker there than here in the introduction section!

Enjoy!

 

[turbonutter69]

Hello and Welcome to TorqueCars.:bigsmile:
Hope you enjoy your time with us.

 

[obi_waynne]

Hi there, I hope you are well. May I wish you a warm welcome to TorqueCars, it is a pleasure to meet you.

You'll find us a pretty friendly bunch and I'm sure you'll start to love and enjoy the forums as much as we all do. (It gets quite addictive at times.)

Feel free to get involved in our other threads, all opinions are welcome and as they say "the more the merrier"! (It's also great when people start new threads and discussions and all adds to the great debate.)

Keep us up to date with your project as well, we like to see what people are getting up to with their cars.