master of his craft, a joy to watch

@graceenginedevelopments

16 күн бұрын

Thank you

Great video James, keep up the good work JC

@graceenginedevelopments

2 ай бұрын

Thank you.. will do

Awesome work pal . How have i not come accross this channel in the past . Subscribed

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.. you've found us now 👍👍

Fascinating video James, sounded awesome on the dyno👍.

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian

We ain’t guess it ,we get it right-Love it 💪🏻👍 Great video James .

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

Vauxhall is the best ! Very good video

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Does it look like HD for you?

Dang the knowledge is insane! Subbed!

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Loved watching the Build process mate. Can't Beat the sound of a National Hot Rod Engine on Full Chat. Been a fan for years.

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven. I agree the red top is a special engine

Well done beautiful work

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Another very interesting video

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thank you!

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

Superb episode ! what a great engine

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Graham.. we love vauxhall XE

@robertokandal

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments I love vauxall old engine with 8 valves.thye are strong and reliable,, can you tell me difference for 16 valves? For me basically is for more speed at hight rp,m.. but iam not sure i often dont use them.old stuff

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

@@robertokandal they do rev very well top end

this is the best engine, my kadett has the same coscast head with 2300cc crankshaft 94.6mm and pistons ford duratec 88.5mm, Brazil lengths

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

We love a vauxhall xe here... Thanks for watching

Great video

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Thanks paul

Good show mate

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great video James, very informative as always, keep up the good work 👍👍👍

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul.. thanks... Will do... How are you?

@paulcrehan9523

2 жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments I’m grand thanks James, you ?? Had a busy week here then the rain came for the weekend !!! I’m about to fire up the Zeus and try get to the reason for an intermittent engine light, should be fun 😂😂😂

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

I'm ok.. just flat out.. trying to keep everyone happy... The Zeus is a good bit of kit.. guided diagnostic is good.. whats the car /problem.. do you want some help finding it🤣🤣

@paulcrehan9523

2 жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments the Zeus is good alright, between the guided diag and the Helpdesk it’s easy to work with I find, I’ll pick you from the airport in the morning so 😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

Great work on the xe mate, My calibra also likes this build, Keep the videos coming, Cheers

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Luke, has your calibra got an xe ?

@lukeh6015

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments sure does, I'm slowly replacing parts that are on their way out or getting close to like bushings gaskets etc, Recently the head gasket had been pissing coolant out over the gearbox and I had been keeping an eye on the level and just topping up when needed, This has led to what I assume has washed away the spline grease on the input shaft and now the release bearing is super noisy unless I lift up the clutch pedal, Though the weekend before last I thought I would try that nulon head gasket repair - I've been quite sceptical on these additives but took a punt and it has actually worked, but how long for.... Amongst other things that need to be done, the calibra is going well so far

Loving this, I've gone from my first love, the 1600 kent/valencia x-flow in my mk1 xr2 to Vaux xe engines. This is the channel for me, great stuff. I'm in love with that cam lift / duration machine, mind blown.

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

There all great engine. The cam machine is very good

@robertokandal

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments If piston hit gasket dont you think problem is the gasket not the piston?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

@@robertokandal it's just the edge of the gasket so relieving the piston is fine, you can only use a std gasket

@waynewigger9904

Жыл бұрын

​@@graceenginedevelopments.thought they were aloud up to 87mm bore ?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Your aloud up to 1.5mm oversized.

Xe power 👌

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome engine.. sounds mega

@leebrackstone5134

2 жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments yes and hope at some point for you to sort mine 👌

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Let me know mate

@leebrackstone5134

2 жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments sure thing james. Won’t be yet as got lot more to do

always good seeing other people enjoy these engines in whatever shape or form :D i got a stock ( for now ;) ) road use xe in my project calibra. ohh gues the hp, with individual throttlebody's na it should land arround 300hp max ?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for watching.. The power was around 230 The head and valve size are std

@aarongruter

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments allright, wasnt sure how far you guys where pushing it on this build :) il check out some more content later iam a new vieuwer.

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Awesome.. thanks for viewing and welcome to our channel

Hi James do you sell Elring bottom end gasket sets for these engines if so how much would they be also fantastic video again well done Tracey xx

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Lol... Can't afford too

Thought the video was great

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Awesome watch. Quick question. The 4-2-1 exhaust the hotrods run are different lengths for there different cams. How much of a difference would that be to the 2 exhaust you ran? Is it possible you can say the numbers achieved on the dyno?

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben next time I run a XE on the dyno I'll try different manifolds and show the Dyno graph

@bendoherty7721

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou. How much is a dyno session. My mate I help has two engines, one for torque. One for bhp. Supposedly. But one Simpson manifold. It would be nice to go check them with you tbh to see what one has better numbers

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry Ben I missed your last question.. I charge 450 for the Dyno.. although it's currently being reinstalled in the new workshop so probably won't be back up and running for a month

Nice video, can you make Todd's engine sound and go like that ?

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

I can try..

It's been a fair while, but i thought they needed to be hydraulic - or the OEM type? Seem to recall something about the profiles used back then destroying the gen' INA hydraulic followers - if they did change the requirement, might have been for reliability? On that, and it may be a stupid question (wouldn't be my first - or last), do they adjust the cam' timing depending on the track length and conditions? I mean whether to bias towards peak rpm or aim for better torque a little lower for drive off the corners?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure about the hydraulic followers, a bit before my time maybe.. you could definitely change the tune for short and long tracks but it would be quite a lot of work

always rod number 4 that lets go on xe engines, cast rods dont like high rpm lol

@graceenginedevelopments

11 ай бұрын

Yes.. they definitely don't.. these were steel though.

Deae Sir, i am working on the same engine. Can you tell me how much tork i'll need to fasten the crankshaft bearings ( in Newton meter) I would be glad to hear from you!

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jan, are the bolts standard or ARP?

@ynosdvdtje

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments, standard bolts Opel/Vauxhall . My local garage told me it has to be 35 NM plus 45 degrees and 15 degrees. Could that be correct?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

@@ynosdvdtje the mains are 50nm plus 45° The big ends are 35nm plus 45° New bolts in both

@ynosdvdtje

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopmentsthank you very much Keep on posting new video's !

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

@@ynosdvdtje your welcome, will do

Do you know if anyone tried to put x20xev pistons in a c20ne?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

I don't know anyone, I'll look at the specs to see.

@otkrivenje0

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments would be grateful. I've put the engine together maybe 2 weeks ago. Just want to know if anyone tried to use it long term. I already did 1000kms with it. It runs stronger and better than before, and without a tune.

So Ive just bought a pair of reprofiled camshaft’s for my Vauxhall XE engine and they are sold on a fast road basis and fit to the engine on it’s standard timing markings because the clearance are said to be safe. Out of interest before fitting, i measured the lobes on my original cams and they were 44mm, but the upgraded cams had shorter lobes at 40mm. Now I would of thought the upgraded cams would have higher lobes, or atleast the same size for valve lift. Can anyone explain why this is? Do the upgraded cams give me more valve opening durations over the standard ones? Turned engine over by hand several times and it feels perfectly ok as in no valves colliding with the pistons. I’m just a bit curious. Piper cams they are and claim to give a power increase of 12bhp. I’ve already got a direct cold air duct and a large bore 4-2-1 exhaust manifold with a 2” straight through pipe. I’m excited to see how well the power gains with be. But very curious about the lobe sizes being different. Also, it occurred to me that is it necessary to change the valve springs to accommodate the upgraded one or would the standard springs be ok?

@graceenginedevelopments

6 ай бұрын

Hi.. you need to know the base circle and take that size away if your measuring top to bottom.. without proper equipment it would be difficult to measure accurately. I would also say you would need better springs and depending on what cam profile you have you may need mechanical followers instead of hydraulic.. do the cams have any identification numbers on.

That bottom end/block looks so much like a Ford Pinto 2.0 L engine

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mika.. there a bit different when side by side..

@mikasantos3774

Жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments thanks for the info that engine sounded great keep up the great work

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Will do thanks

why ddi that conrod broke?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure on the old engine. I think a bolt let go

what was the hp and torque?

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

I can't remember Johnnie. I'll look and let you know

265-275 hp Cant beat a good EX , my mate has 2 Swindon XE's in the garage 1 dry sump the other wet sump ....

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Giles.. this is on standard ports so quite restricted.. 230bhp.. Does you friend want to sell them?

@gileshamilton4462

2 жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments No both are for his Hot Rod again on carbs think its a spaceframe 207 or similar ...

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Oh cool.

You did not make any break in? just build it and and send it to full throttle?

@graceenginedevelopments

5 ай бұрын

Hi, it got broke in on the Dyno.. then full send.

@alexandrucurca7888

5 ай бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments how is the engine break in on dyne i am curios of the sequence ...i am not trying to be disrespectful , just do not know. Thanks!

@graceenginedevelopments

5 ай бұрын

@alexandrucurca7888 we ran it at variable rpm and load for just over 1hr, making sure the fueling etc was ok.. then finished off with the tune

not in HD?

@brisca922

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Harry what do you mean??

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Is the picture quality bad for you Harry?

@grahamrobson9292

2 жыл бұрын

@@graceenginedevelopments The quality is excellent great video

@graceenginedevelopments

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Graham

with injector you achive better results, casue they can change fast according to the condition you tunne it...

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

I agree Roberto, but you have to use carbs in the rules

36 minutes of no information what so ever, hiding the piston weights and the final power figure was what 20hp? i would rather watch paint dry....least I would know how long it took.

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

Oh your one of them kind of people are feel free to not watch anymore video's, and it says guess the horsepower if you look on the other comments the title has been answered

@tracygoldstraw4174

Жыл бұрын

We’ve got our first troll 😂😂

@graceenginedevelopments

Жыл бұрын

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