SR20DET into Opel Manta GTE Coupe??

[kevy-s13]

wel being honst man if you are dobting u have the skill to do the job i wouldnt start into it even to find a manta shell that is not rotton you will be looking! so it will most likely need a good bit of welding and pannels fabed to even get it to the stage that it could take the power of a decent sr and not split apart

ano what youre saying, but i figured that if i wana learn, may aswell throw myself in at the deep end and learn by trying. brothers a mechanic and da's an engineer so ive got some sort of basis to start from.

i'll have another look into it and maybe look at the likelihood of the job being a decent one. lol

Just want some sort of project i can put my all into building myself...

[twailbait]

ano what youre saying, but i figured that if i wana learn, may aswell throw myself in at the deep end and learn by trying. brothers a mechanic and da's an engineer so ive got some sort of basis to start from.

i'll have another look into it and maybe look at the likelihood of the job being a decent one. lol

Just want some sort of project i can put my all into building myself...

Fair play for wanting to go in at the deepend, but I think you'de be better off starting something smaller, you can sink alot of money into a project like that!

Mick on here is doing a red top conversion into a kadett, probably have some similarities.

[Kav gts-t]

I love these kind of ideas, but as lads say above its not something to just throw yourself into and figure out as you go along, i done my e30 like that kind of but had the mechanical know how to have a go and it worked ok , but looking at the mcn Ae86 build I can see the amount of work goes into it too. But id still do it all over again in a heart beat

[alan opel]

noooo dont do it weve a few mantas ya cant go puttin an sr20 in it but a c20let in it! way easier too, and make the same power easily!

[chrisbrady325]

wel being honst man if you are dobting u have the skill to do the job i wouldnt start into it even to find a manta shell that is not rotton you will be looking! so it will most likely need a good bit of welding and pannels fabed to even get it to the stage that it could take the power of a decent sr and not split apart

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Why not use something that is easier to find bits for, stick with a good s14, or 180sx.. it will only end up costing you thousands getting the shell ready and safe before you even start doing fab work to make the bits you want fit..