{"id":44561,"date":"2019-08-14T19:02:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T00:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=44561"},"modified":"2020-10-26T02:20:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T07:20:52","slug":"vauxhall-astra-gte-with-a-740-hp-turbo-c20let","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=44561","title":{"rendered":"Vauxhall Astra with a 740 hp Turbo C20LET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=44571\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vauxhall Astra GTE with a Turbo C20LET 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Vauxhall Astra GTE with a turbo C20LET inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vauxhall Astra GTE with a turbo C20LET inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carl Hartley owns a very fast Mk2 Vauxhall Astra GTE called Rusty Bullet. Under the hood sits a turbocharged C20LET inline-four making 740 horsepower tuned by ADE Tuning in Lower Darwen, England. The engine uses a 87 mm bored block with Wossener forged pistons, steel rods, ACL main and rod bearings, Nissan Pulsar intake, and hybrid twin scroll turbocharger. The Coscast cylinder head has 278-degreee camshafts (11.10 mm lift), upgraded valve springs and retainers, and coil-on-plug conversion. The motor also features a Z20let oil pump, piston cooling misters, 850 injectors, AEM methanol\/water injection, and DTA S40 ECU. Carl&#8217;s personal best is a 10.1 sec quarter-mile at 142 mph.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/l_MuluA0hKU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BfdUpD-1geQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: ADE Tuning (no longer active), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRaD2PJPmtVXFc3NqpXLscw\">VeeDubRacing<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCpvx3vMNbTkepaM80spDbg\">Maximumpsimedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Hartley owns a very fast Mk2 Vauxhall Astra GTE called Rusty Bullet. Under the hood sits a turbocharged C20LET inline-four making 740 horsepower tuned by ADE Tuning in Lower Darwen, England. The engine uses a 87 mm bored block with Wossener forged pistons, steel rods, ACL main and rod bearings, Nissan Pulsar intake, and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=44561\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vauxhall Astra with a 740 hp Turbo C20LET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":44571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[906,633],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astra","category-kadett"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vauxhall-Astra-GTE-with-a-Turbo-C20LET-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136887,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=136887","url_meta":{"origin":44561,"position":0},"title":"C20LET-Powered 1983 Vauxhall Cavalier","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Adam Beard from Twin Engine Corsa featured a unique 1983 Vauxhall Cavalier GL. 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