jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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moved corsa onto some wood chocks. Ecu out, all the loom out from the car though into engine bay. Bonnet off, Induction kit, afm, powercap etc removed, battery removed, heat sheild removed, throttle and clutch cable disconnected.
Tomorrow hopefully up on axel stands, wheels and castle nuts loosened off. Then front bumper off and water drained from engine
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Corsalad87
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Registered: 17th Jan 04
Location: Trimdon Vill near Durham
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James get progress pics for us if you dont mind
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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how come u take bumper off ?
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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move radiator forward and get brackets etc for intercooler. Took it off last time aswell makes sure it dont get damaged.
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
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well as expected, got car onto axel stands, got wheels off and castle nuts slack. Front bumper, crashbar, fan and rad, aswell as all the other plastic crap has now gone. Pics to follow later.
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jamesw
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jamesw
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drivers suspension now stripped off while i was @ wrk thanks to my dad, need to change the helper spring on the coilover over so it will lower more aswell.
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Corsalad87
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Registered: 17th Jan 04
Location: Trimdon Vill near Durham
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Looking Good
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neiliosxi
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Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
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its not green enough i want a go when its finished please
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the 6ft dream
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Registered: 25th Feb 05
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The LET lump lux well clean lux like sum1 had a few sleepless nights!! Keep th progress pics coming mate.
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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looks really good mate, wish i had the knowledge to do it myself, u can really look after ur car when u do it too, so u know its in safe hands. If you fancy doin my 2litre in next couple months....
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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waiting on new fan for radiator, which has been moved forward a fair bit, and also an inlet cam. hopefully XE out christmas eve
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AfterShock
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Registered: 14th Sep 05
Location: Hartlepool
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so u taking that 2.0 engine out and butting a 2.0 turbo engine in :O?
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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quote: Originally posted by AfterShock
so u taking that 2.0 engine out and butting a 2.0 turbo engine in :O?
correct
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
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that would be correct ive had a good variety really, spi 1.2 8 valve, mpi 1.4 16v, 2 litre 16 valve and now 2 litre turbo
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
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xe just came out today, got my gearbox mount and new inlet cam through the post so all is getting there, got all the stupid threads on the bulk head for map sensor and battery tray etc to grind off in prep for a bling bay
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Corsalad87
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Registered: 17th Jan 04
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quote: Originally posted by jamesw
xe just came out today, got my gearbox mount and new inlet cam through the post so all is getting there, got all the stupid threads on the bulk head for map sensor and battery tray etc to grind off in prep for a bling bay
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martin2k5
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Registered: 12th Jul 05
Location: Middlesbrough
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nice to hear it matey sounds like its all going steady and smoothe, keep up the good work and keep us informed
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