ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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Thought seeing as EM is always dead I would post in here.
Some of you may know I have a black 2.0 corsa B which has due in part to my laziness been off the road for nearly a year now. Anyway in the meantime i have been running my 1.0 AX, which is a great fun little car but not on longer journeys and not great for lending to customers, (very basic, high clutch, very poor brakes). SO I decided I wanted a replacement and decided upon a corsa diesel, preferably a 5 door in silver with PAS.
Well A turbo diesel cavalier turned up local very cheap £100 so we went to look at it. The isuzu lump running sweetly, 3/4 a tank of diesel, alloys and a GSi bodykit meant it was quickly brought home.
I didn't get any very good pictures of it but believe me it was very rotten
Had some interetsing bits on it though, opel steering wheel, leccy sunroof etc. And by the time i had sold the bodykit and weighed the shell in I had turned a profit.
Anyway next up was to find a corsa and then one came up which fitted the bill nicely on ebay. Duely won it was brought home.
The corsa is a 1.7 diesel non turbo with a fooked injection pump.
So all that was left was a quick engine swap.
Old engine out
New engine out
And in, with new cambelt and filters.
Swapped the 256 24 front brakes off the cavalier (just had new discs and pads, for the standard solid discs. So I had to find some 14 inch wheels so swapped the cav alloys across and actually quite like them.
So there we have it my TD corsa.
Got a fair few things left to do.
Things i need to do, those i'd like to do, and those i'd do if the bits came up cheaply.
I need to.
Sort the intercooler out so it sits in front of the rad (only in temporarily atm) currently using std cav rad but thinking of using frontera rad.
Needs a better battery.
Refit the fan
Tappets setting.
Heater plugs.
A very good clean been stood about 3 months and full of dog hair 
Rear headrests, or a dog guard to keep my dog in the boot!
I'd like to
Fit a towbar
Find a silver passenger side rear door.
Replace passenger side mirror glass i smashed.
Lower it very very slightly maybe gsi or sport stuff! (definitely needs stiffening up a bit think the original stuff is getting a little tired)
Relocate the pas bottle very slightly towards the wing and back towards the battery to give a bit more room.
A smaller maybe squared off header tank to allow a little more room for pipework.
A smaller steering wheel maybe an sri one!
And lastly if things came up cheaply enough
Electric windows and central locking are the two big things.
Some darker seats and plastics would be nice
A better tailgate and bonnet would be good but not too important
Ainsley 
[Edited on 23-12-2007 by ainsley_brader]
[Edited on 28-12-2007 by ainsley_brader]
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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Well!
Was going to clean the car today but didnt get very far.
Did however hit 184k :O
Of which I have done 50 lol
Also took a slightly better picture on my phone!
Also decided it needs a smaller steering wheel
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