corsaandy
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Thought it was about time i updated everyone on the progress that has been made over the last 3 months. Due to the fact the car is lowered to an extreme level it was decided that if it was to be kept at this height and still driveable in any form a tunnel was going to have to be made to accomodate the exhaust otherwise it would have been a track only car with an inch if i was lucky ground clearance!!
Front section of the tunnel fabricated and welded in
Rear section of the tunnel being fabricated, decided to put a box in place of the rear seat section to accomodate a large silencer to keep the exhaust not quite enough so the car can be used on track days and also so that the exhaust wouldnt have to cross the car to come out on the standard side, which also means there are barely any bends in the exhaut aiding the flow greatly.
The exhaust was then fabricated and fitted at a local stainless exhaust specialist and i am over the moon with it great quality and finishes the car off perfectly in my opinion.
As you can see this gives me much more ground clearance more like 2.5 inchs now so speed bumps are a mayb!
Having the exhaust on allowed me to get on with getting the engine running so i plumbed in radiator and ran the engine sadly this showed up a rather large oil leak coming from the rear of the engine, suspected sump gasket, this along with the fact there wasnt enough time to get my newly acquired pedal box fitted meant that the car did not make it to the Nurburgring as planned but luckily i have my corsa as a back up so all was not lost!
Few photos of the corsa in its natural environment  had some new toyo R888 cut slicks on the car this year and WOW are they amazing or what i was keeping up with and overtaking porche boxsters along with keeping up with my mates 269bhp @ wheels MR2 Turbo (also on cut slicks) so all in all even without the chevette it was a great holiday.
Well that was until i snapped a cv and hub in half on my last day there just driving back to the campsite!!! Luckily i had breakdown cover and the car is in the process of being transported back while i was flown back by the breakdown people which made the journey home alot more comfortable.
Now back from the ring the chevette has sat untouched for a few weeks due to lack of time and tools(stuck in the back of the corsa) waiting for the engine to be taken out and the oil leak investigeted and fixed or if not i shall but in my spare engine then all that needs doing is a few finishing touches and improvements in a few areas along with the bias box fitted and new brake lines made up and she should theoretically be on the road.
But sadly this probably wont be until next May as i have just got a job working with radicals in Dubai from mid sept until May, but when i come back at least i will have the money to finish the car to a very high standard and maybe even make it to the ring and back next year!!!
[Edited on 19-09-2007 by corsaandy]
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Robin
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looking good andy, good idea with the exhaust, will make a lot of difference 
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Adam_B
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how many laps did you do on the R888s? i want some proper tyres but have heard very mixed things about them
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Reedy
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willay
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very very cool
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jr
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nice
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corsaandy
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i did 14 laps on them and they seem not to have worn much at all and the grip avaliable was amazing but saying that i dont have any other cut slicks to compare grip levels with. I bought these in particular as they are by far the cheapest ones avaliable at only £64 a corner compared to £100 ish i have seen yoko's for
what bad things have you heard about R888's?
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Adam_B
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basicly dying when they get hot  like you say tho, they are cheap compared to others. were on account with yohohama tsw and even to us the a048s are like £85 each + vat, wheels i wanna put them on are only £200 brand new 
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CorsAsh
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Chevette is ace, love it.
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K5-KYL
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love the corsa.......apart from the mirrors. get standard ones on.
chavette, what can i say
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corsaandy
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yes dont worry standard mirrors are going back on just havent got round to it yet!!!
well adam i was only doin gone lap at a time and would say the tyres were getting pretty hot and where still working fine and they are definitely a huge improvement over road tyres so even if they are not quite as good as other cut slicks they are by far cheaper and it means that you dont ruin your road tyres by just doing 1 track day as i have seen happen.
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Adam_B
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yeah thats what im thinking, ive never had track tyres before so whatever i get they should be good compared to what ive had
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corsaandy
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yeh go for it i got mine off ebay guy selling them for £64.50 and includes free next day delivery and well worth the money, i noticed conering speeds up by at least 15mph
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corsaandy
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So ive finally made a fair amount of progess on the car first in a long time and actually managed to take some pics this time so here they are.
First shows the cars pose at the moment while the axle is off at the rebuilders getting rebuilt.
Seat mounts all welded in and painted ready for my side mount corbeau's
Bias box in for the last time with all brake lines connected and reservoir pots mounted in the engine bay
Rear crossbar added into the cage to mount my sabelt 6 point harnesses to.
Finally a pic of the wheels i picked up in germany for 80 euros last year 6x13 and fit over my astra gte calipers.... just!!
So thats where she stands at the moment as soon as i get the axle back i can put it on get the engine back in which is ready and waiting to go in on the engine stand. and then it will be a matter of doing all the electrics and building up the dash and then thats pretty much it ready for the road but sadly due to my final year of uni happening in 2 weeks it probs wont actually be on the road until next year.
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corsaandy
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could one of the mods please move this to the projects section its wasnt around when i started this post
cheers andy
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jr
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when are you selling it to me andy
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Marc
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Coolios.
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STEvieXE
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love the little tunned idea, looks well done also..
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corsaandy
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haha keep dreaming jr its just not gonna happen.
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corsaandy
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Been at home for a few days over easter and the weather held out so decided to get on with some work on the vette really motivated about it now as its very close to be done but sadly I am now back at uni to finish my degree!!
Finally got the engine back together and into the car again, hopefully for the final time.
both manifolds on, starter and alretnator in and wires all but one water hose plumbed in
Oil cooler mounted and plumbed in
Exhaust remounted
latest pose
Also made up the rear brake line, remounted the horn and the panard rod mount on the left side of the axle.
All that is needed now is rear brake caliper brackets plumb the rear brakes in a few little bits in the engine bay and to build up my dashboard. So roll on the end of uni so I can finish the damn thing and start driving it for the first time in 3 years!!
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corsaandy
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Right so I finally finished uni got a 2:2 in Automotive engineering from Loughborough very happy with that so I'm now a Beng (hons). So after all the partying stopped I got home and got straight on with the vette and its pretty much all there now just need to fix my leaky carb which I think is caused by my cracked float chamber so going to try and get it welded to fix it if not need to source another one. then do the tracking and hopefully she will be on the road at the begining of august. Here are the photos I took tonight built all the dash up last week fitted the seats and harnesses got the brakes on and all bleed up hanbrake cable just needs one more bracket and I just need a few more exhaust rubbers and I think thats it.
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Dan295
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theyre R1 carbs arent they? fortunately yamaha keep a good supply of spares for them in stock
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Adam-D
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totally ace.
i want my next project to be along these lines.
old cars are the way forward
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corsaandy
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yes they are and i had a look at the micro fiesh and the float chamber wasnt numbered so i dont think they will have any spare float bowls in stock
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Adam-D
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get a 2nd hand set, use the bits you need.
as for the car, i would like to know what parts you used and off what car. i seem to rember in a mante and a xe you have to use different sumps and oil pick ups and baffle plates,
along with different box. and axel etc.
would be interesting to know how yours is put together 
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