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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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10th Nov 06 at 17:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
At least the title is original :O

This is my first car, bought at the age of 17 for £400, on 32000 miles

A Corsa Swing - 1.2 8v

A few things have changed and its always an ongoing project !

Before I was on the road I fitted a Renault Laguna Splitter and Honeycombe grille. My magnex backbox and jetex air filter were also fitted. I washed and the polished the car every week - most thought I was obsessed !



A couple of months down the line the car was lowered 60mm , and I fitted a replica GSi/SRi spoiler. This was later binned for a genuine GM item.




Then my first set of alloys - these totally transformed the look of the car - loved it like this !








Next came a set of Speedline Allesios . I also bought the interior from "corsa_godfather" that came out of his written off corsa. It consists of front corbeau recliners and the rear seat/bench retrimmed to match











A couple of months ago I fitted a GSi bumper , and sprayed all the trim to match , in satin black.




I was pleased with the way everything looked , but wasn't with the 1.28v sluggishh performance ! So it was new engine time !

I bought this x16xe for £150 , and set about partially rebuilding it ...




I had never done anything with an engine before therefore had no experience at all !




The above scared the shit out of me !

Parts replaced were :

Head Gasket and all associated gaskets.
Timing Belt
Water Pump
Fully Rebuilt Head
All new radiator pipes
And plenty more that I can't at present think of.

Painted the block and it turned out as follows :




However, even though it looked good as it was I decided I would make it faster while off the road , so a powerbox/inlet manifold was fitted , along with a Pro-Tech 4 branch manifold.




Time to fit it :




Now , after weeks and weeks of hair pulling hair , the car runs nicely , however does need the lifters replacing which I will post progress of in this thread.


While the car was off the road I also set about getting rid of the rust on my tailgate , and respraying the whole panel - with rattle cans only !!













I am very pleased with the results , but will soon be buying a compressor and gun to do some more of this work , properly

Cheers
Gregor



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LAMM13
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
Location: Towcester, uk
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10th Nov 06 at 17:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
B,E,A, utiful one of my fav cars on here.

did you put in that grill>? becasue dont those bumpers have in a moulded one?
would like to now what has been done to put that in.

edit: sorry on the first bumper you had

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Gregor
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10th Nov 06 at 19:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Saw out the old grille Simple as that mate
John G
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Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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10th Nov 06 at 22:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
love this car wel wel done matey
Ste L
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Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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10th Nov 06 at 22:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks mint fella, i like it
mav
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11th Nov 06 at 00:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Really like this
Gaz F
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11th Nov 06 at 02:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Gregor this is one of my favourite corsas on this site, very old skool look about it !

Love the red / black theme going on

P.S. how did you get such a good job from rattle cans on that boot
bigrabbelfast
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Registered: 18th Mar 06
Location: BELFAST N.I
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11th Nov 06 at 12:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lovely mate one of the nicest corsas.thats a really good job for cans on the boot
Gregor
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11th Nov 06 at 13:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers for the comments

Don't know how I managed it with the tailgate tbh

Just lots of patience I suppose
VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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12th Nov 06 at 03:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Amazing Corsa! Really like this car, and have for a long time! Keep it up Gregor!

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K5-KYL
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Registered: 5th Aug 05
Location: Cowdenbeath, Fife
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15th Nov 06 at 18:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you know how much i love this gregor.

abslutely lovely car!
TomWilly
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18th Nov 06 at 18:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Loving this car also, great work,

Check U2U
Gregor
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27th Nov 06 at 23:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well due to this :



Ive started doing a semi smooth boot




Will get a progress pics up as I , um , progress
Gaz F
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28th Nov 06 at 00:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Gregor did you weld a plate in or just isopon ??

Looks good so far dude
John G
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28th Nov 06 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what happened to the window?

take it u just got a replacemnt boot?

hope ur sprayin the inside to mr gregor, keep up the good work, lovley car
Bri-SRi
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Yorkshire Drives:Glanza
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29th Nov 06 at 16:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
boot looks How you going about fitting a solenoid?
Gregor
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3rd Dec 06 at 17:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Semi Smooth boot now finished

First couple of coats went on :




Spoiler holes were all drilled before spraying




Final Coat on :







Flatted Back :





End Result


Gregor
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22nd Dec 06 at 22:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bent valves so re building head !
Mark330d
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Location: Netherlee, Glasgow City
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22nd Dec 06 at 23:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I love this car, i have never ever seen it about thoug. you have a u2u btw
Robin
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23rd Dec 06 at 13:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


At least you'll finally have it running 100% after it's sorted.
Dave A
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23rd Dec 06 at 13:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats jinxed it rob......
Gregor
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23rd Dec 06 at 14:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Youve never seen it because its always in the garage

And Dave it was jinxed from my first u2u to you

All the bits came today so I'll get on with fitting it all tommorow.

Any tips on doing it ?
mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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25th Dec 06 at 00:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
still got the fiat rear wiper???
VegasPhil
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28th Dec 06 at 12:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Any tips on doing it ?


Carefully

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Gregor
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30th Dec 06 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
8 new valves fitted - by this stage i was tired and pissed off as its a pretty tedious process imo !



What a relief , all 16 in looking lovely



Pistons cleaned up good and new head gasket placed on




Gave the head a lick of paint - dont worry that disgusting run is now gone !




And also sprayed the rocker cover and lower inlet , looks lovely in real light :




During putting it back together :







Still got some coolant pipes to connect up , and then its time to start it (once I've charged my flat battery :mad

Thats tommorows job along with bringing off all the trim on my car to be resprayed

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