ShEp
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Bought the Corsa on Sunday 1/2/09
Will update with pics and spec later on,
Bought this 3 years ago,
Owned it for 3weeks then I was up in court for a previous driving offence which got me banned 
3 weeks into ownership and it lay unused for 6months
Completely standard
Lasted 1 week, and I got a non resonated cat back s/s exhaust system
Seen in this pic
I then set about lowering the car as it sat far too high, (rear springs had been replaced with standard mk4 Astra ones, which are 20mm higher than standard gsi springs)
Oh and got my licence back 
I then decided on a wheel change, I got these wheels cheap, and the reason I wanted to change is because the snowflakes were in poor condition and badly curbed from the previous owner
Then turbo 1 went,
I quickly sourced another standard turbo and set about getting it fitted (No pics as I did it myself, and I dont use my phone when Im filthy  )
At the same time I fitted the turbo I fitted a baileys dv26d dump valve
I was quite happy with the car for all of 3 weeks and the turbo dropped the bearing  more fecking work
Decided I didnt want a standard one this time so I sourced a Z20leh turbo unit
Also fitted this one myself, in -5 degrees, and pissing rain/snow
Vowed never to do it again till it's a garrett getting fitted
The I fitted some flat blade wipers off ebay £12.49 the pair, delivered, cant speak highly enough of them
And some h.i.d's
Also fitted some wide angle xzenon sidelights but no pics of them
I then did a small road trip to pich up an irmscher grill
I'd been looking for one local for a while but had no luck, got one 60 miles away so road tripped it on a saturday night to pick it up 
At the point of taking these pics I decided I needed to bring the rear down more as it was too high compared to the front
So I got some springs off a mate, and fired them on, they had the desired effect but they had been cut and recoiled,
I sent the springs off to coilsprings and they made me some correct springs with the correct poundage rate
Fitted
I doubt I'll keep them on though, as I'm on the hunt for some corsa vxr 18's and it's too low for 18's
Plans for the future are to get this fitted
Along with one of these
And some of these
All the work has been done in the past 6months, apart from the exhaust, I'm crap at taking pics of anything, so this thread may be full of info, but no pics,
Comments welcome
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sand-eel
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 300bhp would be a nice figure.
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SAL
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Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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Nice, it's got stance which is the main thing with a GSi.
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deano87
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Nice - can't help think the rear is a bit too low in the last few pics. Looks like you've got a few fat mates in the rear all the time
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ShEp
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The height is going to have to be reviewed when I get the 18's so it wont be like that forever
I hate arch gap
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SAL
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What front spring's are they ?
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Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
What front spring's are they ?
Bouncy ones!
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aron
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i'm really starting to like these gsi's
have you thought about spacers for the rear?
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ShEp
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Nuh, I dont like the wheels anymore
They're staying for the bad weather and they'll be changed in the summer for something better in 18" form
Which means I;ll be raising it a bit
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ShEp
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quote:
Originally posted by Rick Draper
quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
What front spring's are they ?
Bouncy ones!
They're custom springs,
They're not actually that bouncy, but they are very very hard
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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Back is too low for me, but as youve said, its going to be raised. Will look better then IMO 
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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ShEp
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Is it just me or is half the pics not working? 
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Haimsey
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Up to the intro for the wipers works for me.
Marcy Marc
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dan-sport
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all are working for me
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ShEp
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BUMP for later
For the addition of the new project...
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ShEp
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Ok got a black 1.6 R reg Corsa Sport,
Got it home on Sunday after not having time to pick it up for a couple of weeks
Its lovely
Silly 16" fox wheels with the wrong offset
Red anodised valve caps
No grill
E.c.u. and wiring loom on the back seat
Water pipes all cut off
Throttle cable missing
Rear lowered, Front 3foot high
Bonnet cable snapped
SAI plug snapped.....etc etc
Some pics of her in all her glory..
Plates are funked, got some new ones with it,...
Change it for a magnex oval I have in my garage
Couldn't be bothered to work on it on Sunday, as I had to go shopping or I'd have a really pissed off girlfriend
Onto Monday, got a throttle cable hooked up, and started on the wiring, got the ECU in place and fed the wiring into the engine bay
Built up some spare koni struts I had for the front, with some apex 40mm springs
So today I got back into it, and hooked up all the wiring (Noticed the SAI plug is broken )
Car is now running., albeit not very well, but I knew this anyway, It coughs and splutters and cuts out
Now I have 3 ideas,
It's not long ago had a new service
EGR valve
IAC valve
timing belt kit
SO 1st thing si to check the timing
2nd I'll check the cats not blocked as it's struggling to idle,
And on recommendation from Tom Simes I'll check the CTS
So hopefully by saturday it will be running ok,
I have other wheels for it, Astra cdx 6spkes painted black.
I'll add more when I do more...
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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How come you got that mate is it gonan be an actual project or sommat to make a little money...
The future plans for gsi sounded hope you still do it.
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
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Mine used to cough, sputter and then cut out because of the EGR valve being blocked or faulty.
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Brand new egr valve on it.
Got a cts to try and it worked
Fruitbooter, bought it as my gf's saxo is rotten, and I've always missed having a corsa in my life
When it came up at £40 I couldn't say no, although it was a jigsaw puzzle to get back together
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ShEp
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Oh and the Gsi is my main priority, it will still be getting done
Even more so if I have something to use while it's off the road 
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Corsa_Scotty
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Good progress there, Keep it up
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FruitBooTeR
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£40 
Bargin
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B3KAN
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Nice what back box it that?
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ShEp
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Don't know keith
I dont like it,
Got the CTS today, going to go fit it when I get back to work
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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Bloody hell, bargain
Bt of time and TLC and im sure it will be looking reasonable again
Marcy Marc
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