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sport2016
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   19th Jul 11 at 19:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi everyone I have been a member on here a while but never really had any input, I mainly browse the site for info and motivation lol so I thought I would share my ongoing corsa project which I have had off the road a few times now lol. Any comments welcome cheers Leigh..
First attempt at spraying bay with rattle cans ...vvv

terrible welds...due to welder powered form a cheap genny..kept tripping the genny..







First engine in, ran ok until a blocked injector caused a piston to melt oops...vvv





This is how she stood for a while, until engine number two span a bearing oops..vvv







This is how she looked after a few changes plus another c20xe..vvv







This is how she looks now after a new crossmember and plating kit and a new bay respray..vv



Pretty much standard interior apart from the steering wheel, nice subtle approach..vvv

changed the lights back to standard looks much better me thinks??...vvv








[Edited on 20-07-2011 by sport2016]

[Edited on 20-07-2011 by sport2016]
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Engine number 1 vvv





Engine number 2 vvv



Engine number 3 vvv



and how she stands now being taken apart for a cosmetic freshen up..vvv

Few shiney bits

sandblast cabinet makes easy work of cleaning up old inlet...nice coat of silver me thinks vv



old powdercoating came off and was rusting so cleaned,blasted,sprayed = nice n fresh...vvv



sandblasted but needs painting still ..vvv


I am now giving her a revamp after the shody old crossmember and plating kit gave way (poor old welding lol) I have now welded in a new crossmember and strengthening kit and resprayed the bay with a proper gun rather than my original rattlecan job lol.. any comments welcome leigh

[Edited on 20-07-2011 by sport2016]
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Well I have been a busy little boy today cleaning the block,head and gearbox also painted the block black looks nice and fresh again, Its all back together now so fingers crossed it will be in the bay tommorrow possibly get it running. any comments welcome..





[Edited on 21-07-2011 by sport2016]
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21st Jul 11 at 19:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice project you got going here mate
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Looking very good here my rio sport xe project might give you some ideas

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=570764
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quote:
Originally posted by sboisw
nice project you got going here mate


Cheers mate, been a long slow project been on road a few times but i want to get it right this time as I am sick of it being off the road..
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quote:
Originally posted by Crana
Looking very good here my rio sport xe project might give you some ideas

Nice project suits the new alloys, I havent thought about changing mine yet even though speedlines are too common/old now.
I have bought one of these ebay 4-2-1 manifold and correction/conversion pipe for the exhaust system ,I just need to replace the centre section and a new backbox can you reccomend a nice quiet system as im sick of how loud mine is cheers leigh..
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Been busy today almost ready to run, should have it running soon. any comments welcome cheers leigh

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Hope you like what yous see cheers leigh
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i like what i see
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ohhhh, wish mine was this tidy!
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R.I.P rio verde corsa sport..........
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Why??? Looked like it was going to turn out good
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Ermmm pics? what happened?
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such a shame mate had high hope for this
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hope its not the fact you sandblasted the inlet........
hope everythings alright with it tbh mate looked a tidy project
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Don't worry she was well loved. I had her back on the road for a good while but she just needed far too much bodywork including a respray because of idiots denting my doors and rear quarters. I am purchasing a very clean low mileage sport on Friday so watch this space...should be a good one.
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It was a hard decision to be fair not one I took lightly, that's why I'm buying this other corsa as I regretted it...
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Colours the new one? Hope it's a rio. But I doubt it
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I searched all over for a rio as its my favourite colour, but settled for a silver one...plus this one is rot free...
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After searching for another pre 97 rio verde sport I eventually found one....not really sure what to do with her yet though..........pics to follow
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[Edited on 20-08-2016 by sport2016]
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Was this on eBay a few weeks ago? Looked a really good example.
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Yeah she was on eBay a while ago.....she needs work but she's all complete etc.....

[Edited on 21-08-2016 by sport2016]
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Don't call it she.

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