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chris_r

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Registered: 3rd May 13
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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6th May 13 at 09:12

Hi everyone,

My name is Chris and I'm from Adelaide, South Australia. I own a 1994 Corsa B GSi (even though we called them Holden Barinas) that I've owned for about four years now. In that time, I've ditched the C16XE (as it was on it's last legs) for an Astra G-sourced Z18XE engine. It uses the C16XE ECU and sensors and a few bits stolen from a 1.8L Holden JF Viva (Chevrolet/Daewoo Lacetti), fitted with a Tomei fuel pressure regulator, Hurricane Extractors and 2" exhaust system. Got the stock flywheel in there with an Xtreme Heavy Duty clutch fitted.

Most of the suspension is original GSi parts (that's next on the mod list). It has 16" x 6" Corsa C SRi rims, which I had powdercoated in white with Sailun 195/45R16 tyres fitted. Braking is currently handled by a set of 2.0 Calibra 256mm x 24mm rotors and calipers up front with EBC Greenstuff pads and stock drums at the rear. Inside it's all pretty much standard GSi fare, except for blue LED dash lighting and a JVC KD-DB56 head unit.

taylorboosh

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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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6th May 13 at 09:18

Looks cool, could have a oz corsasport meet on here soon the way its going.

Nice car by the way, not keen on white against silver personally, more of a gunmetal man.

Few on here here have 18xe engines, warreng even turbos them

taylorboosh

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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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6th May 13 at 09:20

Also jacking covers an issue there too?

big eck

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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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6th May 13 at 09:22

Welcome mate. The car looks good. Same as my old one actually.

GB123

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Registered: 21st Nov 11
Location: Kent
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6th May 13 at 09:37

Very nice

Christopher

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Registered: 14th Oct 10
Location: Eastbourne
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6th May 13 at 09:37

Welcome mate! A fair few people popping up in aus now with gsi's! As said I'm not a huge fan of the white but cars looking good buddy

GB123

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Registered: 21st Nov 11
Location: Kent
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6th May 13 at 09:38

I guess rust is less of a problem there?

corsadonk

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Registered: 4th Jul 09
Location: Marlborough, Wiltshire
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6th May 13 at 09:42

Fairplay, I'd say it wants silver wheels, but other than that it looks great.

chris_r

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Registered: 3rd May 13
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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6th May 13 at 09:45

Thanks. Yeah there's a few popping up of late on Opelaus (local meet in that last pic), where I'm also a member. It's good to see how people on the other side of the world do things.

Only a handful (3 other people I know of) have done this swap here. I have to say it's a highly underrated conversion and something that should be done a bit more.

Jacking covers are hard to find here too. As are most are GSi body parts, including the front bumper. We can get dodgy knockoffs that look like crap with foglight cutouts, but nothing beats the original bumper.

chris_r

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Registered: 3rd May 13
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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6th May 13 at 09:48

As for wheel colour, when I got them they were badly scratched so I looked at getting them powder coated. I wanted something different and I didn't want black. But I guess it's all personal opinion.

Danny W

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Registered: 14th Nov 05
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6th May 13 at 09:51

Welcome to the site

car looks great, i like the conversion too. Have you any more modifications/changes planned ?

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chris_r

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Registered: 3rd May 13
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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6th May 13 at 10:12

Well, I'm looking into some suspension upgrades at present. The 19 year old suspension could probably do with an overhaul. I was thinking of going with a rear sway bar and thicker front sway bar to start with, followed with new springs and shocks.

Engine wise, I'd love to go with a quad throttle setup and uprated cams. I've already got a VEMS 3.6 ECU laying around that I should put to use at some point.

I've also got my hands on a Corsa C disc brake rear axle that I plan to use the brakes off at some point in the very near future too. Apparently, they're a lot easier to find here as we got them on 1.4 SXi (non-ABS) and 1.8 SRi (ABS) models. The ABS system on my GSi is pretty much cactus, so that'll be coming out anyway. My only concern about the swap is if it'll affect the offset of the wheels or not.

[Edited on 06-05-2013 by chris_r]

chris_r

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Registered: 3rd May 13
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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6th May 13 at 10:16

quote:
Originally posted by GB123
I guess rust is less of a problem there?

Well, not really. However, all red GSi's here seem to go pink in colour after being in the sun for a while.

Mike

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Registered: 20th May 06
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6th May 13 at 11:11

Welcome mate

Nice motor

random dav

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6th May 13 at 11:22

Hi mate, nice to see you over on here

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BenC1985

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Registered: 5th May 12
Location: Northants
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6th May 13 at 11:38

Hi and welcome to the site. Nice looking car you have. What power are these 1.8's?

taylorboosh

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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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6th May 13 at 13:28

125bhp iir

deano87

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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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6th May 13 at 13:35

G'day

corsaez

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Registered: 3rd May 13
Location: lincoln
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6th May 13 at 13:39

hey mate, im new to the site aswell, thought id say hi and welcome. :-)

ShEp

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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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6th May 13 at 18:42

quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Also jacking covers an issue there too?

You still need to jack a car up, no matter what country you're from.

NathanR

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Registered: 6th Dec 10
Location: Totnes , Devon
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6th May 13 at 21:56

Welcome

taylorboosh

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6th May 13 at 22:02

quote:
Originally posted by ShEp

quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Also jacking covers an issue there too?

You still need to jack a car up, no matter what country you're from.

I mean the lack of them

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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7th May 13 at 06:38

nice to see these still kicking around. Have to say though whoever sprayed your bonnet and wing could have blended it

chris_r

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Registered: 3rd May 13
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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7th May 13 at 09:57

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
nice to see these still kicking around. Have to say though whoever sprayed your bonnet and wing could have blended it

The guy who did it was a former neighbour of mine and I swapped him a half clapped out 96 Sport to do it. Not perfect, but looks a lot better than when I first got the car. Mainly, I got him to fit the side skirts and take a big dent out of the passenger side rear quarter, although I think he rushed the job a bit. For what I paid, I'm not complaining about the work. You'll probably notice my front bumper doesn't sit right, as the passenger side of it was dodgied up to make it stay on there, but as you probably know, GSi bumpers are damn near impossible to find in good nick. I have thought of just sourcing a standard facelifted Corsa B bumper, but I'd rather keep with the GSi bumper for now. To really straighten it up, I also need to replace the left hand front guard as it's out of alignment.

As for the GSi's still being around, I guess our road laws are a little bit more relaxed here. Here, in South Australia at least, we don't need to pass any roadworthy inspections to continuosly register cars on the road. Victoria and New South Wales have compulsory inspections. However also in South Australia, if a vehicle is issued with a defect notice, often that requires a trip over the pits once the problems have been fixed. Because of these relaxed laws, there's a lot of older cars still on the road. Although, I have GSi's disappearing because a lot of mechanics will not touch them and often due to broken timing belts, they're pretty much consigned to the scrap heap. If only the morons realised how easy it is to drop in a Z18XE, we'd probably have a few more on the road.

deano87

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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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7th May 13 at 11:59

quote:
Originally posted by chris_r
If only the morons realised how easy it is to drop in a Z18XE, we'd probably have a few more on the road.

Unfortunately in the UK this causes issues with insurance as the car is considered modified - is it the same in Auz?

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