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Danny W
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31st Oct 11 at 00:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers Gary appreciate the comments, yeah I've put a lot of time into it so far, I'd be silly not to see it through.

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Danny W
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5th Nov 11 at 14:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Engine is up on the stand now so i can give it a clean up and lick of paint, i'll be fitting my XE inlet cam and vernier aswell so pics of this soon.
Will need to cut out the cam cover so the vernier can be adjusted then will either paint or powder coat it to freshen it up.





hoping to have the old LET out of the car by next weekend but it depends how busy i am at work.
Also going to be buying a stack mechanical oil pressure guage and a new mocal oil cooler, any reccomendations on what row cooler?




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Danny W
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13th Nov 11 at 13:02   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No photo's from yesterday but the old LET is out of the car, while stripping it down i noticed a lot of crap in the header tank, had a closer look and it looks like metal filings, and a very small ammount of oil residue.

Could this have been a possible cause of my low oil pressure problems?
porus head?
or a crack in an oil way?

anyways onwards and upwards, new let block has been painted, coscast head cleaned, new gaskets ordered etc. will start swapping everything over from the old engine and get it built up during the evenings this week.

aim is to have the new LET in the car and running by the end of next weekend.

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Jon_C
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13th Nov 11 at 17:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good luck with it this time dude. You certainly deserve it
Danny W
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21st Nov 11 at 19:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thanks Jon, i'll get there in the end aha

small update with a few pics, but i'll have a proper write up soon witha few vids etc.

Tyres are off the bbs's but still need to build them up



the state of the old header tank, as you can see lots of metal and crap in there



Some new bits, gasket set, header tank, loom wrap, roose breather hose etc.



new LET built up




the old let which i'll be stripping for parts




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Jed D
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good work, bet you cant wait to get it in
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21st Nov 11 at 20:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can't wait for him to get it sorted so i can sort my bloody car out! get the fucker in there bro

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Darryl H
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22nd Nov 11 at 00:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good work mate

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M Sutton
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Good progress Danny, will be awesome when its finished!
Danny W
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Cheers everyone, Jed D i know i really cannot wait to get this complete and to be able to drive/use it There will be a proper update this weekend.

Mark i'll have to swing by yours once ive got it all running and dialed in

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M Sutton
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Deffinately mate, need to catch up over a few beers soon!
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27th Nov 11 at 15:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That sounds like a great idea mark


Update:

spent a bit of time on the wiring loom yesterday, used some adhesive loom wrap from ebay, works a treat and looks neater too



another small adition ontop of that i got the engine bolted in, plumbed it in and wired it up
ignore my other beasty turbo sat on the drive





And running


wanted to get everything else sorted today but havent had time to work on the car, im free next saturday so should be able to get it back on 4 wheels.





[Edited on 27-11-2011 by Danny W]

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27th Nov 11 at 15:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Another let Corsa being born
Danny W
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27th Nov 11 at 16:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lets hope this engine makes it to the mot station aha

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Darryl H
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Awesome, great work Danny!

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Just read this from start to finish. You must have the patience of a saint!

I very much doubt i'd have finished this after the first failure, never mind the second.

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good seeing your getting there dan.take the rover still guna be your daily driver?

wondered if ya mind help me mate am after some cheap coilovers.what one would you go for?
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Look what I just found

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Irmscher-pre-97-front-splitter-Vauxhall-Corsa-B-RARE-/260902866243?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3cbf05cd43#ht_500wt_1413

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quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21
Look what I just found

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Irmscher-pre-97-front-splitter-Vauxhall-Corsa-B-RARE-/260902866243?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3cbf05cd43#ht_500wt_1413


Think that's red tom off here's ad

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Danny W
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Thank you everyone

John, its certainly tried my patience and i've had the car since 2009 lol been a long build so far, can see the light at the end of the tunnel now though

Damon, heya bud hows things? yep going to keep the rover as its not a bad car at all, cheap to run and cost me nothing. will be able to insure 2 cars aswell, so far quotes for the corsa are around the £700 - 800 mark F/c declared with dvla as 2.0 turbo.

yes mate, its a shame i couldnt give you my old FK's they had basically had it and werent worth using again so i binned them.
I found the FK's to be an ok coilover kit but they do easily sieze. and will corrode.

FK's, Spax etc all seem to be good on a budget.

or have a word with my bro as im not sure what he'll do with his spax rsx coilovers once he has his air ride fitted.

Nibnob, well spotted haha the ol girl lives on, i do miss that car

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Update:

BBS Rebuild, a while ago i decided i'd like the wheels to be a tad wider on the rear so snapped up a set of new dishes from ebay. These are 1.5" wide which will give me an extra half inch wider on the rear, doesnt sound like a lot but will be ample on a corsa. Originally these wheels are 6.5 inch with an et of 33, with these lips it will basically create a 7.5 inch wheel with. the offset being et 21.

The front wheels will be left at 7 inch wide et 27

Tyres stripped off and started removing the stainless bolts




removed the lip



new dish on, bead of sealant on the inside and started to torque up the bolts



once torqued up, you need to run another bead of silicone sealant between the joins, this will make sure there are no air leaks

finished



hopefully get my tyres back on tomorrow and on the car this weekend

[Edited on 01-12-2011 by Danny W]

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Tyres fitted thanks to Paul W





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Nice!!

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