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shaunmods

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16th Apr 13 at 11:48

Cheers Scott!

pagey

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16th Apr 13 at 14:13

Well deserved feature shaun, great attention to detail.

Fantastic Car, great read

M Sutton

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16th Apr 13 at 14:29

I bought it the other day and the pics and write up are great!

andys sxi

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16th Apr 13 at 17:14

i want to read this but i went to tescos where i noramlly see it and they never had it, im going there later so hopefully they will have it

April 08 feature car

John G

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17th Apr 13 at 18:36

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Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
Haha trust John to notice that.

The noise in deeply inplanted into my mind after 4/5 years of corsa ownership over 3 corsa's

features class buddy, well done

Col004

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18th Apr 13 at 13:57

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Originally posted by shaunmods
Just need to speak to Total Vauxhall now to see if they will give me the photos from the shoot Would love to have a couple put onto some canvases for my room!

If you still have the photographers number then asks him. Just drop him a text or something mate. The guy who did mine (Matt Barns) just sent me all the raw pictures that was took on the day on a CD. I got around 300 hi-res pics.

shaunmods

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25th May 13 at 20:07

Update

Well I decided it was about time I dragged the Corsa back out the garage and started getting it ready for PVS! Only a few bits and bobs to sort luckily. The rear bumper which was damaged when I changed my exhaust has gone off to the bodyshop for respraying, hopefully I'll have that back soon.

The other main thing I need to sort is this damn airleak problem! I've been trying to fix it for a year now

I decided the next thing to try was a new inlet. So I ordered a new OPD powerbox inlet from ebay. Unfortunately there was a problem with the delivery which meant it took nearly a month to get here which was a bit of a bugger. This morning I decided to do a mock fit to see if it would actually fix the problem. Had it on within half an hour. I was a bit annoyed that I had to dent the bulk head to get it on though! At first the car was overfueling like mad

Black smoke coming out the exhaust and sounded lumpy as hell! That seemed to sort itself out after a bit but annoyingly this hasnt fixed the airleak problem

Pics of it trial fitted. Excuse the mess of the engine bay at the minute

The inlet will be powdercoated and all the vac lines etc will be completely redone neatly.

On the plus side this inlet has a lot more clearance on the strut brace bar now which is a bonus as it used to touch before when reversing/ragging it

So now the only other thing that can be causing this revving problem is the lower inlet! Thats the only thing that I haven't changed now. The plan for tomorrow is to try and check to see if the bolts on the lower inlet are tight. Had anyone got any pointers on how to do this with the engine in the car? I can see it being a complete pain in the arse to get any tools in there

AlexW

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25th May 13 at 20:10

Its possible to change the lower inlet while the engines in, I did so on Chris F's, when searching for his air leak, Found nothing.

Needs some more investigation IMO.

shaunmods

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25th May 13 at 20:14

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Originally posted by AlexW
Its possible to change the lower inlet while the engines in, I did so on Chris F's, when searching for his air leak, Found nothing.

Needs some more investigation IMO.

I really am loosing the will to live with it Alex

I've tried -

New upper inlet gasket (with and without sealant)
New throttle body gasket (with and without sealant)
New throttle body
New vac lines
New Brake servo pipe
New ICV
New TPS
New upper inlet

Its driving me batty

Any pointers for accessing the lower inlet bolts mate?

[Edited on 25-05-2013 by shaunmods]

AlexW

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25th May 13 at 20:17

I have the view of it not being an airleak, same as Chris's. That was solved by luck rather than judgement however.

I don't remember it being that much of a bastard, Had powerbox off, Various use of extensions, long and short socket and a small ratchet I think.

I assume you'll be at PVS with it? I hope to be there so will have to have a look and give you my thoughts.

[Edited on 25-05-2013 by AlexW]

Generation

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25th May 13 at 20:20

Battery and water bottle out, arm under inlet soon see them out.

shaunmods

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25th May 13 at 20:22

quote:
Originally posted by AlexW
I have the view of it not being an airleak, same as Chris's. That was solved by luck rather than judgement however.

I don't remember it being that much of a bastard, Had powerbox off, Various use of extensions, long and short socket and a small ratchet I think.

I assume you'll be at PVS with it? I hope to be there so will have to have a look and give you my thoughts.

[Edited on 25-05-2013 by AlexW]

Im convinced its an airleak Alex. You can feel the car going by itself when you drive it and it idles far too high. With the old inlet it would eventually stop once it warmed up. I've not found out if its the same with this one because I lost my rag with it so decided to stop

Working from above the engine rather than below it then mate? I'll be at PVS yes even if it hasn't been sorted. I'm on the Total Vauxhall stand this year though rather than with Corsasport

shaunmods

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25th May 13 at 20:23

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Originally posted by Generation
Battery and water bottle out, arm under inlet soon see them out.

Brilliant thanks for that!

Thinking about it that will give me a lot more access! I will give that a try tomorrow and report back.

AlexW

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25th May 13 at 20:32

Chris's would rev to 5k and pull itself along, but was solved after letting it sit for months and flatten the battery.

Just because it seems like an airleak, doesn't mean it is. Could be a sensor or ecu fault etc.

kylesri

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25th May 13 at 22:18

if yours is the x16xe from a 96-00 i think you can reset the learnt values on the ecu and ajust the idle speed if you no someone that can access the ecu

Brad35

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26th May 13 at 08:29

Are your injectors seated correctly. Had a problem with mine in the past. Over fueling like mad. Turnt out they went fully home.
Sorry to hear about your new inlet takin so long to arrive. Mine took a week to come

So much for next day delivery. Good quality though. Just check the end plate that the throttle body sits on. Mine was warped and had to be skimmed. Mines fine now though

[Edited on 26-05-2013 by Brad35]

Sean-B

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26th May 13 at 09:40

Turns out I warped the lower inlet on my 200SX when I got it a little hot. Was causing an air leak leading to high idle.

kev

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26th May 13 at 19:04

Shaun, you should have forked out a little more cash and bought a mantzel inlet power box they fit absolute perfectly, I fitted a few of the copy type boxes and they aren't a very good air tight fit (IMO) the mantzel are made of cast (if a remember right?) them copy boxes are ally or steel aren't they?? I've heard of over tightening them to the inlets/TB make them warp, personally i'd take the full rear inlet off put all new vauxhall gaskets on all tightened to the correct torque settings etc off the car!.. And i'd get it all air pressure tested off the car make sure you haven't got a air leak anywhere inlet wise? and it will rule the inlet problem out And put your mind at rest at least mate

AlexW

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26th May 13 at 19:33

Can prove/disprove air leak by spraying something like carb cleaner all over the inlet, mist it all and if the revs change at all, you has air leak.

shaunmods

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26th May 13 at 19:56

Cheers for all the help and suggestions everyone

Kev I would love a proper mantzel one, they are just hard to come by these days

Rare as hens teeth! This one is steel though mate yes. I will speak to the local engine build company about getting it all pressure tested

I made some more progress with it today. I decided to completely remove the lower inlet so that I could rule that out. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be luckily. Very fiddly but I had it off in a couple of hours.

The plan now is to completely rebuild the whole inlet up from scratch with all new gaskets. One problem I'm thinking is, how the hell am I going to be able to torque the lower inlet bolts back up?

If this wasn't annoying enough my Combo's decided it doesn't want its oil anymore and is now pissing it everywhere! So thats both of them off the road now argh

AlexW

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26th May 13 at 20:05

Make sure the head face is clean as fuck, Fine emery paper once the old gasket is removed. Same on the inlet, straight edge on both to make sure its spot on.

However, I reckon it'll be fine, the gasket is hard paper but its good at taking up inperfections.

You aren't going to be able to torque up the inlet bolts.

shaunmods

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26th May 13 at 20:24

Think I've found the source of the problem! I've just stripped the OPD inlet down and found the face thats mates with the throttle body isn't flat! I've just refitted it with a gasket to check and I can see daylight through the up to the light. Also the gasket has a black marks on it around the area where it hasn't sealed properly -

Martin W

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27th May 13 at 10:13

Finally you may have found it! nothing more annoying is there! good luck!

shaunmods

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27th May 13 at 10:21

I think the moral is the story is don't be a tight arse and buy cheap inlets as Kev said

I'll take it to the local engine place tomorrow so see if I can get it skimmed or something

AlexW

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27th May 13 at 12:22

Check the throttle body too, wouldn't be a bad idea to have them both skimmed.

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