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Author Black corsa B 1600 Sport/gsi new owner, new start
gez bay
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7th Aug 09 at 06:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will have my engine tomorrow
gez bay
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leaving 7.00am in the morning cant tell you how exited i am, get my car back on the road then
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8th Aug 09 at 15:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
got the engine today 300mile round trip

let the pictures do the talking



genuine mantzel inlet



will have a nice update tomorrow
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going to get an x14xe flywheel tomorrow aswel
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Looks clean that mate
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cheers going to give it another lick of paint today, not sure what colour to do it though, and need to think of a nice colour for the rocker, or do i just do it all silver for the oem look?
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ive bought the pant today, just leaving it looking standard and fresh, silver smooth hammerite for the block and ford moondust silver for the rocker and leave tha mantzel silver too
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Big update today

painted all the engine bay up, looks now, gave the engine a lick of paint too, kept it looking oem nice and fresh
then just put all the bits on (inlet, manifold hoses ect.)







happy with the engine bay

on to the main bit.







getting an engine hoist tomorrow now, will be back in then.

comments welcome

[Edited on 09-08-2009 by gez c16b]
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9th Aug 09 at 20:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I was looking at that engine was a bargain fair play
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yeah pleased with it
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going to get a x14xe flat pot type fly wheel and pressure plate tomorrow.
oil and filter and get it in then
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10th Aug 09 at 18:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
UPDATE!!!

engine is in, all plugged up and running
cant wait to get it finished now looks lovley just have to get everything else put back together, water pipes, rad, driveshafts and its good to go







will get finished pictures and possible a vid of it up tomorrow

bring on combe
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10th Aug 09 at 18:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
blue chris astley water hoses will be on order soon and going to get more blue piping for the vaccum hoses aswel
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10th Aug 09 at 18:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks excellent mate.

what manifold is that and does it make much difference in performance?
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its a raceland 4-2-1, yeah i think its helped with performance and sound
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10th Aug 09 at 19:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
real mantzel's look so much better....
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yeah, love it on there, much better than the vxperformance one
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itchin' to get it out now. should be done by tomorrow
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looking good mate, whats the spec on the engine now then?
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gez bay
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got to run it in nicley now, engines done a whole 50miles now lol

[Edited on 11-08-2009 by gez c16b]
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what engine?

1.4 or 1.6?
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i'd get the x18 plastic engine cover on it
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its been a 1.6 from the begining.
naa..i dont want any covers on it
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list still to do:
1) get front bumper, bonet and boot painted
2)blue chris astley water hoses
3)ploybush kit
4)new suspension, koni adjustables or something simular
5) morettes
6) hid for morettes
7)x14xe flywheel

[Edited on 16-08-2009 by gez c16b]

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