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Author My Corsa SXi! Updated with some quick pics
Ryan_G1
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3rd Jan 07 at 19:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

The one with the bonnet up?
liamcorsa
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3rd Jan 07 at 20:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

No the one in the second to last photo.
Ryan_G1
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3rd Jan 07 at 20:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Thats ma mates Corsa C.
JoeyB
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Location: Fareham HANTS, Drives: Astra Coupe Turbo
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3rd Jan 07 at 20:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Loving your number plate!
Chris C
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Nice clean and tidy car there mate, need's a punto rear wiper... Will smarted the rear end up
Wonderboy
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4th Jan 07 at 00:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

The car is looking great, nice work on it.

Do you stay in Belfield ? lol i recognise that street
Ryan_G1
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quote:
Originally posted by Wonderboy
The car is looking great, nice work on it.

Do you stay in Belfield ? lol i recognise that street


Where are u from? LOL Yes I stay there
Wonderboy
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4th Jan 07 at 01:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Kilmarnock as well

Your car is looking nice.
Ryan_G1
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4th Jan 07 at 01:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Cheerz. You drive a Corsa?
Wonderboy
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Yep, well it's off the road just now. I think it needs a new starter motor among some other stuff... Sigh. Been off the road for more than 3 weeks. I only had it 2 weeks and it broke down.

I plan to spray my bumpers and arches when i get some dry weather. Listen to that dam rain! Hopefully they will turn out ok. If i ever figure out how to get them off
Ryan_G1
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yep i hear the rain Give me a shout f u need a hand mate. Add me to msn if youve got it gallacher_1@hotmail.com
Ryan_G1
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Ryan_G1
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Well I though i may as well tell yous what engine is in it. Once i blew my 1.2 up, I never really replaced it with another one

I got offered a 1600 16v with blown head gasket, stripped ready to be built for £50 quid! Bargin so I took it!

Set about building it up and painting it :









Once it was built it was time to get it in and running :



Had a few small teething problems with it but nothing major! All in it took 2 days to build the engine back up and get it running

Got it RR'd last Saturday, 110.5BHP 112lb.ft of torque! Not bad for a 50 quid engine!

On sunday night I put the diff out through the gearbox tho

so will get more progress pics once I start to do the box!
Marc
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24th Feb 07 at 15:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Engine looks good cleaned up and painted
Gregor
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How much did it cost to repair and fit ? If you dont mind me asking ?
Ryan_G1
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It cost me the price of a head gasket and the price of a timing belt. So about 20 quid fitted
richard_cooper
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What mounts did you use to put the 1.6 engine in

just asking because thinking of puting a 1.6 16v in my 1L corsa B
Ryan_G1
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It uses the 1600 mounts mate.
Ryan_G1
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Well a little bit of an update, This is the 2nd gearbox in a month

I stripped the diff cover off to inspect the damage and the plantery gears are buggered so I removed the diff and will build one out off the gearboxes i have lying around!

So heres some pics of what I did the last half an hour at my work tonight :-















Ryan_G1
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Little update.

Seen as the gearbox is fucked, ive decided to rebuilt the engine as well because the piston rings are away on it and I have been putting off doing them for ages!

Also a pic of my slightly illegal tyres :O And my dirty wheels which I am just gonna go clean right now













Didnt get much progress done in removing the engine





More tomorrow hopefully
Ryan_G1
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Cleaned 2 of my wheels :-



Ryan_G1
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If anyone cares

Removed and stripped the engine today after my work!! Hopefully get the head skimmed and gaskets, shells, and rings ordered up tomorrow!!



Dont think this broken earth on the loom would be helping much . . .



Its out!



Empty space from below,



On the stand





On the stripdown











Nice!











The head off and turned around ready to remove the sump







Back round the right way



And a wee shot of thw workshop for tonight



Thats all, hopefully more tomorrow!

[Edited on 18-04-2007 by Ryan_G1]
RCoughtrie
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18th Apr 07 at 19:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

scary shite that man ... ace tho

you sat the engine on a fan blade
Ryan_G1
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I didnt wanna sit it on a speedline

Its not marked it anyway so there still there if you ever want them
Simon_16v
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i wanted fan blades...cool as fcuk

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